In the digital age, the question is not only which tools are still available to support Canadian content production but which ones are still relevant. One with an insider’s perspective is Pat Ferns, author of “The Big Picture: A Personal History of Independent Television Production in Canada” (Sutherland House). Ferns began his career with a formative
Tuesday’s sixth and final game of the 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs drew an overnight, estimated, average minute audience of 3.8 million viewers. That total, based on all viewers ages two and up, was measured by Numeris across Sportsnet National, One and 360 platforms plus the CBC Total. Of that, 1,733,000 watched on Sportsnet National and
Seven hundred episodes of anything is a lot of television. Real Time with Bill Maher reaches that milestone Friday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and Crave. Maher’s first guest this week is a favourite from the past, Dave Barry. The humour columnist and author is promoting a book titled, “The Memoirs of a Professional
As the finals tick down with two potential games remaining, the quest of The Edmonton Oilers to bring the Stanley Cup back to Canada after a 32-season drought is drawing a little over three million viewers in English Canada. Saturday’s Game 5 hometown loss by Edmonton to The Florida Panthers drew an overnight, estimated total
Early in 2019 when The Big Bang Theory was winding down production after 12 seasons and 279 episodes, I took this photo of series co-creator, writer and executive producer Chuck Lorre. I caught him at a pretty good time. Warner Bros. was naming one of its fabled Burbank soundstages after the series. Lorre scored a
Orangeville, Ont., got even orange-ier Saturday as over three dozen Mrs Ropers romped intro town. The locals all dressed up as outrageous landlady Helen Roper, originally played in all her colourful glory by Audra Lindley. The character was a favourite on Three’s Company (1977-84) and the short-lived ABC spinoff series, The Ropers (1979-80). John Ritter,
Jason Ritter is my guest this week on brioux.tv: the podcast. I spoke with the 45-year-old actor recently at the Corus Entertainment Upfront in Toronto. Ritter is so thrilled to be on Matlock — last season’s biggest rookie hit on both Global in Canada and CBS in the US — that he’s been dancing up a storm
The Bell Media Upfront25 held Thursday at Meridian Hall in Toronto may be the best Canadian upfront I’ve ever attended. Bell does it old school. They rent the biggest hall, fly in the most stars and crank up the open bar for the ad community. They have the advantage of going last and thus can