Here, for CTV News Channel, is my quick take on Sunday night’s historic Emmy sweep by the little Canadian comedy that could, Schitt’s Creek. The beard, of course, is my tribute to David Letterman, who stepped out of a limo in a field to share a delightful moment of comic madness to the proceedings.
Sunday night’s Emmy Awards were the best Emmys Ever — especially for a Canadian. The so-called “PandEmmys” were over an hour old before anything other than Schitt’s Creek claimed an award. The shot-in-Toronto series swept all the major primetime comedy awards — the first time this has ever happened — on its way to becoming
Just added to the September brioux.tv calendar: CNN will re-broadcast the 2018 documentary “RBG” profiling the late, great U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Directed by Betsy White and Julie Cohen, the film earned an Oscar nomination and won raves at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. In 1959, the Brooklyn native was one of
Ratched (Netflix) is a suspenseful drama set years before the scariest ever screen nurse landed in the “Cockoo’s Nest.” Sarah Paulson stars as asylum nurse Mildred Ratched (played to creepy perfection in the 1975 movie by Louise Fletcher). In this prequel, from American Horror Story showrunner Ryan Murphy, we see Mildred arrive in Northern California
On Thursday I was speaking with Global NewsRadio’s Bill Kelly on CHML 900. The subject was box office returns in the age of COVID. he remarked how the new sci-fi feature “Tenet” was seen as a strong lure to fill seats in newly-opened cinemas. Domestic returns however, fell short of first week projections (although overseas
One of my favourite animated holiday specials, especially of those made in the last 25 years, is “Olive, the Other Reindeer.” Among the executive producers were Matt Groening — creator of The Simpsons — and Drew Barrymore. She also voiced the lead character, Olive, a determined little doggie who thought she could help guide Santa’s
There’s a great new science fiction-fantasy series airing now on Food Network Canada. It’s called Big Food Bucket List. The series stars friendly foodie (although he calls himself more of an “eatie”) John Catucci. The affable actor/comedian built quite a specialty following over five seasons on his previous series, You Gotta Eat Here! Why is
It took Sherri Davis just three days to become the biggest draw ever at BriouxTV: The Podcast. Hudson & Rex’s dog master shared some terrific stories about grooming her handsome canine charge, Diesel vom Burginwald, for stardom on the Citytv police procedural now shooting its third season in St. John’s Newfoundland. The Shaftesbury series, which