Only eight shows cracked a million viewers in the latest Numeris list of Top-30 draws in English Canada television totals. The May 25-31 tally had The CTV Evening News as English Canada’s No. 1 show, avraging 1,742,000 viewers Monday to Friday. It was one of eight newscasts to make the list as the murder of
Two weeks after the murder of George Floyd, Last Week Tonight host John Oliver raged against military-style police tactics in the face of peaceful protests. “If police are trying to convince the public they’re not guilty of displaying excessive force,” says Oliver in the above clip, “it’s probably not a good idea to repeatedly display
Andrew Phung says he is “chompin’ at the bit” to get back to work on a fifth season of Kim’s Convenience. The actor/comedian, who has won three Canadian Screen Awards for his portrayal of Kimchee on the CBC comedy, told me that the cast has already taken part in some virtual table reads of scripts
In the mid-’50s, Nat King Cole was the first black entertainer to host a US variety series — at 15 minutes an episode. While top entertainers such as Tony Bennett, Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee lined up to be on his show, no national sponsor was ever found, and the NBC series ended after a
This is the first in a summer-long series of Thursday features showcasing TV shows from the past currently available on streaming services. Today’s choice has truly been ‘vetted: Route ’66, which originally ran on CBS in black and white from 1960 to 1964. The on-the-road anthology series starred a number of cool Corvette Stingray’s, as
Here’s a bit of retro Canadiana that’s back in a new way just when we need it most: Speaker’s Corner. Remember the cool little video booth set up at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto? It quickly became a tourist attraction outside Citytv 30 years ago in 1990. Other booths were positioned in Ottawa, Vancouver
Another month, another 30 days shuffling through hundreds of titles and trailers in search of content to carry you through a crisis (or two). Here is the latest brioux.tv pandemic picks: Ramy (Netflix). I came late to the first season of this series, which stars stand-up comedian and Golden Globe award-winning actor Ramy Youssef. He
A quick program note: hat’s off to ET Canada for turning this week into Reunion Week. It’s a simple idea and one perfectly suited to today’s desire for some TV comfort food: reunite the stars of old TV shows and bring viewers up to date on where are they now. While American television has never