The CBC Monday released the dates of their winter 2024 schedule for new and returning series. There was no waiting around for writers and actors strikes to be settled for these homegrown series to premiere. All are set to air on the home network and will also be streaming on CBC Gem. Among their new
Sure, Eddie Murphy has finally done a Christmas movie. Look, bills are bills, the man has, like, 20 kids. Besides, he’s not just Gumby, dammit. There is, however, something for everyone on this last month of 2023. Below is a look at the month on television. Please check back often as this list will be
EPISODE LAUNCHES MONDAY MORNING: At brioux.tv, most podcasts deal with the people who make television memories. What about, however, people who collect TV memorabilia? We’re talking toys and games, trading cards, comic books, autographs and puzzles? Meet Canada keeper of every boomer’s childhood memories: Bruce Button (above). For close to 50 years, Button has been
This Wednesday, November 22nd marks the 60th anniversary of the assassination of U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Sixty is a big number, moving the motorcade murder well beyond the first-hand memory range of most people on earth. I was just six at the time, but I sure remember it. I can still see the teacher
Is it not an odd coincidence that a series about an alien who can go back and forth in time premiered on one of the most notorious dates of the 20th century? Doctor Who launched on November 22, 1963. That same day in Dallas, Texas, U.S. president John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Starting with Lyndon
Emmy and Golden Globe award winning executive producer Andrew Barnsley has his Schitt’s Creek trophies on display at his other office. That is where he presides as president of the Toronto Film School. The trophies serve as inspiration for the young TV and film students looking for a leg up in an industry that keeps booming
CBS announced Thursday that they will be saluting TV legend Dick Van Dyke with a special marking the occasion of his 98th birthday. The Mary Poppins star will be celebrated Thursday, Dec. 21, on “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic” (CBS; Paramount+). The two-hour special will take viewers back to the set of The
I was watching Monday Night Football off the U.S. ESPN/ABC feed when I happened upon this seasonal ad from Amazon. Amid all the hype for the new Beatles’ single, “Now and Then,” comes a commercial with an unmistakable, yet subtle, John Lennon melody from 58 years ago. Notes from “In My Life” are gently played