The most Canadian network in America closed the recent Television Critics Association winter press tour last Thursday in Pasadena. The network was The CW, which is programmed by a former Toronto lad, Pop TV president and brioux.tv: the podcast guest, Brad Schwartz. “It’s so great to be back here at TCA and see you all
In space, no one can hear you scream that your AppleTV+ subscription has run out. Better re-up or you’ll miss one of the most suspenseful shows of the year so far: Constellation. Lavish in budget, the eight-part drama premieres February 21 on AppleTV+. Noomi Rapace stars as Jo, one of a small team of astronauts
The big winner Sunday with their coverge of Super Bowl LVIII was CBS Sports. Nielsen data and Adobe Analytics report that the Kansas City Chiefs’ overtime victory over San Francisco 49ers drew 123.4 million average viewers across all platforms (CBS Television, Paramount+, Nickelodeon, Univision and digital properties such as NFL+). That makes it the most-watched
Trying to launch a Canadian Comedfy Hall of Fame is no laughing matter. Just ask Tim Progosh. In fac t, don’t ask him, I already did in our conversation this week on brioux.tv: the podcast. Progosh first took on this Seventh Act of Hercules over 20 years ago. He kept running into unfunny road blocks:
Famed mutt meister Cesar Millan was at #TCA24 Thursday as part of the Nat Geo festivities to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his Dog Whisperer television shows. He brought puppies, of course, who romped in a penned in area of the Langham Huntington Hotel ballroom. Lunch was served and, yes, Cesar salad was on the
PASADENA, CA: Space — the final frontier. More like the finally frontier for one African American astronaut who was left at the back of the spacebus during the glory days of the moon landings in the late 1960s and early ’70s. Well timed to Black History Month, Nat Geo hosted an eye-opening TCA24 panel Thursday
I’m old enough to remember seeing The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. That “really big shew” happened on February 9, 1964 – 60 years ago. I remember my dad going on about their long hair and those so-called Beatle wigs. I could not, however, take my eyes off them, and neither could a then-record
One of the nicest surprises on this current #TCA24 winter press tour has been catching up with one of the good guys, Jim Quan. Back when he was at CTV’s publicity department in Toronto, Jim guided me and a few other reporters around the world and back as journalists embedded on far-flung legs of The