Several years ago, Brad Schwartz put the pop in Pop TV with the acquisition of CBC’s Schitt’s Creek. Last January when I spoke with him for the most-listened to episode of brioux.tv: the podcast this year, he hinted that, yes, he might just be taking a look at a few more Canadian TV shows, As the
Game Show fans are probably already watching the Jeopardy! Masters tournament, which started Monday on ABC. It features Halifax-native Mattea Roach among the six elite players. She won 23 consecutive games last year — the fifth longest streak in the history of the series. For the past seven decades, up until recently, women could win
Queen Charlotte: a Bridgerton Story, entered the weekly Netflix Top 10 chart in the No. 1 most-viewed position. Starring Golda Rosheuvel (Queen Charlotte), India Amarteifio (Young Queen Charlotte), Corey Mylchreest (Young King George), Arsema Thomas (Young Agatha Danbury), and others, the Shondaland prequel appeared in the Top 10 in 91 countries and the English TV
Far from a ratings breakthrough, in wins or in ratings, the Toronto Maple Leafs seem to be stalled in round two of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Sunday’s Game 3 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers drew an overnight, estimated audience of 1,507,000 CBC viewers and another 2,015,000 on Sportsnet National for a total of 3,523,000
Here is something I’ve been sitting on for months: the CBC sitcom Son of a Critch is about to join an American network schedule. The St. John’s, Newfoundland, based series, currently on production on a third CBC season, will debut on The CW this summer. In our podcast episode from January of this year, Brad
One of my earliest memories is the time I accompanied my mother, Margaret Brioux, to the then-brand new CFTO Toronto studio in Agincourt for a taping of the Canadian version of the panel show To Tell the Truth. Mom had enough Lucy Ricardo in her to want to be on game shows. The goal on
“This is the stage that makes dreams come true,” declared judge Lilly Singh off the top of Tuesday’s exciting first-of-two semi-final episodes of Canada’s Got Talent. Added Howie Mandel: “Are they going to rise to the occasion? Or are they going to be crushed under the pressure?” First up on Tuesday’s semi-final showdown was Alexandra
Tuesday’s first game of the second round of Stanley Cup action saw a roll back in ratings from the frenzy of the Toronto Maple Leafs finally pushing past the first round. Overnight ratings from the 7:11 p.m. start estimate that 1,435,000 viewers caught the Florida Panthers beat the Leafs on CBC. Another 1,891,000 were estimated