Give thanks that the actors and writers got the third season of Only Murders in the Building done and in the can before the strikes. This has allowed the series to return as scheduled on Tuesday, Aug. 8, with a few new stars (Meryl Streep, Paul Rudd) and one or two former regulars missing (including
The word of the day is “sad.” Paul Reubens, the actor/producer/comedian who made Pee-wee Herman a household name in the ‘80s has passed away. He was 70. Reubens, according to early reports, had been coping with cancer for six years. He played Herman, a man-child in a grey suit and red bow tie, with equal
My favourite unscripted TV series since the start of the pandemic returns Friday for a third and final season: How to With John Wilson (HBO/MAX; Crave). How to with who what?? John Wilson, that’s who. This somewhat anxious, 36-year-old New Yorker points his camera around his neighbourhood and deconstructs things such as scaffolding, public restrooms
News of the passing of Sinéad O’Connor at 56 is heartbreaking for many reasons. I never met her, but my partner Sandra, who ran publicity for MuchMusic was lucky enough to enjoy a memorable encounter, finding the surprisingly petite Irish singer to be positively “luminous… with a magnetic energy that was simply from another, higher
Tonight, one of my favourite Canadian shows makes its debut in America: Son of a Critch (The CW, 8 p.m. ET). Critics stateside are already raving about this nostalgic look back at growing up in Newfoundland in the 1980s. John Anderson in the Wall Street Journal drew the obvious connection to a similar American sitcom
This week’s guest on brioux.tv: the podcast is the always charming and hilarious Sabrina Jalees. She can currently be seen in two summer TV shows — Farming for Love (Sunday nights on CTV) and Roast Battle Canada (Mondays on CTV Comedy). What’s next? Dyeing her hair gray and replacing Lisa Laflamme on the CTV News? Sabrina
Eleven years ago, in 2012, Tony Bennett put on a show for TV critics in Pasadena, Calif. The legendary singer, who passed away Friday in New York City at 96, was brought to the Television Critics Association during a January press tour by PBS. The U.S. public broadcaster has often treated reporters to a musical
In its second week, Season 2 of The Lincoln Lawyer, starring Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Neve Campbell, drove to the No. 1 spot on the weekly Netflix Canada TV list of most-watched shows. In the US, The Lincoln Lawyer also ranked first, edging out Quarterback, That new docuseries features in-season profiles of NFL pivots Patrick Mahomes