As Joel Keller writes in Decider, “The Empress tries to fill the sexy costume drama hole that Bridgerton has left between seasons.” The sexy costume drama stars Devrim Lingnau as Elisabeth, the willfully independent young Empress of Austria, who ruled from 1854-1898. It was back in a much simpler time when inbreeding led to dynasties and
Another milestone in Canadian television is reached with the 50th anniversary of the launch of The Beachcombers. Canadians coast-to-coast were still buzzing over Team Canada’s last-minute heroics over the Soviet Union in the Summit series when The Beachcombers premiered on CBC Television on October 1, 1972. The series starred Bruno Gerussi as log scavenger Nick Adonidas
The castle lights, as they used to say on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein, are growing dim. This month brings a bevy of Halloween-themed goodies, including the usual “Shocktober” movie marathon on brioux.tv sponsor Hollywood Suite. As usual, check back throughout the month as this listing will be constantly updated. UPDATED Oct. 19 SAT.OCT. 1
My Television Critics Association pal Alan Sepinwall is the main voice behind the latest list of the Best TV shows of all-time as compiled by Rolling Stone magazine. Before he became Rolling Stone’s TV critic, Alan used to work for the New Jersey Star-Ledger. That’s the same newspaper that was always thrown at the bottom
It discourages me that so many viewers are that interested in serial killer TV shows. I get it: people are fascinated by monsters. Still, do we have to package and market and sell real life serial killers to audiences throughout the world? Does this not, in some ways, celebrate them, or at least raise them
Eric McCormack is the perfect podcast guest. The Emmy Award-winning Will & Grace star has so many wonderful showbiz stories and is generous when it comes to sharing them. Hear some of them now before he saves them all up for his own podcast — one of the projects he has on his plate for the new
Last Monday’s coverage of the final services for Queen Elizabeth II drew a large daytime audience — but nowhere near as spectacular as has been hyped. There were initial social media reports suggested that this was TV’s biggest show ever, with a worldwide audience of four billion. People, please. According to the British audience research
This photo was taken 50 years ago, on September 28, 1972. That’s me, second from left, in the Australian bush hat with the buttons on it. I’m flashing a victory sign over Chestnut Hills neighbour Brian Schofield’s head. To the right of me stands Dan “Dunc” Currie, Pat Bullock, Mike Forcier and Glen Rippon. Mike