Are you into You? The series returned for a fourth season and leapt straight to the No. 1 spot on the Netflix Canada chart. The psychological thriller, which stars Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg and all his aliases, was a worldwide draw on Netflix with 92.7 million hours watched. As in other seasons, a new
Bell Media scored a major win Sunday with their coverage of the Rhianna concert, aka Super Bowl LVII. A live, overnight tally of 7.4 million viewers plus saw the big game on CTV while another 1.744,000 watched on TSN for an english language broadcast and specialty total of roughly 9.15 million viewers. Factor in those
Early on in this week’s brioux.tv: the podcast episode with Dave Thomas the St. Catherines, Ont., native talks about his brief career in advertising. One of the things he learned in that business that helped his comedy career, he says, is the importance of brevity or “seconds.” So let me get straight to the point:
Charles Kimbrough looked like a local news anchor. He had the hair and the tight smile and looked good in a suit in that middle-aged white man tradition found on Eyewitness newscasts in dozens of North American TV markets. His ten season stint on Murphy Brown as anchorman Jim Dial cemented that impression. The series,
This Friday, The Spencer Sisters premieres on CTV. The mother-daughter detective series stars Lea Thompson, still best remembered for her breakout role in “Back to the Future,” and Stacey Farber (Degrassi: The Next Generation; Saving Hope). You can hear both of them now on brioux.tv: the podcast. Viewers were given a chance to see a
While Season Two of Ginny & Georgia remained at No. 1 for another week on the list of Netflix Canada’s Top-10 most-watched shows, there was a fair amount of shuffling in the rest of the rankings. One of the best-reviewed series premiered at No. 9: Cunk On Earth. The British series stars Diane Morgan (familiar
Guest stars can often add a little zing to a sitcom. Think of all the terrific people who were showcased for an episode or two on, say, Arrested Development or even The Big Bang Theory. Adding a big name or two, however, can’t turn “Ka-KA!” into gold. This week: two contrasting examples. On Tuesday night’s
This Monday, February 6, the 100th episode of brioux.tv: the podcast will go live at 7 am ET. The episode will feature not one but two stars: from CTV’s new series The Spencer Sisters, Lea Thompson and Stacey Farber. The above link will take you directly to the 100th episode starting Monday morning. To listen