I’m still not sure how to critique, or even process, Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special. The Quebec City native died of acute leukemia in Duarte, Calif., in September of 2021. This final, posthumous comedy performance, self-recorded from his home in the summer of 2020, shows him delivering a 50-minute comedy monologue the night prior to a
When it comes to ratings and putting today’s television landscape in context, I always call on the Programming Insider himself, Marc Berman. The New York native has been a friend and colleague since he began attending the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual network press tours in 1999. Back then, Marc was reporting for Mediaweek; before that,
Ronnie Hawkins, simply known as “The Hawk” when he tore up the Yonge Street strip in the late ’50s, early ’60s, died May 29 at 87. Remembered for his full-throated cover of Bo Diddley’s “Who Do You Love,” the Arkansas-born singer-songwriter jammed with rock and roll’s earliest pioneers. They included Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins,
Toward the end of Friday night’s first of two sold out shows at Casino Rama, many un-masked fans who were seated way in the back of the 5000-seat auditorium rushed down toward the stage. ”Two rules,” cautioned Ringo Starr, who shows no sign that he will turn 82 in July. “You can’t breathe on me
If you’re wondering why you can’t find tonight’s Blue Jays vs. Angels game on Sportsnet, it is because it is only available on AppleTV+. This isn’t your dad’s Major League Baseball. The streaming home of Ted Lasso, Severence and The Morning Show now has a full lineup of MLS baseball doubleheaders every Friday night. They’re
We here at brioux.tv have been suggesting for weeks now that the way data service Numeris lumps all of the NHL playoff coverage into one Top-30 weekly tally doesn’t really provide a true competitive picture. Comparing a one-hour simulcast of Survivor or The Good Doctor, for example, to a weekly, seven-night, multi-game, four-and-a-half-hour timeslot average
If you watch just 8:52 seconds of TV today, make it this clip from Wednesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live. Taped prior to the studio audience’s arrival, the ABC late night host made yet another passionate plea for sanity. This time he spoke directly to lawmakers, who seem deaf to pleas for any kind of gun
As we all know by now, The Toronto Maple Leafs did not survive past the first round of these Stanley Cup playoffs. Maybe that is why Global’s Survivor, and not Sportsnet’s coverage of the Leafs final games against the Tampa Bay Lightning, tops Numeris’ list of the Top 30 TV shows watched in nglish Canada