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
Sylvester Stallone. 76, is enjoying a late career renaissance with his hit Paramount+ drama Tulsa King. Is he going to punch his way through to a Stallone family reality series while there’s gold to be made? Absolutely. Paramount Thursday issued the above video teaser for The Family Stallone. The spot will be among the Super
Some advertisers are paying over US$7 million for 30-second spots on Fox’s February 12 broadcast of Super Bowl LVII. That’s a record haul for television’s biggest draw which will once again flirt with the 100 million viewer mark. Not bad considering the top shows in their timeslots most nights in the United States barely draw
CTV’s NFL numbers in Canada continue to grow as we count down to Super Bowl LVII on February 12. Last Sunday afternoon’s National Football League Championship between the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles drew an overnight, estimated 1,828,000 CTV viewers. The primetime American Football League matchup Sunday between the Cincinnati Bengals and the