Mike Myers calls his new Netflix series The Pentaverate but it should be called The Audacity. Who but Myers would have the balls to build an entire world-wide streaming series around former CFTO community news reporter Glenn Cochrane?? When I say former, I mean from the ’70s. This is a guy a teenage Myers, who
To have not done a podcast with Kenneth Welsh — what an opportunity lost. Welsh died May 5 at 80 years of age. He burned so bright for so many years that 80 seems both impossibly long and way too short for such an incendiary life. You could not cover television in Canada throughout the
David Birney, who passed away April 27 in Santa Monica, Calif., is best known to TV audiences for two one-season roles — and one unhappy marriage. His first starring TV role was as Bernie Steinberg, a Jewish cabdriver with writing ambitions married to Irish Catholic schoolteacher Bridget Fitzgerald on the CBS sitcom Bridget Loves Bernie
Fire up the Tiki torch and pass the Doritos. Survivor, for a third weekly win in 2022, is the most-watched show in Canada on broadcast television. Not bad for a series that began 42 editions ago. The series seems to be attracting a whole new audience, although one viewer who’s been a fan since the
Vladimir Putin is doing his damndest to promote We’re All Gonna Die (Even Jay Baruchel). a new, six-part docuseries available for streaming now on Crave. Previous brioux.tv podcast guest Jay Baruchel is host and executive producer. He returns to talk about this new venture, shot mainly during the pandemic but before the invasion of Ukraine
The Toronto Maple Leafs take their annual march to Elimination Day as another Stanley Cup playoff race begins. Simply can’t watch another collapse? There are plenty more shows this May. Please check back all month long as more entries are added. UPDATED May 24 SUN/MAY 1 I Love That For You (Showtime; Crave). Former SNL
It was crunch time this week on Canada’s Got Talent as the audition round came to an end. A total of 18 acts from across Canada made it through to the semi-final round, with an eventual grand prize of $150,000 at stake, as well as a shot at performing in Las Vegas. Tuesday’s sixth episode
Thre have been rumors for a while that James Corden was on the way out in late night at CBS. The British born host announced Thursday that he has signed for one last season of The Late Late Show, ending his run in the 12:35 am slot at the end of the 2022-23 season. “Seven