It should not be lost what a joy it was to root for the Toronto Blue Jays this incredible postseason. An entire nation and beyond was lifted by these men from so many other places who really loved each other and wanted to win for each other. At a time of such cruelty, bullying and
Full disclosure: I like Jimmy Kimmel. I have ever since he was co-hosting The Man Show with Adam Curolla. The two of them came to Toronto back when I was starting out at The Toronto Sun and shenanigans ensued. It has been a pleasure watching him grow in stature since those dumb early days and
Today is my mom Margaret Brioux’s 100th birthday. I love my mom, and am amazed at her longevity, but this website being about television, what’s the tie-in? Well, there have been a few, so allow me to get a bit personal this post. Maragret Rose McCarroll Brioux pretty much pre-dates television. Even in her native
I didn’t know it at the time, but this past Monday I did my final guest report for Drive Home host Scott Thompson at Hamilton’s all-news radio station CHML. They wanted a TV commentator to talk about CBC’s Olympic coverge and ratings. I was moving stuff out of storage that day — a hold over
Over this Memorial Day weekend in the United States, TCM has been running a marathon of war-themed movies. There have been many obvious choices, including “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957) and “Sergeant York” (1941), scheduled for tonight, Monday, into early Tuesday morning. Kudos to my favourite cable network, however, for programming some spectacular
Leave it to Netflix to cherry pick an eccentric little streaming gem, launched in obscurity and out of production for four years, and vault it into a Top-10 hit. I’ve been a fan of Loudermilk since screening it in 2017 as an offering from AT&T’s Audience Network, a short-lived system that cranked out three seasons
In 2023, we said goodbye to so many showbusiness headliners. Norman Lear, Ma5tthew Perry, Suzanne Somers, Bob Barker, Andre Braugher and David McCallum to name just a few. And while it is fitting that they be saluted in Oscar “In Memoriam” segments and in TCM’s annual year-end tributes, kudos to CBS for throwing a party
This blog you are reading began 15 year and 4,718 posts ago this very week. When I launched brioux.tv in 2007 it was called, “TV Feeds My Family.” The family all grew up and left (and grew by on son-in-law). The blog grew as well, especially with the addition of sponsors as well as an