Rachel Nichols with creator Barry on the set of Continuum Continuum, the new Showcase drama which premieres tonight, starts off in the near future–the year 2077. When I met creator/executive producer Simon Barry in March on the Vancouver set of the series, however, we wound up talking more about the past. Specifically, the many series he
What if in the future the bad guys were really the good guys?That’s just one of the themes explored in Continuum, a slick, smart trip back to the future. The shot-in-Vancouver sci-fi cop show premiering Sunday, May 27 at 9 p.m. on Showcase.Continuum stars Rachel Nichols (G.I. Joe, Criminal Minds) as Kiera Cameron, a cop from the year
Maharis (left) and Milner in that classic Corvette George Maharis rode Route 66 in search of fame and fortune. Instead it led straight to hell.I spoke with Maharis last week on the phone as he made himself available to promote the release of Route 66: The Complete Series, a 24 disc boxed set from Shout!
Grey’s finale: “Help! The wreckage from Pan Am fell on me!” Has been a short, crazy busy week, so here is an abbreviated version of The Brioux Report. Hope to have things back to their normal late Tuesday/early Wednesday release next week. (Although, with the Canadian private network upfronts next Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday, that might be a
From Wednesday’s Late Show with David Letterman: Eugene Polley, the guy who invented the TV remote control passed away. He will be buried between two couch cushions.
This week, CHML’s Scott Thompson wanted to know all about this nut bar Nik Wallenda and his bright idea to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. Specifically what the deal was with ABC insisting the dude be tethered to the cable as a condition of their airing the stunt (June 15; CTV is also
Dance champs Donald Driver and Peta Murgatroyd. Adam Taylor/ABC I’m sure there was a time when I would have said you’d have to pay me to watch every minute of a season’s worth of Dancing with the Stars. Well, TheStar.com did, and have to admit that by the time this thing ended Tuesday night I
As pointed out on TV Worth Watching and a few other places, it was 20 years ago today that Johnny Carson took his final bow on The Tonight Show. Twenty years already?! You are correct, sir. That excellent PBS American Masters‘ retrospective of Carson’s career, which premiered earlier this month, is still up at PBS.com.