It is said that nobody wants to know how the sausage is made. Well, not me. During my journalism career, I found it a privilege to go behind the scenes and find out how the sausage is made, metaphorically anyway. Here are a few of the best documentary series available on the streaming services (and
Standing outside the Bluma Appel Theatre in Toronto Thursday night, in a long lineup to see a screening of Paramount+’s Frasier, a passerby stopped to ask me what all the fuss was about. “We’re here to see Frasier,” I told the gentleman. He seemed puzzled. “Kelsey Grammer, the star of Frasier, is appearing here in
Wednesday in Toronto, Corus’ co-CEO Troy Reeb had a message for advertisers: Stay Home. As in Home, the new brand name for what will no longer be Corus’ HGTV Canada. Come January 1st, HGTV will migrate to another channel number as part of the Rogers Sports & Entertainment family of specialty channels. It is all
TV schedules and programs are like the places where we live. Sometimes they need somebody to come in a do a thorough de-cluttering. As CBC’s Dragon’s Den heads into a 19th season, who better to join the series as the latest investing entrepreneur than Brian Scudamore? He’s the founder and CEO of 1-800-GOT-JUNK. You know their slogan:
For about as long as I’ve been opening emails I’ve faithfully checked one on-line source for daily dives into the culture of television — Marc Berman’s The Programming Insider. Marc, also a long-time member of the Television Critics Association, just has never lost his zest for television, especially for the shows that many of us
Sunday night at the 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, John Leguizamo delivered a stirring address on representation. He singled out minorities who won awards during the ceremony. Liza Colon-Zayas made history as the first Latina to win Best Supporting Actress for The Bear. Anna Sawai became the first Asian to win a Best Drama Actress
[With Sunday’s 76th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards signalling the start of another Fall TV season, we’re going to up the review ante here at brioux.tv. Maurice Tougas leads things off with this look at one of the new traditional broadcast network shows about to come our way.] In High Potential, a new ABC series airing
Am I disappointed in the new HBO/Crave documentary “Wise Guy: David Chase and The Sopranos”? Fagettbout it. The two-part film, streaming now on Max in the US and Crave in Canada, is brilliant. Oscar winning director Alex Gibney (“The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicone Valley”) turns the tables by putting Chase, now 79, in