My guest this episode is an executive producer who helped guide Schitt’s Creek to a canoe full of Emmy and CSA awards. He’s currently one of the executive producers on another wonderful sitcom, Son of a Critch, shockingly ignored — nomination wise — at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards. Yes, it is Andrew Barnsley and he’s just
Winston Conrad Martindale — nicknamed “Wink” by a neighbourhood pal — was probably best known for hosting Tic-Tac-Dough. The Tennessee native, however, also hosted around 20 other TV game shows, including Boggle, Gambit, Shuffle, Headline Chasers, High Rollers, Debt, Can You Top This? and the TV version of Trivial Pursuit. Martindale died from lymphoma April
Jean Marsh played well over 100 roles as listed at her profile on the International Movie Database (IMDb). The Emmy Award-winning British actress, however, was best known as the co-creator as well as one of the stars of the ITV series Upstairs Downstairs (1971-75). Marsh died Sunday in London at the age of 90. She
Bummed your invitation to Martin Short’s cottage in the Muskokas was evidently lost in the mail? Save yourself the long drive and listen to this week’s episode of brioux.tv: the podcast. One of my favourite guests, filmmaker Mitch Azaria, is back with his sixth in an annual series exploring the province of Ontario: Tripping The Muskoka
I met Jay North, along with his Dennis The Menace co-star Jeannie Russell (who played schoolmate Margaret), over 25 years ago at one of the Hollywood Shows where former stars meet fans and sign autographs. The actor died of colorectal cancer April 6 at his home in Florida. He was 73. North was one of
Mark McKinney, a veteran of both The Kids in the Hall and Saturday Night Live, gets his brows darked for Tuesday nights episode of This Hour Has 22 Minutes (8 p.m. ET on CBC and streaming on CBCGem). At least he doesn’t have to sit and get tarted up with orange tan spray the way
Jay Leno says he almost backed out of an upcoming booking in Canada. The former Tonight Show host crosses the border with special guest Arsenio Hall May 2 to perform at Casino Rama north of Toronto. Leno has played before thousands in this room in other years, but was having second thoughts after the barrage
One of the best lines ever at a Television Critics Association press tour: Tina Fey was at the podium receiving a TCA Award for her series 30 Rock. She looked out over the gathering and declared that it was a great time to be in broadcast television. “It’s like being in vaudeville in the ’60s.”