With lottery-lucky Toronto Maple Leafs sidelined throughout these NHL playoffs, Rogers-owned Sportsnet had just three of seven hometown Canadian teams to bank on in Round One of these Stanley Cup playoffs. Only one team, the Montreal Canadiens, advanced. (They open the second round against the Buffalo Sabres tonight at 7 p.m.) How much does Sportsnet
With the recent passing of Dinah Christie at 83 we go back into the vault for my 2014 conversation with the beloved Canadian entertainer. Always a welcome presence on television in the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s, Christie was a touchstone for many boomers. I used to rush home from school to see the CHCH charades
When embarking on a long flight on an unfamiliar airline, there are the usual questions. How is the leg room? Can I get an aisle seat? How much carry on baggage will they allow? Then there is the all-important question: what kind of a video menu will you find on the seat back screen? I’m
Apologies for blanking the past week here at brioux.tv. I missed a few headlines for sure: CTV swiped SNL from Global; the usual eleventy billion million Canadian Screen Award nominations were announced, and Mr and Mrs. Trump tried to get my pal Jimmy Kimmel fired again. Me, I was busy riding camels past pryamids and
Adam Growe is happy to be back behind the wheel of Cash Cab for a 10th season (airing Wednesdays on MUCH and streaming on Crave). Raised in Vancouver, the stand-up comedian had to re-take and pass his special cab licence in Toronto before shooting took place last October/November. He’d like to take the series to more Canadian
Life is still unfair on the new Malcolm in the Middle reboot (streaming on Hulu and Disney+ in Canada), but it is also pretty damn funny. Do we need that now? Its April 10 premiere was the most-watched ever on both Hulu and Disney+. The four-episode miniseries, originally pitched as a movie, reunites almost everyone
One of the shining stars of Canadian television in the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s was Dinah Christie. The This Hour Has Seven Days and Party Game performer died Friday, April 10 at 85. The London-born actress-singer came to Toronto with her actor parents at the age of two. In the “born out of a trunk”
Who’s a good boy? All the puppies on the new CBC/CBC Gem series Must Love Dogs, that’s who. Premiering April 20, the 10 episodes feature a couple I met last December at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Toronto – Brady Oliveira and Alex Blumberg. They live in Winnipeg and are very dedicated to rescuing and finding