You can’t put tarriffs on talent: Canadians are among the multi-nominated heading into the 77th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (airing Sept. 14 on CTV and ABC). Vancouver-native Seth Rogan earned three nominations for writing, directing and starring and his AppleTV+ series The Studio drew 23 noms in total, a record for a rookie series. Fellow
The Bell Media Upfront25 held Thursday at Meridian Hall in Toronto may be the best Canadian upfront I’ve ever attended. Bell does it old school. They rent the biggest hall, fly in the most stars and crank up the open bar for the ad community. They have the advantage of going last and thus can
Earlier this week I was asked to preview the coming fall TV season for CBC radio syndication. It is something I look forward to — a half-day marathon timed at ten minute intervals with radio markets right across Canada. Wednesday, they included radio hosts from Kelowna to St. John’s, with stops in Victoria, Vancouver, Whitehorse,
Warning: spoilers ahead. When last we left our three heroes Charles, Oliver and Mabel (Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selina Gomez) they were celebrating solving the riddle of Season Three: who killed actor Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd). As in other seasons on Only Murders in the Building, however, the next season’s whodunnit was pre-teased. There
Only Murders in the Building is the one show I watch as appointment viewing. Tuesday nights have purpose again starting August 27 with the fourth season premiere of this series starring Stave Martin, Martin Short and Selina Gomez. The murder mystery finds our podcasting heroes Charles Haden-Savage, Oliver Putnam and Mabel Mora (Martin, Short and
To whet out appetite for Season 4 of Only Murders in the Building — premiering August 27 on Hulu and Disney+ in Canada — the above teaser photo was released. The new season storyline finds our three podcasters Charles, Oliver and Mabel (Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez) off to Los Angeles. A Hollywood
This week on brioux.tv: the podcast — Dave Thomas pays tribute to his late, great writer-producer-performer friend, Joe Flaherty. Thomas and Flaherty produced SCTV in its second season, taking their cue from original (sort of) showrunner Harold Ramis and putting more of a spotlight on the cast’s ability to morph into famous celebrities. They also
You were probaby expecting me to post a review of the new AppleTV+ documentary about Steve Martin before it premiered. Well excuuuuse me! It took me a few extra days to get around to it, but I have seen both parts of STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces. Part One, “Then,” features his rise