Giddyap, pardner. This week’s episode of brioux.tv: the podcast takes a deep dive into everything you need to know about collecting your favourite TV shows on DVD. My guest is archivist, curator and classic TV expert Andrew J. Klyde, executive producer of Bonanza: The Official Complete Series. For many boomers, Sunday nights were spent with your
The NBC western Bonanza ended a thirteen-and-a-half season run on this date in January of 1973 – 50 years ago today. I was reminded of the milestone by someone who should know: Andrew J. Klyde, archivist, historian and attorney for Bonanza Ventures which controls merchandising and licensing worldwide for the series. Bonanza had been one
As my ol’ Toronto Sun colleague Jim Slotek reminded me the other day, critics used to call Michael Landon, “Jesus of Malibu.” With his long flowing hair and decades of playing good guys (on Highway to Heaven, for example, he talked to God), Landon was a one-man, family-friendly, entertainment messiah. I felt very fortunate to
Who is the greatest TV actor of all time? In an article by Ben Lindbergh published in the latest issue of The Ringer, the nod goes to Ted Danson Although Linbergh is looking more at quantity rather than quality, he builds a pretty good case. Danson’s latest series, Mr. Mayor, premiered Thursday night on NBC
Michael Landon, Jr. (right) directs Erin Krakow in tonight’s pilot episode Looking for a little family entertainment? Wednesday night at 8 p.m., Super Channel premieres When Calls the Heart. Shot in a village set on farm land not far from Langley, B.C., the series has been running since January Stateside on the Hallmark Channel. Michael