ST. JOHN’S, Nfld. — First thing is, I’m not really in St. John’s, Newfoundland. I was though, and it is more fun to begin this story by typing in the place name. Makes the blog look more official like. I’m now back home in Orangeville, but I was way out into the Atlantic earlier this
The most Canadian network in America closed the recent Television Critics Association winter press tour last Thursday in Pasadena. The network was The CW, which is programmed by a former Toronto lad, Pop TV president and brioux.tv: the podcast guest, Brad Schwartz. “It’s so great to be back here at TCA and see you all
In this episode: two CBC Tuesday night comedies for the price of one. First up is Andrew Pfung and company from Run The Burbs. The sitcom returns for a third season with Rakhee Morzaria, who plays Camille, joining Phung on this round-table chat, along with showrunners Jennica Harper and Nelu Handa. We start off talking yard
Cop or detective shows nowadays have to have some sort of an extra hook. The main character has some sort of Spidey-sense, or can tell if somebody is lying, or they’re an old rookie — something. Anything! In the new CTV police procedural Sight Unseen — premiering Sunday after the NFL playoff game and then
Winter finally arrived in much of Canada Tuesday night. The good news is so has CBC’s trio of Tuesday night comedies. I interviewed the casts of all three shows last month at the Winter Media launch at CBC’s downtown Toronto broadcast centre. Later this month over at brioux.tv: the podcast, you can listen as the
When you are casting a he/she series, chemistry is everything. The producers behind the new Vancouver-based cop/caper hour Wild Cards struck gold with their leads: Vanessa Morgan (Riverdale) and Giacomo Gianniotti (Grey’s Anatomy). He plays a by-the-books, wrongfully accused cop trying to clear his name after being demoted to harbour duty. She plays a daring schemer who
Let’s Make a Deal host Wayne Brady’s revelations last week in People magazine that he is pansexual brought back memories of an interview I had several years ago with the host/comedian. This was at least 20 years ago. I was working as the TV columnist for the Toronto Sun. Brady, who was in Toronto, was
On Thursday, CBC announced 40 original shows primed and ready for The CW. Among the new offerings are the new workplace comedy One More Time starring deaf comedian D.J. Demers as a hearing-impaired manager of a “Play-it-Again”-like sporting goods store. Blackberry is a three-episode miniseries airing this fall and focusing on real-life entrepreneurs Mike Lazaridis