Can Frasier make it without Niles, Daphne, Roz and Eddie the dog? Rebooting Kelsey Grammer’s Frasier without David Hyde Pierce as younger brother Niles does seem a little like reteaming Laurel without Hardy. Consider, however, that Grammar brought nobody with him when he left Cheers. Sometimes fresh blood is an essential part of new surroundings.
Several years ago, Brad Schwartz put the pop in Pop TV with the acquisition of CBC’s Schitt’s Creek. Last January when I spoke with him for the most-listened to episode of brioux.tv: the podcast this year, he hinted that, yes, he might just be taking a look at a few more Canadian TV shows, As the
This Friday, The Spencer Sisters premieres on CTV. The mother-daughter detective series stars Lea Thompson, still best remembered for her breakout role in “Back to the Future,” and Stacey Farber (Degrassi: The Next Generation; Saving Hope). You can hear both of them now on brioux.tv: the podcast. Viewers were given a chance to see a
This Monday, February 6, the 100th episode of brioux.tv: the podcast will go live at 7 am ET. The episode will feature not one but two stars: from CTV’s new series The Spencer Sisters, Lea Thompson and Stacey Farber. The above link will take you directly to the 100th episode starting Monday morning. To listen
Some advertisers are paying over US$7 million for 30-second spots on Fox’s February 12 broadcast of Super Bowl LVII. That’s a record haul for television’s biggest draw which will once again flirt with the 100 million viewer mark. Not bad considering the top shows in their timeslots most nights in the United States barely draw
CTV’s NFL numbers in Canada continue to grow as we count down to Super Bowl LVII on February 12. Last Sunday afternoon’s National Football League Championship between the San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles drew an overnight, estimated 1,828,000 CTV viewers. The primetime American Football League matchup Sunday between the Cincinnati Bengals and the