In terms of classic late night TV talk show exits, #StephenColbert will have to aim high Thursday night to top those of #JohnnyCarson, #DavidLetterman, #ConanOBrien, and #CraigFerguson. A look back here: tinyurl.com/bv9fuwtz #TheLateShow

Strap in folks. In terms of the 70-year tradition of late night TV talk shows, this final week of #TheLateShow with #StephenColbert is the toboggan ride at the top of the slippery slope. My take here: tinyurl.com/3363j3b2

Jay from Jay and Silent Bob (#JasonMewes) can't stay silent about his love for #MurdochMysteries. The CBC detective series was just renewed for a 20th season and Mewes and Matt Goehring have questions. Join us on brioux.tv: the podcast www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

Lawrence Kasdan's #MartyLifeisShort takes an intimate and welcome home movie approach. My review of the #Netflix documentary here: tinyurl.com/43vnhw7n

Good thing I have an anglophile in residence to help alert me to the new @britbox 10-part drama #TheOtherBennetSister. Review here: tinyurl.com/48bs22kf

This week on brioux.tv: the podcast, a sports reporter and host who, in my opinion, has been better on his feet and in the moment than anybody else in a rink or on a field. I’m talking of course about #ScottOake. Give us a listen! www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

What have the ratings been like so far these NHL playoffs in Canada and the US? Habs in Round Two a win for #Sportsnet. Details here: tinyurl.com/38rctuzk

This week on brioux.tv: the podcast, we go back into the vault for a conversation with Dinah Christie, who passed away last month at 83. Always warm and welcoming, Christie was a TV touchstone for many Canadian boomers.

EXCLUSIVE! reviews of films and TV shows currently offered on an airline seat back entertainment system you won't read anywhere else! tinyurl.com/mrx535uu

This week's guest on brioux.tv: the podcast is Adam Growe, happy to be back behind the wheel of Cash Cab for a 10th season (Wednesdays on MUCH and streaming on Crave). Among the topics: contestants who bail when they find out cameras are involved! www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

Life's still unfair -- and still really, really funny -- on the four-episode reboot of #MalcolmintheMiddle. My review of the #hulu and #DisneyPlusCA hit here: tinyurl.com/3v7mya8z

Is the Party over now that the last member of the #PartyGame home team has passed on? #DinahChristie might say it is just about to start. Celebrating one of Canada's shining stars of the '60s, '70s and '80s here: tinyurl.com/bdwrhcry

Who let the dogs out? Don't know but Brady Oliveira & Alex Blumberg are rounding them up starting April 20 on CBC's #MustLoveDogs. The CFL All-Star & his realtor wife seek forever homes for hounds. Hear them now at brioux.tv: the podcast www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

After #SchittsCreek, Dan Levy has earned the right to make #BigMistakes. The dark Netflix comedy has moments both anxious and funny. My review here: tinyurl.com/mv4j4x8y

Shrinking's third season finale a casting and writing showcase. My review here: tinyurl.com/4upwubjc

Benjamin Ayres stars in the new #WhenCalllstheHeart prequel #HopeValley1874 (W Network; Hallmark+). You've seen him on Saving Hope, Family Law and even Suits. We talk about the most important thing about playing a cowboy -- choosing the right hat. tinyurl.com/5s8zs3sf

You will not need performance enhancing drugs to laugh all the way through #HatethePlayer: The #BenJohnson Story. Hear from the all-star comedy cast now at this week's star-packed episode of brioux.tv: the podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

You will not need performance enhancing drugs to laugh all the way through #Hatetheplayer: the #benjohnson Story. The audacious six episode mocumentary is streaming now at #GameTVCanada and #paramountplus. My review here: tinyurl.com/3p2fx3zc

Set phasers for stun! School's out forever for #StarTrekStarfleetAcademy as Paramount+ cancels the shot-in-Toronto series way before Season Two even airs. Highly illogical? My take here: tinyurl.com/4vjtw7k8

This week on brioux.tv: the podcast --with #MurdochMysteries winding down its 19th season, Debi Drennan looks back at her career as the head of makeup. Word is the season finale, set for Mon, April 13, sets up a nail-biter of a cliffhanger. tinyurl.com/yrjjr54w

Rooting for network sitcoms to make a comeback is a little like hoping the Toronto Maple Leafs win a Stanley Cup. One true believer, however, is Maurice Tougas. Read his review of the new NBC comedy #theriseandfallofReggieDinkins here: tinyurl.com/mr44hdfh

The 98th Annual #Oscars was a good show overall, but with the world on fire (so fitting "One Battle After Another" won), host #ConanOBrien found the Dolby Theater a tough room. My review here: tinyurl.com/mjujszu6

How far can host #ConanOBrien go at tonight's #Oscars? Will he be able to test the theory that comedy is tragedy plus time? Some musings on how far #stevemartin & #alecbaldwin went in 2010: tinyurl.com/msyn9ea8

Are you an Anglophile who is hooked on Britbox? This week, the streaming service celebrates nine years by launching #OntheBox, a new podcast hosted by two smart cookies, Edith Bowman and Michelle Collins. Details here: tinyurl.com/2dnynckh

Cartoon historian, author, blogger and video producer Jerry Beck is my guest this week on brioux.tv: the podcast. With TCM now the home of over 700 classic Warner Bros Looney Tunes, we bond over Bob Clampett. www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

On Tuesday, CBC will air the 700th episode of #ThisHourHas22Minutes. On this episode of brioux.tv: the podcast, I speak with two of the current front five players -- Stacey McGunnigle and Chris Wilson. www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

Tonight at 8 p.m. ET on CBC Tara Bosch steps back into the Dragon's Den: She pitched her low-sugar SweetSnacks in Season 12. Four year later, she sold the biz for $360M! She's my special mid-week guest on brioux.tv: the podcast.https://www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/episodes/18724585

This week on brioux.tv: the podcast, meet #jayklein founder and CEO of #PÜR. He took his sugar- and aspartame-free gum into the Dragon’s Den in 2014. See him return Feb. 26 and March 5 on CBC & CBCGem

Remembering the late, great #RobertDuvall who never met a Canadian horse wrangler he didn't like: tinyurl.com/5yuu7aud #LonesomeDove

Remembering #JamesVanDerBeek (1977-2026). The #DawsonsCreek star died far too young at 48. He leaves behind a wife & six young children; fans show their support through a #GoFundMe campaign. Link here: tinyurl.com/nhz95mf5

Best. Halftime. Show. Ever: #BadBunny melts ICE with fire. Joyous, exhuberant, proof that "the only thing more powerful than hate is love." My review of an artistic, cultural and political triumph viewed by over 1.35 billion in America: tinyurl.com/4u74ye8h

This week's guest on brioux.tv: the podcast, Raoul Bhaneja, plays Chancellor Kelrec, head of the Star Fleet's War College, in Paramount +'s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy. Hear him at the link below or watch the full video version here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iGn...

A better time delay difference helped CBC and partners vault over Beijing returns with much higher ratings for Friday's opening ceremony coverage from Italy. The numbers here: tinyurl.com/25u6un3c

Why will we watch Sunday's #SuperBowlLX ? For the party as much as the game according to a recent survey. Plus a preview of some star-packed SB ads. Follow this link: tinyurl.com/3m9uek2a

What's up doc? Only the great news that @TCM has raided the Warner Bros. #LooneyTunes vault. They start serving up a week of 45 classic #BugsBunny 'toons starting tonight. Details here: tinyurl.com/4kfjkaeh

This week on brioux.tv: the podcast former Baronesses Jennifer Whalen and Meredith MacNeill talk about Season 2 of #SmallAchievableGoals (Tuesdays on CBC +streaming on @cbcgem). They play peri-meno-podcasters Julie & Kris: www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

Catherine O'Hara 1954 - 2026. Still in shock. My tribute here: tinyurl.com/47uwvxhf

CTV News Channel asked me to say a few words on the passing of #CatherineOhara Friday. What a shock. Tried my best: www.ctvnews.ca/video/2026/0...

The latest #StarTrek series #StarfleetAcademy is a class act. Several Canadians stand out, including British-born newcomer Sandro Rosta and stage & screen veteran Raoul Bhaneja. Beam it up at @paramountplus; my review here: tinyurl.com/5e5mayh2

It's game on as CBS stacks ten @survivorcbs #Roadto50 classic episodes against NBC's Winter Olympic coverage. That and other details leading up to the Feb. 25 three-hour premiere here: tinyurl.com/2jef57fp #CorusPR #CBSNetworkPR

Barb Williams went from being a receptionist at an all-news radio station to the executive suites of three different Canadian media companies. As she retires as EVP of CBC, Williams is my guest this week on brioux.tv: the podcast. tinyurl.com/3x862p5d

Even if you won't head to the States to visit Disneyland these days, you'll want to watch #Disneylandhandcrafted. Director Leslie Iwerks cracks open an astonishing time capsule on how the happiest place on earth was built in a year. Review here: tinyurl.com/5j499wch

Happy to sing the praises of @MelBrooks today on 14 CBC radio stations across Canada. The EGOT-winning filmmaker-comedian behind #YoungFrankenstein and #BlazingSaddles is profiled on Judd Apatow's 2-part "99-Year-Olds Man" doc premiering Thursday on #hbomax & @cravecanada.bsky.social

I am way late to this game, but here is my review of the pilot episode of the #Crave and #hbomax sensation #HeatedRivalry tinyurl.com/yyz2svn5

This week's guest on brioux.tv: the podcast -- meet Robina Lord-Stafford, co-creator, with Allan Hawco, of #SaintPierre. The CBC drama is back for a second season on Monday nights plus on demand on #CBCGem. www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

Fifty-seven channels and nothing on? Our fearless critic Maurice Tougas boldly goes forth with four Hidden Gem suggestions for your viewing pleasure. Read his list here: tinyurl.com/58brd4pu

Holy pension cheques! It was exactly sixty years ago, Jan. 12, 1966, when #Batman premiered on ABC. My memories of how this was a mind-blower for eight-year-olds everywhere: tinyurl.com/3yd2wtx5

This week's guests on brioux.tv: the podcast, Allan Hawco and French costar Josephine Jobert, are back with 12 new episodes of #SaintPierre. The Monday night police procedural is the highest-rated sophomore series on CBC. Link below. www.buzzsprout.com/1529933/epis...

#CFNY The Spirit of Radio doc rocks on #TVODocs although it also skips and pops. My review of this appropriately rough cut of a profile here: tinyurl.com/4zxn434k

I've seen both sides of #ChevyChase (and you're not). My review of the #CNN doc, but mainly memories of #TCA press tour encounters, good and bad, with the #SNL original tinyurl.com/2u3dmh7e