Can the Montreal Canadiens ride a plucky rookie goalie all the way to the Stanley Cup final? First, Jakub Dobeš and his teammates will have to get past their NHL Eastern Conference Final opponent, the Carolina Hurricanes. Puck drops Thursday night at 8pm on CBC, Sportsnet and TVA and on TNT and truTV in the
When it comes to late night talk show exits, Stephen Colbert will have to aim high to surpass those of Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Conan O’Brien and Craig Ferguson. Carson set the bar high on May 21st, 1992 – his second last episode after 30 years as the King of Late Night on The Tonight
As I tell CTV News Channel anchor Marcia MacMillan (see below for clip), this week’s ouster of Stephen Colbert and The Late Show feels like the beginning of the end for late night televison as we know it. For over seventy years dating back to the premiere of Steve Allen’s original Tonight Show on NBC
World’s collide as the talky half of Jay and Silent Bob meets Murdoch Mysteries. Yes, it turns out that Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith’s pal since Clerks, is a superfan of the CBC historical whodunnit Murdoch Mysteries. He was turned on to the series by his buddy, Matt Goehring. Mewes binged 18 seasons and 300 episodes in six months.
The Montreal Canadiens — the one team remaining in the 2026 Stanley Cup playoffs — continues to win over hockey fans from all across Canada. Take a look at the overnight estimated data from Game Four of the Canadiens 2nd Round series against the Buffalo Sabres (and their Canadian anthem-singing fans). That game on Tuesday,
Eight years ago today, the surviving cast members from SCTV – everyone except John Candy and Harold Ramis – gathered in Toronto at the Elgin Theatre for what was supposed to be the opening scenes of an upcoming documentary. That idea seems to have slid right off director Martin Scorsese’s to-do list. Instead, individual members
This week on brioux.tv: the podcast, please welcome a veteran 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 Scott Oake, who recently announced his retirement from Sportsnet and Hockey Night in
If all he ever did was create Turner Classic Movies that would be reason enough to celebrate Ted Turner. There was so much more, however, to the maverick entrepreneur, adventurer, sports team owner, conservationalist and philanthropist, as captured in the TCM Remembers video, above. Jane Fonda’s favourite ex-husband (as she characterizes Turner) passed away Wednesday
One of the shining stars of Canadian television in the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s was Dinah Christie. The This Hour Has Seven Days and Party Game performer died Friday, April 10 at 85. The London-born actress-singer came to Toronto with her actor parents at the age of two. In the “born out of a trunk”
I only met him one time, but it was quickly apparent that you never had to guess what Robert Duvall was really thinking. Other reporters have similar stories. He once grumbled publicly about having to go to Canada to shoot great American stories, dismissing Canadian actors as “not good.” The Oscar, BAFTA, Golden Globe and
James Van Der Beek is best remembered for his role as Dawson Leery in the teen drama Dawson’s Creek (1998-2003). The Austin, Texas native, however, who passed away February 11 at 48, also has the rare distinction of playing a version of himself as a character on TV. That was on the ABC sitcom Don’t
One of the emotional highlights of the recent documentary “John Candy: I Like Me” is a scene where Catherine O’Hara is delivering the eulogy at Candy’s funeral. O’Hara stood at the podium at St. Basil’s church at St. Michael’s College on the University of Toronto campus and delivered a heartfelt remembrance of her friend. Candy
Today, January 12, marks 60 years since the caped crusader hit the small screen. On that date in 1966, TV’s original Batman landed with a Bam! Pow! Splat! For me and other eight-year-olds in schoolyards across North America, it was a mind-blowing moment. I can still recall the excitement of watching the very first episode.
