This week on brioux.tv: the podcast, meet a former child star who continues to impress — Kathy Garver, best known for playing oldest sibling Cissy on Family Affair. The series premiered on Sept. 12, 1966 — 60 years ago next month. It ran for five seasons and 138 episodes and starred Brian Keith as Uncle Bill,
Wednesday on TCM, they celebrated “Summer Under the Stars” with a 24-hour celebration of the Marx Bros. It is mid-August, but for me it seems like Christmas. At a time when new comedy films — especially those starring Will Ferrell or Kevin Hart — offer no joy in an unfunny world, along come Groucho to
For Part Two of my conversation with “Programming Insider” Marc Berman, we continue with the back half of the Critics Quiz. What was the scariest thing you ever saw on television? Do you think the era of the late night TV talk show is about done? What was your most memorable Television Critics Association press
Here is the news on Lloyd Robertson — he was a class act all the way. The veteran news anchor had a ring side seat to history, covering everything from Expo ’67 to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. He brought Canadian news viewers the moon landings, the Quebec referendums, and countless reports on dozens
These are bleak days for film and TV comedy. There’s no shortage of it, of course. What is in short supply is laughs. There’s a reason why comedies are on streaming services; nobody in their right mind would pay to see them. Balls Up, Ladies First, 72 Hours, Little Brother all have, at best, a
If you are reading this, you probably already follow Marc Berman, a.k.a. “Mister Television.” In 1997, while at Mediaweek, Marc created The Programming Insider, the daily, digital online destination for television and media. We’ve known each other since then through our membership in the Television Critics Association. We’ve both worked our way through platefuls of
Former co-star Jeff Wincott posted on social media that Scott Hylands has passed away. Fans of the CTV series Night Heat, which aired from 1985 to 1989, will remember Hylands as the more seasoned half of the team of detectives O’Brien and Giambone. Their characters were loosely based on real life NYPD veterans Sonny Grosso
Here is the news on Lloyd Robertson — he was a class act all the way. The veteran news anchor had a ring side seat to history, covering everything from Expo ’67 to the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. He brought Canadian news viewers the moon landings, the Quebec referendums, and countless reports on dozens
Former co-star Jeff Wincott posted on social media that Scott Hylands has passed away. Fans of the CTV series Night Heat, which aired from 1985 to 1989, will remember Hylands as the more seasoned half of the team of detectives O’Brien and Giambone. Their characters were loosely based on real life NYPD veterans Sonny Grosso
A true tastemaker and a real gentleman, legendary late night executive producer Peter Lassally died July 19 in Los Angeles. He was 93. Back in 2008, I had the great pleasure of interviewing Mr. Lassally as he was winding up his extraordinary career in late night with his final stint as executive producer of The
People ask me: which was your worst celebrity interview ever? I always reply without hesitation: Sam Neill. Born in Ireland and raised in New Zealand, the Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actor passed away July 13 at 78. He had shared on social media recently that tests showed he had licked a rare blood lymphoma.
Louise Lasser was a genuine original who burned bright in the 1970s. The star of the daily, syndicated, soap-comedy Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976 -77), she was probably the first major TV character to suffer a season-long nervous breakdown. Post Nixon, Watergate and Vietnam, she represented what many North Americans were feeling at what was,
Joby Baker might have had a bigger TV career if only he was better at memorizing his lines. The Montreal native, who passed away June 22 at 92, was raised in Hawaii before studying acting in New York. He had only one starring role on television. That was when he was paired with Ronnie Schell
