brioux.tv: the podcast
Hosted by veteran TV columnist Bill Brioux. Each week, join in on an outspoken conversation with the actors, executives, and insiders that make the television industry pop. In each edition, Bill invites his guests to talk business, give up some great stories, and make it personal. Plus laughs.
Episodes
258 episodes
Episode 8: New Life Casting director Jon Comerford
What's it take to land on a top TV sitcom or drama? Here's the guy who knows: Jon Comerford. He's cast many of today's biggest hits, including Schitt's Creek, Cardinal, Star Trek: Discovery, Coroner and, further back, Due South. A fella by the nam...
Episode 7: CMF CEO Valerie Creighton
Who's in the middle of rescuing the Canadian television industry during this pandemic? None other than Canada Media Fund president and CEO Valerie Creighton. She very kindly found time to talk about several key issues of the day, including efforts...
Episode 6: Kim's Convenience's Andrew Phung
Calgary native Andrew Phung recently won his third Best Supporting Actor award for playing Kimchee on the CBC/Netflix comedy Kim's Convenience. The one year he didn't win? The series wasn't eligible! With at least two more seasons on order, the em...
Episode 5: from Norway, Cardinal star Billy Campbell
After four seasons, the Canadian detective drama "Cardinal" bows out on CTV. We reach Canadian Screen Award winner Billy Campbell in southern Norway. The actor, whose body of work includes "Once & Again," "The Rocketeer" and "The Killing," talks a...
Episode 4 : Globe and Mail TV critic John Doyle
For the first remote version of brioux tv: THE PODCAST, who better to guest than glib Globe and Mail TV critic John Doyle. We talk about TV's struggles to carry on through these pandemic times. Does it work when SNL and late night talk shows lose...
Episode 3: Shaftesbury CEO Christina Jennings
A candid conversation with Christina Jennings, CEO and founder of Shaftesbury and Chair of the Canadian Film Centre. As she reveals in this podcast, Jennings took an unconventional path to the top. She didn't eat the other guy's lunch, she made th...
Episode 2: actor, director, Etobian Enrico Colantoni
A warm and candid 90 minutes with Enrico Colantoni -- currently starring opposite Tom Hanks in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood" -- who tells Bill Brioux that the road from Etobicoke to Hollywood is indeed long and winding. It's also filled w...
Episode 1: Air Farce founder Don Ferguson
In advance of the final Royal Canadian Air Farce New Year's Eve special (Dec. 30 at 8/7c on CBC and CBC Gem), founding member Don Ferguson talks to television critic and columnist Bill Brioux about his 47 years with Canada's longest-running comedy...
