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
Encore: Eric McCormack slashes back
Eric McCormack is such a terrific podcast guest we're running this episode twice.The occasion is the premiere, April 6, of Slasher: Ripper. This fifth season of the horror anthology series airs on the streaming service Shudde...
Tripping Train 185 with Mitch Azaria
I always look forward to catching up with Mitch Azaria. He's the executive producer behind the unique "Tripping" series of real time, immersive documentaries featured each spring on TVO.In the past few years, and especially throughout the p...
Kardinal Offishall
For the second week in a row, my guest on brioux.tv: the podcast is a judge on Canada's Got Talent. Listen up to Kardinal Offishall, the Toronto-born rapper and music producer who is now encouraging a new generation of talented Canadia...
Howie Mandel says Canada's Got Talent
If you liked Season One of Canada's Got Talent, "You are going to be bowled over this year," says Howie Mandel, "because I don't think there's even a comparison." The talent search series returns Tuesday, March 21 on Citytv.M...
Karine Vanasse's Plan B
It is not often that a series that is popular on Radio-Canada crosses over into an English language version. But that is the case with Plan B, a compelling new drama airing Monday nights on CBC. It can also be seen on demand on CBC Gem...
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White Pine Pictures president Peter Raymont
Born in Ottawa, trained at the National Film Board of Canada and winner of dozens of international awards, Peter Raymont has enjoyed a distinguished career as one of Canada's top documentary filmmakers. His White Pine Pictures has been be...
Mark Little on Gary and His Demons
The pandemic forced some longer-than-usual delays between seasons of many of our favourite TV shows. Mark Little, for example, had to wait over four years to launch the second season of his animated adult comedy Gary and His Demons.
SCTV Hall of Famer Dave Thomas
This is the episode you've been waiting for, comedy fans. Dave Thomas tells how he almost became an ad man, a real life Don Draper, On the very day, however, that the young Canadian dazzled the ad men in New York, winning the ...
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Lea Thompson and Stacey Farber are The Spencer Sisters
Come on Back to the Future as we celebrate Episode 100 here at brioux.tv: the podcast. This installment boasts two wonderful guests, both starring in the new mystery hour The Spencer Sisters. The series launches Friday, February ...
Mayor of Kingstown's Hugh Dillon
Hugh Dillon was sick with worry after hearing of Mayor of Kingstown co-star Jeremy Renner’s recent snow plow accident. The crushing mishap put the Avengers star in the hospital with critical injuries. Dillon’s fears were put to res...
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Chuck Tatham on Harold Ballard and other tales of Arrested Development
We found him! The man who came up with Bob Loblaw's law blog on Arrested Development. Had to be a Canadian, right? Chuck Tatham, from Listowel in southwestern Ontario, has had a stellar career in Canada and the U.S., writing and pr...
Jason Priestley and Michael Geddes on Harold Ballard
The Toronto Maple Leafs have not won the Stanley Cup since 1967. The reason? Two words: Harold Ballard.The curmudgeonly owner ruined the team in the '70s and '80s with a tight-fisted reign of error that played out almost daily in that era's...
The CW's Brad Schwartz
The CW is at a crossroads. Launched in 2006 by both CBS and Warner Bros, Nexstar Media Group is now the majority owner of America's fifth broadcast network.A lot of The CW's legacy shows -- Supernatural, Batwoman, Charmed, Legends...
Dick Cavett salutes Groucho
Christmas came early for me this year as I got to talk to Dick Cavett about Groucho Marx. The occasion is the December 27 premiere of American Masters "Groucho & Cavett" on PBS. Dubbed "the thinking man's talk show ...
"Ice-Breaker" director Robbie Hart
Another podcast episode about the 1972 hockey Summit Series?Yes and here's why: a second documentary looks at the landmark eight-game series from a very different angle. "Ice-Breaker: the '72 Summit Series" premieres Tuesday, Decem...
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Mary Walsh: The Missus Downstairs
Mary Walsh says she was born to play the tart-tongued older "Missus" living downstairs from a sad sack young bachelor in the very funny comedy The Missus Downstairs. The award-winning series is back for a second season, including a spe...
Yannick Bisson returns!
By far the most-downloaded episode of brioux.tv: the podcast has been a conversation I had two years ago with Murdoch Mysteries star Yannick Bisson. The actor is back to talk about "Baking All the Way," a new Super Channel House & ...
Voice of Bugs, Daffy & Porky, Eric Bauza
"Thufferin' thuckotash!" Have you heard Eric Bauza as the voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian, Sylvester & Tweety and many other classic cartoon stars? He says his five-year-old son can tell his ...
The Mother of All Degrassi, Linda Schuyler
As a young Toronto school teacher, Linda Schuyler decided to introduce her Grade 8 students to the art of filmmaking. As it says on the inside flap of her new book, "The Mother of all Degrassi: A Memoir" (ECW Press), this was a momentous decisi...
Super Channel execs Don McDonald and Jackie Pardy
Actors and actresses from When Calls the Heart have been among the most-listened to guests in the three years since brioux.tv: the podcast was launched. Clearly, "Hearties" are everywhere, and in Canada they subscribe to Super Channel....
Shantaram star Charlie Hunnam
If you could only talk with Charlie Hunnam for 11 minutes, what would you ask?That's how long I had with the UK-born actor, who was recently in Toronto promoting his new AppleTV+ series Shantaram.The 42-year-old former Sons...
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Frightenstein's Mitch Markowitz
I think I was about 35 before I figured out that Billy Van played all those crazy characters on The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.The series, consisting of 130 episodes cranked out over nine months, premiered more than 50 years ...
Moonshine's Jennifer Finnigan
I like my podcast guests to feel comfortable. That's not always possible over a zoom call, but that didn't stop Jennifer Finnigan, currently back for a second season on CBC's comedy-drama Moonshine. For our interview, the Montrea...
