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
Arnold Pinnock
Arnold Pinnock welcomes viewers to step back in time 100 years with The Porter. The historical drama premieres Monday, February 21 on CBC and CBC Gem (and later this year on BET).Based on true events, this is a little-known slic...
Colin Mochrie
When I heard who the ten comedians were for LOL: Last One Laughing Canada, my first thought was just give the trophy to Colin Mochrie now.Coming to Amazon Prime Video Feb. 18, the six-episode series follows similar LOL ...
Art Hindle
In March, Art Hindle will be saluted by his peers in the acting communuty with the Award of Excellence at the 20th anniversary of the ACTRA Awards.It is a well deserved salute to a much-admired actor and crusading guild member with close to...
Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowell has a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Growing up in Liverpool in the early ‘60s, he took his girlfriend to see The “Silver” Beatles at the Cavern Club. By the end of the decade, he was one of ...
Kurt Smeaton
Despite the title of his new comedy, Kurt Smeaton really does not believe that Children Ruin Everything. The Emmy-winning writer, exercutive producer and showrunner and his wife have, after all, three thriving young rascals of their ow...
Tim McAuliffe
You would be hard-pressed to find a more impressive cross-border comedy resume than that of writer-producer Tim McAuliffe. The Montreal native’s list of credits includes The Office, The Last Man on Earth, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, MacGr...
Hamza Haq
When he was nine years old, Hamza Haq’s parents immigrated from Saudi Arabia to Ottawa. The young lad quickly acclimatized to Canadian culture. He turned on the TV and started rooting for WWE heroes such as The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and...
Anne Murray
Spread your tiny wings and listen to Canada's songbird, Anne Murray, as she looks back at her incredible 40-year career. The Nova Scotia native is profiled in "Anne Murray: Full Circle," a new documentary streaming on CBC and CBC Gem. Murray, 7...
Brian Williams
The dean of Canadian sports broadcasting, Brian Williams, looks back at his 50-year career after announcing his retirement from CTV Sports and TSN. Among the highlights: 35 years coast-to-coast on radio with Don Cherry on "Grapeline" -- and not...
Director Robert Vaughn
Can you actually make a Christmas TV-movie for $1.5 million Canadian?Resourceful Robert Vaughn can and did. The Ontario-based director shot the charming holiday romance "Christmas Movie Magic." It is one of 24 new seasonal movie premi...
Publicity legend Bill Vigars
As a newspaper boy, Bill Vigars once almost set a school on fire -- which, in a bizarre way, eventually led to him running half-way across Canada with Terry Fox.That's just one of the amazing true tales you'll hear from a master storyteller...
Graham Yost
Graham Yost is the Emmy and Peabody award-winning executive producer and showrunner behind such Peak TV hits as Justified and The Americans. As a writer, he was the screenwriter behind the boxoffice smash "Speed" and episodes ...
Director David Winning
If you’ve watched Hallmark movies in the past five years, you’ve probably seen several directed by David Winning. The Calgary-born director made a name for himself early in his career for directing fantasy-horror films and shows – e...
Rick Mercer
“It’s not exactly ‘Angela’s Ashes,’” Rick Mercer says of his childhood. He writes about it in his engaging new memoir, “Talking to Canadians” (Penguin Harper Collins).When he first sat down to write the book, something of a pandem...
Peter Mansbridge
Peter Mansbridge feels a tad uncomfortable being the story instead of reporting it. The retired CBC chief news anchor, however, has written a bestselling memoir titled, "Off The Record" (Simon & Schuster). And that's where he goes, sp...
K Trevor Wilson
Canada’s “Man Mountain of Comedy,” K Trevor Wilson, is finding it’s a great day for hay in Canadian television. Besides his regular gig as “Squirrely Dan” on the Crave hit Letterkenny, he’s now one of the three judges on CTV Comedy’s h...
Mark Critch
Mark Critch has not let a little thing like a pandemic slow him down one bit. The busy Newfoundland native is in his 18th season on This Hour Has 22 Minutes. He is also co-creator of the upcoming CBC series based on his book, Son o...
JANN's Zoie Palmer
As Canadian thanksgiving comes and goes, Zoie Palmer is thankful she's playing Jann Arden’s sensible sister Max on JANN. The Calgary-based sitcom is in its third season Monday nights on CTV. The British-born actress and York University grad...
Gerry Dee
Gerry Dee says he is thrilled to be back in front of a studio audience again as Family Feud Canada returns for a third season.The game show, shot at CBC’s Toronto broadcast centre, had to turn studio audiences away last season as COVID s...
Jewel Staite
Jewel Staite was five-years-old when an agent stopped her and her mom walking through a mall. Did the girl want to be in a TV commercial, the agent asked? Staite had no interest until her mom suggested that if she did it, she'd buy her some new...
Murdoch's Thomas Craig
You know Thomas Craig as Inspector Brackenreid on Murdoch Mysteries, back for a 15th season on CBC. The Sheffield, England, native has been keeping the constables and detective William Murdoch (played by Yannick Bisson) in line for ove...
Kevin Newman
It was 20 years ago this week when the biggest story of Kevin Newman's career broke wide open.The Toronto-native was coming off a five year stint with ABC News in New York City and had just moved back to Canada's west coast to help la...
Shaun Majumder
Former "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" standout Shaun Majumder talks about his latest TV effort, "Race Against the Tide," (premiering Sept. 9 on CBC).The series is an outdoors reality competition with a pretty compelling twist: sand sc...
