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
174 episodes
Frasier's Canadian connection Jess Salgueiro
When Jess Salgueiro auditioned in person for the role of Eve on Frasier, she had to do it in front of a pair of sitcom legends: Kelsey Grammer and director Jim Burrows.Pressure? Yes and no says the actress, who was born in Winnipeg, Man.&nb...
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Episode 174
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50:53
Mistletoe Murders stars Sarah Drew and Peter Mooney
Stop me if you've seen this kind of Hallmark series before: an enterprising and attractive single woman (Sarah Drew from Grey's Anatomy) owns a Christmas store on the main street of a picturesque small town. She crosses paths wit...
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Episode 173
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40:10
Garry Blye salutes Allan Blye
If only The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour was still around to help us through another turbulent US Presidential election. Pat Paulsen -- where are you when we need you?A key writer/producer back on that 1967-69 comedy variety...
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Episode 172
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1:12:16
Part Two: master storyteller Ken Levine tells all
In Part 2 of my conversation with Ken Levine, more evidence that the Emmy-winner is one of TV's top storytellers.One of my favourite episodes from his excellent podcast, Hollywood & Levine, is the one where he told listeners exact...
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Episode 171
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52:43
Part One: master sitcom storyteller Ken Levine
What hasn't Ken Levine done? He's an Emmy-winning screenwriter who has -- with writing partner David Issacs -- written for some of television's best comedies. You may have heard of M*A*S*H, Cheers and Frasier. In his spare...
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Episode 170
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48:31
Tracking down Justin Hartley
This past spring, the CBS action-drama Tracker became an instant hit, emerging as the No. 1 US network series of the season. On this episode, I speak with the tracker himself, Justin Hartley, who was in Toronto last June promoting the series at...
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Episode 169
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17:15
Mark McKinney Needs a Hobby
When you’ve been busy creating, writing and starring in TV shows and films for a couple of decades, who has time for a hobby?That’s been the case for Mark McKinney. This son of a diplomat moved around a lot as a lad and says comedy has ...
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Episode 168
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32:38
Small Town girl Kristin Kreuk
The first scene of the new Fox and Global series Murder in a Small Town is set at that most sacred of Canadian television landmarks: the diner from The Beachcombers, Mollys Reach. Seated inside, shooting a first da...
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Episode 167
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39:07
SNL's 50th memories with Lorraine Santoli
Ever wonder what it was like to be in Studio 8H opening night in 1975 on Saturday Night Live?Director Jason Reitman wondered and his new movie, "Saturday Night," is a recreation of the hours leading up to airtime on that hist...
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Episode 166
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New Dragon Brian Scudamore
TV schedules and programs are like the places where we live. Sometimes they need somebody to come in a do a thorough de-cluttering.As CBC's Dragon's Den heads into a 19th season, who better to join the series as the latest investin...
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Episode 165
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46:00
Carolyn & Billy return with Farmhouse Facelift 3
After a two year wait, our long national farmhouse facelift crisis is over! Designer/contractor siblings Carolyn Wilbrink and Billy Pearson are back with a new, third season of HGTV's Farmhouse Facelift. The stylin' siblings--...
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Episode 164
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48:03
Meet "The Movie Man" Keith Stata
About two hours northeast of Toronto stands The Highlands Cinemas, a hand made movie palace carved out of cedars and mosquitoes. Every summer for 40 years, families from neighbouring towns and villages in Ontario’s cottage country have braved b...
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Episode 163
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24:01
FROM THE VAULT: WKRP creator Hugh Wilson
Hugh Wilson talked his way into a job at MTM Enterprises at just the right time. When he arrived in the early '70s, they were busy making sitcom history with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Bob Newhart Show. Wilson, who had ...
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Episode 162
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51:20
FROM THE VAULT: Bill Daily on Bob Newhart
The death of comedy legend Bob Newhart July 18 had me scrambling for this "From the Vault" conversation with Bill Daily. Daily was one of Newhart's oldest friends from their Chicago days in the late '50s when Daily was directing and perform...
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Episode 161
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1:00:01
Olympic preview with Scott Russell
Welcome to a faster, higher, stronger podcast episode This week’s guest, Scott Russell, has medalled for years in Olympic Games coverage. He’s off to France for the Olympic Games Paris 2024, which runs July 26 through August 11. Russell will ho...
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Episode 160
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47:31
Michael Douglas
In a spectacular career that's gone everywhere from The Streets of San Francisco to "Wall Street" and beyond, two-time Oscar winner Michael Douglas currently stars in the epic, eight-part limited series "Franklin," now streaming on App...
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Episode 159
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33:55
One Man Treasure Ron James
Man it was fun heading down to Niagara last October and catching up with Ron James. He was shooting season two of his comedy series 1 Man's Treasure, which is up now and streaming on Bell Fibe.If this episode sounds different it is...
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Episode 158
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Food Fight: the Corus-Rogers brand battle explained
The licensing of American specialty brands in Canada went all WWE in June as Rogers swooped in and wrestled away rights to The Food Network and HGTV brands, among others, from Corus. The new deals with Warners Bros. Discovery takes effect in Ja...
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Episode 157
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1:05:09
Charles Martin Smith
As "Toad" in "American Graffiti," Charles Martin Smith took playing the school nerd to new heights. Over 50 years later, the California-born actor-director co-stars opposite Toronto actress Anwen O'Driscoll in "This Time," director Robert Vaugh...
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Episode 156
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1:17:45
Hugh Dillon on Mayor of Kingstown S3
Hugh Dillon is a man of many talents, including acting, writing and rocking -- the latter done with his band, Headstones.The acting writing and producing skills were put to the test this third season on the Paramount+ drama Mayor of Kin...
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Episode 155
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Previewing Allan Hawco's Saint-Pierre
Here is another conversation I had in May at the CBC Media Upfront on Toronto. Allan Hawco and Josephine Jobert -- stars of the upcoming CBC series Saint-Pierre -- talk about shooting the series, which will premiere in 2025. ...
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Episode 154
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33:36
CBC Media Upfront 2024-25
One of the new shows on CBC's 2024-25 schedule is called Small Achievable Goals. It is a scripted comedy about female podcasters going through menopause. Those three words, however, coulld also describe, in a fiercely competitive and c...
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Episode 153
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29:43
When Calls the Heart's Ben Rosenbaum
Attention Hearties! And especially Hickies! Yes, this week's episode of brioux.tv: the podcast features Ben Rosenbaum. For over a decade, he's played Mike Hickam on When Calls the Heart, the longest-running series on both Hallmark and ...
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Episode 152
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