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  • Jimmy Kimmel steps up to salute SCTV

    October 25, 2026 · 37 min

    Send us Fan Mail We all know Jimmy Kimmel stands up for the First Amendment. Now there is also joy in Mellonville for he has done what not even Martin Scorsese could do -- complete a documentary about SCTV. Kimmel is the executive producer…

  • Jayne Eastwood makes everythng she's in funnier

    October 19, 2026 · 55 min

    Send us Fan Mail My guest this episode is an award-winning Canadian I've been looking to welcome since I started podcasting seven years ago – Jayne Eastwood.  Back when the fabled Toronto production of Godspell burst on the scene in 1972…

  • Saluting 65 years of The Dick Van Dyke Show with David Van Deusen

    October 12, 2026 · 1 hr 14 min

    Send us Fan Mail It was 65 years ago this fall that The Dick Van Dyke Show premiered on CBS. The half hour sitcom was not an instant hit, struggled in the ratings hammocked between Marshal Dillon and Bachelor Father and was canceled at the…

  • Boston Blue's arresting Gloria Reuben

    October 5, 2026 · 39 min

    Send us Fan Mail Back in 1996 I wrote a TV Guide Canada cover story on a local actress then making a name for herself on North America’s No. 1 series – ER. Her name is Gloria Reuben, born in Toronto and raised in London, Ontario. When I…

  • Private Eyes duo Priestley & Sampson head for The Coast

    September 28, 2026 · 25 min

    Send us Fan Mail As a TV beat reporter with an eye on the ratings, I never could understand why the Global television network walked away from their top-rated Canadian original hit Private Eyes in 2021. This breezy, stylish detective…

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  • Godspell doc director Nick Davis

    September 21, 2026 · 39 min

    Send us Fan Mail Back in the ‘70s there was this hippie musical Godspell that ran for over a year in Toronto. The cast was mainly unknown at the time but wouldn’t stay that way for long. Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Gilda Radner, Andrea…

  • Son of a Critch: the final season

    September 7, 2026 · 34 min

    Send us Fan Mail As George Harrison once said, all things must pass. Which brings us to the fifth and final season of Son of a Critch, the CBC sitcom based on the early life of Mark Critch (This Hour Has 22 Minutes). Last June as…

  • Kathy Garver celebrates 60 years of Family Affair

    August 17, 2026 · 57 min

    Send us Fan Mail 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…

  • Marc Berman takes the Critics Quiz Pt. 2

    August 10, 2026 · 49 min

    Send us Fan Mail 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…

  • Marc Berman takes the Critics Quiz

    August 3, 2026 · 51 min

    Send us Fan Mail 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…

  • FROM THE VAULT: late night's "Host Whisperer" Peter Lassally

    July 27, 2026 · 39 min

    Send us Fan Mail  Back in 2008, I had the pleasure of interviewing Peter Lassally, then winding up his extraordinary career in late night as executive producer of The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson. For close to an hour, at his office…

  • FROM THE VAULT: the late Ronnie Schell on Good Morning World

    July 13, 2026 · 47 min

    Send us Fan Mail In 2022 I had the good fortune to welcome Ronnie Schell as a guest on this podcast. Schell was a familiar face and voice on TV for decades, most prominently as Jim Nabors' army pal on Gomer Pyle, USMC. He was also the…

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About the show

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.