Samantha Bee is nothing like the stinging satirist she portrays on her show. She’s soft-spoken and composed, although the passion for her job and her views can still quickly be summoned...

2017

Aug

JERRY LEWIS 1926–2017 By Bill Brioux

Bill Brioux looks back on Jerry Lewis' long-reaching legacy, his views on the television medium and a press tour encounter in 2011...

2017

Jul

NO LOVE FOR 'LOVE' AS EMMY NOMS ANNOUNCED By Bill Brioux

What?! No love for Love? That was my first reaction upon hearing the list of nominations for the 69th Annual Emmy Awards...

2017

Jun

ARNETT BIKES BACK TO VENICE AS ‘FLAKED’ RETURNS By Bill Brioux

Many years ago, when I lived in LA while working for TV Guide Canada, I was always heading down to Venice Beach. It was its own little circus, a great place to people watch...

2017

May

TRUMP THE WILD CARD AS ‘HOUSE OF CARDS’ RETURNS By Bill Brioux

House of Cards is the series that put Netflix on the map...

2017

May

MORE LIKE "GRIM GABLES" By Bill Brioux

The new Anne of Green Gables adaptation just finished its run in Canada on CBC before its Netflix release, and the results there were underwhelming. Read why Anne's country of origin might have been protective of (and more wistful for) the 1985 CBC original...

2017

May

MINHAJ MAKES THE MOST OF HIS WHITE HOUSE ROAST By Bill Brioux

Hasan Minhaj, one of Trevor Noah’s comedy correspondents on The Daily Show, did not get to mock Donald Trump to his face Saturday night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner... wh..ich was probably all for the best.

2017

Apr

MANY REASONS TO LOVE NETFLIX'S 'LOVE' By Bill Brioux

Season Two of the Judd Apatow-produced Netflix rom-com dropped less than a month ago. A third season has already been ordered...

2017

Mar

‘ZONE’ COVERAGE: MARK DAWIDZIAK’S CLEVER BOOK WILL SERVE MAN By Bill Brioux

My Television Critics Association pal Mark Dawidziak has come out with one of those, “Why didn’t I think of that!” ideas...

2017

Jan

MORE ON MOORE: QUALITY SHONE THROUGH, EVEN IN TOUGH TIMES By Bill Brioux

It has been an MTM marathon ever since the news broke Wednesday that Mary Tyler Moore has passed away. I was honored to be asked to share memories of watching and, on a few occasions, meeting Moore...

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