[3] His younger brother is US-based comedian, television writer, host, and producer Pat Bullard and his older half-brother is Downchild Blues Band lead singer Chuck Jackson.

The late-night talk variety show was considered the first successful Canadian attempt at the genre, following the previous failures of 90 Minutes Live and Friday Night!.

[13] Following his television show's cancellation, Bullard resumed his career as a stand-up comic playing in comedy clubs such as Yuk Yuk's, released a comedy CD, did commercials for a weight loss clinic, and made a cameo appearance at the Gemini Awards taking part in a skit in which he played a corpse protesting "I'm not dead yet!"

In October 2006, Bullard launched an uncensored morning satellite radio show on XM Canada's Laugh Attack channel; the program was cancelled after five months.

[14] Bullard returned to television to host HouseCapades, a reality series which aired 250 episodes from 2005 to 2007, featuring people showcasing their homes for sale.

[17] He hosted Beyond the Mic with Mike Bullard weekdays at noon on Newstalk 1010 (CFRB) in Toronto from 2010 until 2016 when he was terminated after being arrested for allegedly harassing his ex-girlfriend.

[18] Bullard returned to broadcasting in October 2018 on Sauga 960 AM in Mississauga as host with Lawrence Morganstern of the afternoon drive time show, The Getaway.

[21][22] Bullard said he was haunted by one incident in Dnipro that he witnessed shortly after arriving, where Russian military hit an apartment block with missiles.

[22] Bullard decided to return to Canada, due to the high cost of medical care in Ukraine, after surviving an accident in which a car he was riding in was hit by a bus.

[22] Bell Media, which owns CFRB, severed ties with Bullard on October 5, 2016, after he was charged with criminal harassment of his ex-girlfriend, Cynthia Mulligan.

[23][24][25] On October 30, 2018, the Toronto Star published a correction retracting an earlier report that Bullard had been spotted at Mulligan's home in violation of a court order that he stay away from her.

[28] His criminal harassment and obstruction of justice charges had been dropped earlier in the month after the judge ruled there was no reasonable prospect of conviction.

Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael McKelvey ruled: "What is clear in this case is that the damage to Mr. Bullard's career and reputation occurred well prior to and independent of the publication of the Chatelaine article.

"[31] In 2022, Mitch Dubros, a private investigator who had been retained by Bullard's lawyer, was found guilty of obstruction of justice for trying to threaten and intimidate witnesses and Mulligan in person and over the phone in what Superior Court Justice Kenneth Campbell said was "a clear attempt to effectively blackmail Ms. Mulligan into staying silent in relation to the misconduct of Mr.