Rick visits Calgary’s hotbed of Olympic training with Olympic medalist Kyle Shewfelt to find out how the cutting-edge ‘Own the Podium’ science program is preparing our athletes to win a record number of medals in Vancouver.

This week on 22 Minutes … Raj Binder (Shaun Majumder) covers the hype of the Super Bowl Media Day. And Newfoundland and Labrador falls apart without its Premier.

22 Minutes with audience favorites Mark Critch, Gavin Crawford, Geri Hall, Shaun Majumder and Cathy Jones airs on Tuesday, February 09, 2010 at 8:30 pm on CBC Television.

Unfair and unbalanced. The news will never look the same. Armed with political satire, sketch comedy and parody in this 17th season beloved characters return and new characters emerge to share the spotlight.

With the trial underway another Shucktonite is found murdered.

From a media release:

AUDITION STOPS IN RECORD NUMBER OF CANADIAN CITIES

  • Attention budding entrepreneurs! Auditions start March 2

Fresh off the highest-rated season yet, CBC Television’s DRAGONS’ DEN is embarking on an epic audition tour. Due to overwhelming demand, producers are expanding the search to over 40 stops. From the Great White North to the edges of every coast, DRAGONS’ DEN is seeking Canadians with creative ideas and money-making savvy to make the case for cash. Successful candidates will make their way to the Den for a chance to appear in front of the Dragons in the new season.

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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

  • Second Look: 18 to Life. Mazel tov!
    “Tonight’s sixth episode (8 p.m., CBC) is a big leap forward, a funny, smart, speedy half hour. In fact, if you like Modern Family–the darling of this season’s new comedies–you’ll like 18 to Life.” Read more.

When Thorne encourages Baber to share his extreme views on the radio, Amaar conspires with an unlikely ally to get him off the air.

A secret from Ben’s past threatens to ignite over a family dinner with a rabbi.

From Etan Vlessing of the Hollywood Reporter:

  • CBC picks up ‘Men With Brooms’ series
    “The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has picked up a sitcom from E1 Television based on the popular Canadian curling movie Men With Brooms. The TV adaptation follows an earlier pilot written by Paul Mather (Corner Gas) about four regular joes who hang out at the local curling rink. ” Read more.

From a media release:

TELETOON SALUTES 6TEEN WITH ON AIR AND ONLINE SEND OFF

The finale of the hit TELETOON Original Production, 6TEEN, airs on Thursday, February 11 at 8 pm with a two-part episode of Fresh TV’s award-winning tween comedy series. Following the regularly scheduled 6 pm episode of 6TEEN, fans of the show can catch the last five episodes of the season back-to-back starting at 6:30 pm. Viewers will have a second chance to catch this special 6TEEN marathon from 6:30 pm on Valentine’s Day, Sunday, February 14.

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From the Canadian Television Fund:

From Cameron Archer of URBMN:

From Etan Vlessing of the Hollywood Reporter:

  • CTV leaves CBS behind on ‘The Bridge’
    “CTV won’t wait for CBS to set a U.S. primetime slot for “The Bridge” before it debuts the Canadian cop drama on the same airday. The Canadian broadcaster instead hopes the homegrown cop drama gets a post-Olympics bounce after it bows on Friday nights from March 5.” Read more.

From a media release:

X-WEIGHTED: FAMILIES TAKE IT OFF FOR ANOTHER SEASON

  • Gemini Award-winning series is back in action

X-Weighted: Families is back in production for another season as 13 new families in Calgary, Kelowna and Vancouver leap off the couch, swear off fast food and dive into weight-loss action. Anaïd Productions is shooting the perennially popular Slice series for the next 6 months.

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The Doyles start trailing a potentially cheating husband to find he deeply loves his wife but is in deep trouble with some menacing criminals and smugglers; as Nikki moves forward with her new beau, Jake and Leslie take it to the next level.

A diaper service that makes sure nothing goes to waste; a family who hopes a Dragon heavyweight will help them mass-market their new scale; and a boating business that needs to reel in an investment. Plus, a mailbox pitch goes postal.

From BBM Canada:

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From a media release:

Corus Entertainment launches Sundance Channel in Canada on March 1

On Monday nights, Sundance Stage focuses on film adaptations of stage plays and kicks off in March with the award-winning Canadian series Slings & Arrows followed by some of Hollywood and theatre’s biggest names in American Film Theatre.

22 Minutes airs tonight on CBC: