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From Francine Kopun of the Toronto Star:

• Robert Herjavec: The nice Dragon
  “Millionaire businessman says he’s more builder than hands-off investor — and drawn to mentoring.” Read more.

Rick goes to the Toronto Bike Show and visits the Spread the Net Student Challenge winners at Simon Fraser University and the University of Ottawa.

This week on 22 Minutes … Mark Critch reports from the “Seal Meat Luncheon” on Parliament Hill. The Celtic Sisters (Cathy Jones, Geri Hall and Gavin Crawford) with a brand new album welcoming Immigrants to Canada. And Mark Critch also reports from the 2010 Brier in Halifax, NS.

22 Minutes with audience favorites Mark Critch, Gavin Crawford, Geri Hall and Cathy Jones airs on Tuesday, March 16, 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.

22 Minutes is produced by Halifax Film, a DHX Media company in association with CBC Television. www.cbc.ca/22minutes

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In the series conclusion, Mayor Marilyn holds a public execution and all is revealed – in the nick of time.

From Bill Harris of the Toronto Sun:

• ‘Death Comes to Town’ wraps up
  “‘We (the Kids) are not thinking of coming back and being in a studio for eight more years doing sketch again,’ said Mark McKinney, who plays Death, among many other characters. ‘But that’s not to say we wouldn’t do a chunk of sketch stuff.’” Read more.

From Jim Henshaw of The Legion of Decency:

• The Guy With The Movie In His Head
  “The entire series operates on a level of paranoia and self-delusion that beggars belief. Leo and his fellow officers are downtrodden and abused by all those of higher rank. Every Captain and Deputy Chief practically sneers with venality while twisting their Snidely Whiplash moustaches — and those are just the women!” Read more.

From Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star:

• Jim Treliving: The loving Dragon
  “He treats budding entrepreneurs with respect because he was once one of them.” Read more.

Thorne tries to hide the fact he has evicted the mosque when a visiting archbishop demands to meet Amaar and the Muslims.

Tom and Phil team up in an ill-fated business scheme; Jessie gets in over her head when helping Judith re-design her kitchen.

8:30 p.m.

Dan’s (Fred Ewanuick) stand on cats becomes a hot button campaign issue, but he finds two unlikely allies, his ex, Claire (Mary Ashton), and Brianna (Agam Darshi), the niece of his main opponent.

8 p.m.

Millie (Nancy Robertson) tries out life as an office worker, while Stan (Brent Butt) tries out a new look.

Caleb struggles to get over the physical and emotional scars from his terrible accident as Amy tries to get him back on a horse and Tim doles out some tough love.

Sunday, March 14 at 9:00pm ET/CT/PT (7pm MT)

Set in 1895 Toronto, Murdoch Mysteries is a one-hour drama series that explores the intriguing world of William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) a handsome young detective using radical forensic techniques, like fingerprinting and trace evidence, to solve some of the city’s most gruesome murders. The premiere episode finds Murdoch running for his life from British Intelligence agents accusing him of murder. He finds himself in Bristol, England with no memory of who he is, how he got there and why anyone would want him dead.

From a media release:

KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, KID: THE DON CHERRY STORY

• A TWO-PART TELEVISION EVENT PREMIERES ON MARCH 28 & 29 at 8 P.M. on CBC-TV

Premiering Sunday, March 28 and Monday, March 29 at 8 p.m. on CBC Television, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, KID: THE DON CHERRY STORY is a two-part, four-hour television event depicting the tumultuous and triumphant life journey of Canada’s most outspoken hockey icon, Don Cherry (played by Jared Keeso, I Love You Beth Cooper).

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From Jennifer Wells of the Toronto Star:

• Kevin O’Leary: Canada’s unrepentant Dragon
  “O’Leary is breathing fire (and building his personal brand) on CBC TV’s business reality show Dragons’ Den” Read more.

From Trish Crawford of the Toronto Star:

• Arlene Dickinson: The Den’s storytelling Dragon
  “A Twitter devotee since 2008, Dickinson was the first of the self-made millionaires on CBC’s Dragons’ Den to send out tweets about the show.” Read more.

From a media release:

Elvis is in the Building: SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO WITH… Returns for Season 2, March 20 on CTV

• Bravo! to air encore episodes Sundays starting March 21 –
• Special episode devoted to Costello shot at Toronto’s historical Masonic Temple –
• Super-sized Springsteen season finale airs in two parts –

Microphone check! CTV announced today the return of Season 2 of SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO WITH…, kicking off on Saturday, March 20 at 10 p.m. ET on CTV (visit ctv.ca to confirm local broadcast times). After the much buzzed-about December sneak peak of Episode 1, featuring Bono and The Edge, all seven new episodes roll out with additional artists such as Ron Sexsmith, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lovett and the legendary Bruce Springsteen, whose season finale episode airs in two parts. Viewers can also catch encore episodes on Sunday nights at 8 p.m. ET, starting March 21, on Bravo!

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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• This Week’s Podcast: 22 Minutes and More

From Etan Vlessing of the Hollywood Reporter:

• Canadian sitcoms, reality TV outdo dramas
  The funny thing about Canadian TV nowadays are sitcoms and light reality fare are outperforming edgy homegrown dramas in primetime. The March 5 two-hour series premiere of the CTV police drama “The Bridge” from E1 Television debuted Friday night with 998,000 viewers, just shy of the 1.009 million viewers that tuned in to the recent series premiere for the CBC’s P.I. drama “The Republic of Doyle.” Read more.

From DiscoverFoothills.com:

• Christmas in March
  “The CBC show…filmed in and around the foothills…has began production on a two-hour television movie that will air in December. Executive Producer Jordy Randall says it’s pretty exciting for them to join the line-up of Christmas specials and step outside of the series a bit.” Read more.