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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:

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From Cameron Archer of URBMN:

• Naturally, Sadie and The Latest Buzz best-ofs on DVD May 11
  “DECODE Entertainment and Video Service Corp. will release two-DVD sets of The Latest Buzz and Naturally, Sadie. The sets will street on May 11, 2010, with an MSRP of $14.98 CDN. Both sets are “producers’ choice” best-ofs.” Read more.

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:

• Top Programs – Total Canada
  #15 Dragons’ Den (1.645 million)
  #25 Rick Mercer Report (1.098 million)
  #28 Test the Nation (1.048 million)

From the Writers Guild of Canada:

• Dan for Mayor podcast

From The Sydney Morning Herald:

• The Guide Tuesday: Durham County

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:

From a media release:

Olympic Games Launch Pad: New CTV Original Series HICCUPS, DAN FOR MAYOR, and THE BRIDGE Get Post-Olympic Games Premieres

• Brent Butt, Nancy Robertson and Fred Ewanuick return in HICCUPS and DAN FOR MAYOR, March 1
• Aaron Douglas heats up Friday Nights in new police drama THE BRIDGE, March 5

CTV announced today it has strategically scheduled three new Original Canadian series to debut next month, immediately following the conclusion of the VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES. The three series will benefit from weeks of promotion during what is to be one of the most-watched television events of the year.

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A Big City prosecutor arrives in town for the start of the trial.

Tonight Rick goes west to check out bobsled action–he’s in Rossland, BC for Canada’s longest-running winter carnival and partakes in the homemade bobsled race down the frozen main street. Then he is in Calgary where our Olympic Women’s Bobsled team, headed by Kailie Humphries, shows him how it’s really done.