From Lana Castleman of Kidscreen.com:
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Maury Chaykin among ACTRA award nominees
From The Canadian Press:
- Late Maury Chaykin up for ACTRA award
The late character actor Maury Chaykin is among the nominees for the ninth annual ACTRA Awards.Chaykin, who starred in the TV comedy series Less Than Kind, is up for outstanding male performance. Others in the category include Mark McKinney of Death Comes to Town, Noah Reid from the film Score: A Hockey Musical, Nicholas Rose of New Year, and Chuck Shamata of Break a Leg. Read more.
TV, eh? podcast episode 19 – The Dread Carpet
Episode 19: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed
[EDIT: My webhost Hostpapa completely sucks and thinks 6 kb/sec is an acceptable download speed so it’s also here on Posterous.]
Our guest this week is Chris Leavins of Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (as well as Cute With Chris, Traders, Slings & Arrows, etc.) who talks about playing the guidance counsellor from hell, his favourite Canadian television the limitations of making a web series about cute cats, and so much more.
But first Anthony and Diane rant, of course, about the Geminis foreign content, Canadians’ wacky list of 25 favourite shows, the excrement that is Lake Shore, and the difficulty of cutting the cable cord in Canada. Oh and Lost Girl was renewed, but we’re happy about that.
Your hosts
- Anthony Marco can be found at Dyscultured and lovehatethings, and on Twitter here and here.
- Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and here on my personal blog, and on Twitter here and here.
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Ratings: Gemini awards
From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:
- Vancouver 5, Leafs 3, Gemini’s shut out
“The Canadian television industry salute, which was hosted by Glee Canuck Cory Monteith, managed 363,000 Saturday night on Global plus another 34,000 on Showcase for a combined total that fell under the 400,000 mark.” Read more.
Talent honoured at Geminis
From Bill Harris of QMI Agency:
- Top TV talent honoured at Geminis
“England’s Elvis Costello and Scotland’s Robert Carlyle invaded the 25th annual Gemini Awards on Saturday night. The Geminis honour the best in Canadian television. ‘Thank you very much, I feel quite Canadian,’ said Costello, the legendary musician who accepted the best talk series award for CTV’s Spectacle, which he hosts.” Read more.
From CBC:
- Less Than Kind wins 3 Geminis
“The 25th annual Gemini Awards gala was a big night for Less Than Kind, the Winnipeg-set drama about a driving school run by a dysfunctional family. It won three awards, including best comedy, at the annual celebration of the best in Canadian television on Saturday in Toronto.” Read more.