TV, eh?

This is not likely an exhaustive list so let me know if I’m missing any Canadian shows that are currently on iTunes:

6TEEN

Air Farce

Being Erica

The Border

Chilly Beach

Corner Gas

Degrassi: TNG

Dragon’s Den

Flashpoint

Heartland

Instant Star

jPod

The Jon Dore Television Show

Life’s a Zoo

Little Mosque on the Prairie

The Listener

No Opportunity Wasted

Odd Job Jack

Rick Mercer

Robson Arms

Sophie

Stargate Atlantis

Stargate SG-1

Stargate Universe

Stratusphere

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Total Drama Action

Total Drama Island

The Tudors

The Week The Women Went

Wild Roses

From Brooke Tarnoff of PopEater:

• ‘Degrassi’ Stars on the New Movie, Drake & TWF (Tweeting While Famous)
  “Two of its most beloved stars are Lauren Collins and Adamo Ruggiero, who appear in the new feature-length movie ‘Degrassi Goes Hollywood.’ Lauren and Adamo stopped by the PopEater offices to discuss the challenges of growing up on camera, how fame in Canada stacks up to fame in the States – and Adamo shares the unique experience of watching his character embrace his sexuality before the actor could.” Read more.

From David Hinckley of the New York Daily News:

• ‘Degrassi goes to Hollywood’ a ho-hum trip to L.A.
  “Going from Toronto to Hollywood in a yellow school bus turns out to be too long a journey even for the resilient and likable Degrassi family.” Read more.

From Entertainment Weekly:

• ‘Degrassi’ stars Lauren Collins and Adamo Ruggiero’s PopWatch Duel: What’s the best fictional high school?
  “Proof that ‘the college years’ aren’t the kiss of death for every TV show, Degrassi: The Next Generation managed to let its characters grow up without going stale. But the teen-oriented series couldn’t follow Paige, Ellie, Manny, Emma, Marco, Jimmy, Craig, and Ashley forever, and we’d seen them through so much. (Seriously: so much!) So Degrassi did what it does — you know, ‘go there’ — and introduced a whole crop of younger, new characters, with new problems to be dealt with in straightforward but often awkward ways. Such is life, you guys.” Read more.

I’ve been reliably informed that the  interview by Natalie Perez of www.examiner.com with Stacey Farber (Degrassi, 18 to Life) was a fake, so I’ve pulled the post linking to it. Sorry for the misinformation.

From Lia Grainger of the National Post:

• On the Town with Adamo Ruggiero
  “‘It’s always been a case of life imitating art,’ actor Adamo Ruggiero says of Marco Del Rossi, the character that he plays on Degrassi: The Next Generation. ‘It all begins with Marco being gay and my being gay,’ he says, laughing as he sips an icy pint of sangria.” Read more.

From a media release:

From Degrassi Street to Sunset Boulevard: CTV Summer Movie Event PARADISE CITY Heads to Hollywood, August 30

• DEGRASSI GOES HOLLYWOOD features celebrity guest stars including Jason Mewes, Pete Wentz, Kevin Smith, Perez Hilton, Kelly Carlson, Michael Seater and Vivica A. Fox as MTV’s Dan Levy makes acting debut
• Art imitates life as real-life DEGRASSI actors continue to hit the big-time
• Directed by DEGRASSI alum Stefan Brogren and featuring original musical performances by Jake Epstein and Cassie Steele
• Official Soundtrack “Degrassi Goes Hollywood” featuring original songs available now online and in stores on August 25
• Additional PARADISE CITY content available online at CTV.ca

It’s a southward migration that happens every year: droves of aspiring actors and musicians from across Canada head to Hollywood in hopes of making it big. Now, as real-life DEGRASSI actors become hotter than ever in Tinseltown, CTV presents the two-hour CTV Summer Movie event PARADISE CITY: DEGRASSI GOES HOLLYWOOD, premiering Sunday, August 30 at 8 p.m. ET. Featuring all-new original musical performances, the CTV Original Movie stars VAMPIRE DIARIES’ Nina Dobrev, Spring Awakening’s Jake Epstein, Cassie Steele, Lauren Collins, Adamo Ruggiero and Stacey Farber.

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From a media release:

The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) announces the 2009 DGC Awards nominations. Comedian Shaun Majumder will host the annual gala on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto. See nominees here.

From Doug Warren of the Boston Globe:

• As seen on TV: Father, daughter reunion
  “When I proposed that the two of us take a trip together, there was no hesitation on her part as to our destination. We were off to Toronto in search of any and all things Degrassi.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:

• Degrassi Set Visit Wins Over Crusty Critic
  “As anyone who reads this blog or read me at The Toronto Sun knows, I’ve never been a fan of Degrassi: The Next Generation. I was too old for the first series, which always looked fairly slapped together to me, like it was shot through a silk stalking with a leg still in it. The new shows all seem so overheated, with teen pregnancy and drug overdose storylines piled on top of cutting and teen suicide scenarios. Aren’t there any kids left who just get pimples or periods?” Read more.

From Greg David of TV Guide Canada:

• Oh Canada! Homegrown shows that are hits around the world
  “From classics such as SCTV and Due South to newbies like Flashpoint, Canada has a rich history of entertaining not only ourselves, but viewers in other countries, too.” Read more.

From CTV:

• ‘Degrassi Goes Hollywood’ coming this summer!
  “In the first ever “Degrassi: The Next Generation” movie, the Degrassi students venture to L.A. via school bus with hopes to score parts in the fictional film, “Mewesical High,” a musical directed by Jason Mewes (Clerks) under the mentorship of Kevin Smith (Clerks, Dogma).” Read more .

From a media release:

THE CTV FALL 2009 PRIME-TIME SCHEDULE

All times ET. New programs are bold IN ALL CAPS.

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From a media release:

Coming to CTV in 2009/2010 is the eagerly anticipated Original CTV Series THE BRIDGE. Starring Aaron Douglas (BATTLESTAR GALACTICA) as controversial police union head Frank Leo, THE BRIDGE is a gripping one-hour drama about police, power and politics, currently in production and set to premiere on CTV and CBS in mid-season.

CTV also confirmed today the first projects on its production slate for the 2010/11 season, including two, new, 13-part comedy series. Created, executive produced and written by the incomparable CORNER GAS creator and star Brent Butt, HICCUPS stars CORNER GAS’ Nancy Robertson as a children’s author with anger issues and Butt as her hapless “life coach”. DAN FOR MAYOR, from three of Canada’s most respected comedy writers and producers, Mark Farrell, Paul Mather and Kevin White, stars CORNER GAS alumnus Fred Ewanuick as a 30-something bartender who runs for mayor of his hometown.

The two new series join additional CTV Original Series entering new production cycles, including DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION, FLASHPOINT, and SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO WITH… CTV also announced today that it will premiere a new two-hour TV movie event, PARADISE CITY: DEGRASSI GOES TO HOLLYWOOD, this September.

From Dale Smith of Xtra:

• Where are all the gay characters on Canadian television?
  “With the cancellation of CBC’s Sophie, landscape bleak for queer characters on Canadian-made TV.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:

• Canucks Exit Bad Break for CBC
  “Friday’s Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… drew 660,000 “commercial.” Flashpoint did 1,149,000. Sunday’s Bob & Doug on Global counted just 174,000 hoseheads, still better than CTV’s dying Degrassi (163,000).” Read more.

From the Canadian Press:

• CTV’s ‘Degrassi’ series to unveil its first-ever movie this summer
  “The kids of Degrassi Street are heading to Hollywood. CTV says its hit Toronto-set teen drama series “Degrassi: The Next Generation” has spawned its first-ever movie that was partly filmed in Tinseltown and will air on “The N” channel in the U.S. this summer. Titled “Degrassi Goes Hollywood,” the film will also air on CTV at an undetermined date.” Read more.

From a media release:

“Degrassi” Co-Creator to Receive Anthony Minghella Memorial Award at 29th Annual Summer Institute of Film and Television

The co-creator and executive producer of the much-loved “Degrassi” TV franchise, Linda Schuyler, will be honoured with the Anthony Minghella Memorial Award at this year’s Summer Institute of Film and Television (SIFT). The award presentation will be part of the annual event, which is presented by the Canadian Screen Training Centre (CSTC), and takes place in Ottawa at the end of May. Schuyler will receive the award on Wednesday, May 27th at 8 pm at Library and Archives Canada.

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From Kristin Brzoznowski of World Screen:

• Echo Bridge Lands Broadcast Deals for Teen Series
  ‘Echo Bridge Entertainment has closed a slate of agreements for two teen series from its Alliance Atlantis Distribution catalogue: Degrassi: The Next Generation and Instant Star.” Read more.

7:30 p.m. – DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION – “Heart of Glass” – ALL-NEW EPISODE

Alli (Melinda Shankar) wants Johnny (Scott Paterson) to like her. She worries she’s going to lose him to an older more “experienced” girl. So to make sure she keeps her man close, Alli decides to play with the big kids at a ravine party. Peter’s (Jamie Johnston) been talking to Darcy (Shenae Grimes) and planning to visit her. Torn between two girls, Peter chooses Mia (Nina Dobrev). But will she want him now that she’s uncovered his secret?