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Dragons' Den

In the news: Dragons’ Den back Monday

September 29, 2007 Diane Wild

DragonsDen Launch Mark Sutcliffe of The Ottawa Citizen profiles “dragon” Kevin O’Leary:

TV ‘dragon’ has no apologies for slaying would-be entrepreneur
“O’Leary is the caustic, sharp-tongued panelist on the CBC program Dragon’s Den, which begins its second season Monday night.” Read more.

Photo courtesy CBC:Host Dianne Buckner with the Dragons.

Dragons' Den, Heartland, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Trailer Park Boys

In the news: Fall schedule day-by-day

September 17, 2007 Diane Wild

Rob Salem of the Toronto Star gives the lineup of new and returning shows this fall, with blurbs from Jim Bawden about Canadian content relegated to its own little listing ghetto within:

Fall TV preview: Day-by-day
“Rob Salem takes a day-by-day look at the U.S. television season.” Read more.

Dragons' Den, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Rick Mercer Report

In the news: CBC’s new direction

May 30, 2007 Diane Wild

Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail covers CBC’s launch of the new season:

CBC’s ‘new direction’: more drama, reality TV: Public broadcaster pokes fun at its 2006 flops and promises new shows will satisfy ‘changed’ viewers
“People like to meet characters. They like to fall in love with them, and stay with them for a while. Our goal is to increase the number of people coming to the CBC,” [executive director of network programming Kirstine] Layfield said, adding that in 2006 the network enjoyed its best prime-time season in five years with shows such as Little Mosque on the Prairie, Dragons’ Den, The Rick Mercer Report and Test the Nation: National IQ Test consistently pulling in one million weekly viewers.

Dragons' Den, Little Mosque on the Prairie

In the news: CBC’s fall schedule

May 29, 2007 Diane Wild

Lee-Anne Goodman of the Canadian Press reports on the new CBC lineup:

CBC fall schedule features ‘Little Mosque,’ Henry VIII, and ‘smoking sports lineup’
“The CBC seemed far from the beleaguered network it’s often described as Tuesday as it celebrated its TV triumphs – and the upcoming shows it hopes will join them in ratings glory – in a glitzy and star-studded fall launch.”

Dragons' Den, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Rick Mercer Report

In the news: CBC’s new schedule

May 29, 2007 Diane Wild

CBC breathlessly covers their own schedule unveiling:

Upbeat ceremony sheds light on new CBC-TV season
“The high-energy presentation kicked off with a nod to the CBC’s recent runaway hit, Little Mosque on the Prairie, which was given the heady title of “saviour of the CBC” and is one of next season’s highlights. … Other surprise hits set for sophomore seasons include crime drama Intelligence, the entrepreneur-based reality show Dragon’s Den and a language-related edition of the quiz show Test the Nation.”