Titanic, Global – Conclusion of a Four-Part Drama Mini-Series
As Titanic goes through her terrible death throes, panic among the remaining passengers takes hold. Passengers in the lifeboats hear the terrible cries of those in the water and the next few hours determine who survives and who does not.
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WHICH HIT SHOW IS BACK ON TELETOON FOR A SECOND SEASON? SKATOONY!
No question about it: innovative cartoon quiz show Skatoony is returning to TELETOON for another round of hilarious episodes. Produced by marblemedia, Skatoony season 2 premieres on Sunday, April 22 at 11:30 a.m. ET/PT, with a special sneak peek episode airing on Thursday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT as part of TELETOON’s “Can’t Miss Thursdays†programming block.
Every episode of Skatoony sees real kids facing off against animated competitors, including a variety of well-known characters from other TELETOON original productions. Anything can happen when host Chudd Chudders and his sidekick The Earl moderate rounds of hilarious trivia-based games including “Stinky Drinky†and “Hoo Flung Dung?†Originally adapted from the U.K. version of the children’s quiz show, Skatoony features Canadian and TELETOON-specific trivia.
Online, the first phase of a multi-platform launch for Skatoony season 2 sees exciting new updates to the 2011 Digi Awards finalist Skatoony Home Game on teletoon.com. Players will be treated to a new look, new downloads and upgraded elements including social features, new game levels and more.
Leading up to the Writers Guild of Canada awards on April 23, TV, eh? is posting a series of interviews with some of nominees. Evan Thaler Hickey was nominated in the Children & Youth category for the “Escape Artist” episode of Connor Undercover.
Can you describe the episode, and how it fit into the Connor Undercover season?
Let’s see if I can do this without being too spoiler-y! “Escape Artist” is one of the hinge episodes in Connor’s second season. Up to that point, Connor (our secret agent in training) and Gisela (his protectee) have been working to keep Gisela safe from a faceless adversary bent on capturing her (for what reason, no one knows!). But now, there’s a new player in town who knows who’s behind the entire conspiracy; and he’s playing a major game of cat and mouse with our two heroes as they try to capture him. Oh, and Connor and Gisela are handcuffed together the entire time. It’s a crazy thrill ride and it gives them a big clue into who the big bad of the series is.
What about this episode are you particularly proud of?
I think it’s the overall tone of the episode. Connor’s an action/adventure/comedy and the episodes sort of live or die on finding the right balance between those elements. It’s gotta be funny but not too jokey ’cause that kills the tension and the stakes have to be high but not life-threatening since it’s a kids’ show. I’d already worked on the first season of the series but writing this episode was the first time I felt I really got that. It felt good.
What does this recognition mean to you?
This is really big for me — not just because it’s the first industry award I’ve ever been nominated for but because this award’s all about writers judging writers on their writing. It’s not about what made it to the screen, it’s about the script you wrote and I think that makes it mean more than just about any other award out there. Plus, it’s made my mom really happy.
And finally (imagine my best Joan Rivers impression): what will you be wearing to the ceremony?
A look of anxiety and lots of deodorant.
Good God, Movie Central/The Movie Network – Premiere
Good God finds narcissistic and thin-skinned George Findlay once again at a cross roads in his life after he reconnects with old fling Virginia Hailwood (Lolita Davidovich), the socialite daughter of a very wealthy – and very conservative media baron. When presented with a challenging new opportunity from Virginia’s father, George agrees to head up Right News, the soon-to-launch Canadian arm of an American right-wing TV news network. Fixated on the perks, including a personal executive bathroom, George must deal with a dysfunctional newsroom team including Shandy Sommers (Samantha Bee), a devoutly Christian morning show host. Good God also stars Jason Weinberg, John Ralston, Jud Tylor and Doug Murray.
The Borgias, Bravo – Season 2 premiere “The Borgia Bull”
Inspired by the discovery of a caché of long-lost ancient Roman artifacts, Pope Alexander VI throws a grandiose pagan-themed feast for the people of Rome. Meanwhile, Lucrezia (Holliday Grainger) tends to her new baby while her brothers Cesare (François Arnaud) and Juan (David Oakes) find their mutual animosity spilling over into outright conflict, culminating in a heart-stopping bareback horse race. Alexander’s mistress, Giulia Farnese (Lotte Verbeek), learns that the Pope has taken a new lover and turns to Vanozza (Joanne Whalley) for advice…who counsels that there is room for three. Elsewhere, Della Rovere (Colm Feore) returns to the simple life of a pastoral priest and narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Cesare. Following their television premieres, episodes will be made available online at borgias.bravo.ca.
Canada’s Got Talent, Citytv – “Semifinal Round Two – Performance Showâ€
In the second week of semifinals, a new group of contestants take the stage to convince Canada they are the nation’s most talented act. This week’s performers include: rock band Angry Candy; dance group Daddy Cool; circus performers Fantasy Circus; actor Roger Leblanc; beatboxer Scott Jackson; vocalist Vithou Thurber-Promtep and pianist Yuval Fichman.
