TV, eh?

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family, ratings for The Border, Dragons’ Den, Air Farce, Rick Mercer Report, Heartland, The Tudors, Little Mosque on the Prairie, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Sophie, So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Corner Gas, The Guard, and Degrassi, among others:

• Grace Park Behind Border Jump
  “Boosted by the series debut of Grace Park as Homeland Security Agent Liz Carver, The Border jumped to 765,000 viewers across Canada Nov. 10. That made it CBC’s highest-rated off-ice series last week.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family, ratings for the below as well as So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Corner Gas, The Guard, Degrassi:

• Weekly Ratings in Jeopardy
  The Rick Mercer Report, opposite U.S. presidential election returns, drew 843,000 last Tuesday night. Air Farce Final Flight, still stubbornly resilient, drew 728,000, The Tudors, 652,000, The Border, 643,000, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, 631,000, Dragon’s Den, 617,000, Doctor Who, 547,000, Doc Zone, 515,000, Little Mosque, 514,000, Nature of Things, 455,000, Heartland, 430,000, fifth estate, 289,000 and dead last–below MVP and jPod numbers–poor Sophie at 251,000 viewers.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family, with ratings for Mercer, Dragon’s Den, The Border, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Tudors, Heartland, Air Farce, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Sophie, The Guard, So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Corner Gas and Degrassi:

• Last Week: Mercer’s Back On Top
  “He shoots, he scores: last week’s Rick Mercer Report topped all CBC prime time shows with 1,114,000 viewers, outdrawing even Saturday night staple Hockey Night in Canada (1,021,000).” Read more.

From a media release:

CBC-TV’S HEARTLAND BUSTS OUT OF THE CHUTE TO RAISE $11,700 FOR ACTORS’ FUND OF CANADA IN 2008 TV CHARITY CHALLENGE

The cast and crew of CBC-TV’s Heartland have made their mark as the first entrants in the 2008 Canadian TV Charity Challenge raising $11,700 for the Actors’ Fund of Canada in a fundraising barbeque held on October 5. Three hundred and fifty members of the Calgary film & TV production community and their families attended the barbeque at the Heartland Ranch location, which featured a silent auction and other fundraising events.

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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Wheels Fall Off Degrassi
  “Degrassi continues to sink into the abyss at CTV. A record low 220,000 bothered to check out Sunday’s second episode of the new season … Heartland on CBC was no hell, either, drawing 371,000.” Read more.

It was a fun show today, with Amber Marshall of Heartland at the top of the hour, David Alpay of The Tudors at around :15, and Trish Stratus of Stratusphere at :40.

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From Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald:

• Heart’s fans grow fonder
  “There was much anxiety in cyberspace this past February, when the CBC family series Heartland ended its first season with a cliffhanger that left its legions of slavishly loyal fans in the lurch. The biggest point of consternation, it seems, was the prospect that the show’s dreamily brooding stable boy, Ty, had left the Heartland ranch for good, even after sealing a romantic liaison with our teen heroine Amy Fleming with a kiss.” Read more.

From Bill Harris of the Toronto Sun:

• Heartland star proud of ‘wholesome’ show
  “‘It’s so important to me to be part of something so wholesome,’ said (Amber) Marshall, the 20-year-old star of CBC’s hearts-hunks-and-horses drama Heartland, which kicks off its second season tomorrow night.” Read more.

From Ruth Myles of the Calgary Herald:

• Heart and Soul
  “One of the old saws about the acting game is that you always list “horseback riding” in the talent section of your resumé whether your patootie has ever hit the back of a nag or not. Amber Marshall, however, is the real deal, which came in handy when she landed the role of Amy on the CBC series Heartland last year. And Marshall rode western to boot, a rarity among the horsey set in London, Ont., where she grew up.” Read more.

My guests this Sunday on the TV, eh? show on Blogtalkradio include:

• Amber Marshall, who plays Amy Fleming on Heartland, which returns to CBC this Sunday.
• David Alpay — Mark Smeaton on The Tudors, airing Tuesdays on CBC.
• Trish Stratus of Stratusphere, airing on CTV on Saturdays.

Listen live Sunday, October 5 at 11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern and join the discussion by calling 646-200-4063 (or sign in and look for the Click to Talk button on the show site). Or catch the podcast afterward.