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Ratings: Triple Sensation, Intelligence reruns

Diane — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:49:36 +0000

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

Canada Not Feeling Triple Sensation
“CBC’s talent search series Triple Sensation drew just 174,000 Monday night, with only 51,000 in the 25-54-year-old demo. It premiered a week earlier to just 220,000.” Read more.

Diane — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:01:22 +0000

From Jeff Swindoll of Monsters and Critics:

Intelligence: Season 2 – DVD Review
“There are a couple of things I hate. The first is being given a title to review of a show in its second season. The second, and more frustrating, is finding the show excellent and discovering that it’s cancelled and a third season isn’t coming.” Read more.

Diane — Sun, 03 May 2009 17:24:18 +0000

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Diane — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:08:01 +0000

From Bill Sherman at Blogcritics:

DVD Review: Intelligence – Season 2
“As with its first season, Intelligence devotes a lot of time to parsing the shifting allegiances within its two shadowy realms. Jimmy and Mary both align with men who were actively working against them in season one: in Jimmy’s case, the threat of the Americans has him allying with brutal biker dealer Dante Ribiso (Fulvio Cecere); for Mary, it involves promoting snaky alcoholic copper Ted Altman (the ever-watchable Matt Frewer) into her old position, even after Altman’s repeated efforts to undermine her chance at a promotion. The strategy seems to bring both former enemies in line, though we certainly don’t trust either of them to not betray their “friends” when given the opportunity.” Read more.

Diane — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:06:38 +0000

From Margy Rochlin of the New York Times:

Crime Gang in a Strip Club … A Canadian Strip Club
“THOUGH the Canadian crime series Intelligence has been shown internationally, it wasn’t until this time last year, when Season 1 was released on DVD, that anyone in the United States was able to see it. This moodily lit, character-heavy television drama tells the twin stories of the conflicted Vancouver drug lord Jimmy Reardon (Ian Tracey), a reluctant informant, and Mary Spalding (Klea Scott), the head of Canada’s primary intelligence service, who in return for information ignores Jimmy’s illegal dealings.” Read more.

Diane — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:58:21 +0000

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Diane — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:44:31 +0000

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Diane — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:03:22 +0000

From CBC:

Canadian film, TV, digital producers honoured at Indie Awards
“Quebec family drama C’est pas moi, je le jure!, TV satire This Hour Has 22 Minutes and the television movie Mayerthorpe were among the Canadian programs honoured in Ottawa Wednesday evening at the second annual Indie Awards.” Read more.

Diane — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:43:07 +0000

From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

Intelligence star is riding the rails
“The last time most of us saw Ian Tracey was on CBC’s Intelligence, playing central character Jimmy Reardon. In the final scene of the now-cancelled and much-missed series – which won the Gemini Award for best dramatic series of the year last Friday – Reardon collapsed in a hail of bullets outside the Chickadee strip club.” Read more.

Diane — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 16:31:10 +0000

From Bill Harris of Sun Media:

Axed CBC drama wins top Gemini
“The choice showed Intelligence, but the timing was kind of awkward. The critically acclaimed but ratings-challenged series Intelligence, which officially was cancelled by the CBC last winter, took home the award for best drama series at the 2008 Gemini Awards, which were held last night in Toronto.” Read more.