Everything about Little Mosque on the Prairie, eh?

New tonight: Mr. D, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Redemption Inc., Canadian Pickers, Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All

Mr. D, CBC – “Exam Week”
Exam Week – It’s exam time at Xavier Academy and Gerry is convinced that he will catch a few students who are known to cheat on their exams.

Little Mosque on the Prairie, CBC – “The Dating Game”
When Amaar gets on the short-list for a renowned Multi-Faith Award, Baber and Thorne can’t help but fight over the cash prize.

Redemption Inc., CBC
Kevin O’Leary tasks the participants with selling raffle tickets for a sports charity. The challenge: they have to sell a minimum of $3,500 dollars in 50/50 tickets, in order to raise money for the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Team Up Foundation.

Canadian Pickers, History Television
The guys hunt for a classic old Canadian canoe in Saskatchewan’s north but find themselves up a creek without a paddle when the collectors aren’t too willing to sell.

Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All, Discovery
With a huff and a puff, two teams compete to build the strongest four-walled structure possible, with predetermined materials. The building must withstand the wind power of a tropical storm in the “Storm of the Century” challenge and protect its’ inhabitant – a stuffed pig – but in a surprise last-minute twist, the opposing team gets to determine the wind direction. In the “Boom” challenge, two teams have to determine the “kill zone” – the area in which a human being would not survive – around the explosive destruction of a nine-meter-long trailer. And in “Smarter than a Scout,” two individual competitors go head-to-head to prove they know as much as a typical boy/girl scout by completing five merit badge tasks in five categories before one of them leaves the competition.

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Writer Vera Santamaria crosses borders

From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

  • Vera Santamaria brings the funny
    With her background and heritage she brings a piquant voice to writing for television. But the most distinctive aspect of her work is the puncturing of pretension and pomposity. On Little Mosque, she wrote an episode where the imam’s shoes get stolen at the mosque, and another where a character thinks he’s dying and tries to make amends to the community. The synopses sound slight, but both are goofy-clever, illuminating affectations and vanity. Read more.
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Ratings: Week of January 16

From Bill Brioux at Toronto.com:

  • Canadians love hockey, football and The Big Bang Theory
    Fewer reruns meant stiffer competition for those new and returning CBC shows, but Dragons’ Den, Republic of Doyle, the Rick Mercer Report, Arctic Air, Mr .D and Marketplace all held their own. Betty White’s Off Their Rockers and Alcatraz also had strong starts this past week. Read more.
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New tonight: Mr. D and Little Mosque on the Prairie on CBC

Mr. D

“Grade the Teacher” – When Gerry sees how many positive reviews Dwyer has on gradetheteacher.com, he embarks on a campaign to match him somehow. Meanwhile, Simon takes Bobbi’s advice to stand up to a student but ends up making all the other kids think he’s crazy.

Little Mosque on the Prairie

“Short Fuse” – Amaar tries to play “Mr. Fix It” to impress Rayyan, but gets in way over his head.

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