CBC announced its safe 2013-14 schedule and Diane and Anthony are less than impressed (Anthony’s more impressed by the Gordie Howe movie). Never Ever Do This At Home premieres May 6, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is in production, Vikings and Match Game were picked up for a second season, Storage Wars Canada is coming to OLN, Jonathan Torrens celebrates 25 years in Canadian TV, and the way we’re watching TV is changing thanks to HBO and Aereo.

Then, we get into the rage think piece of the week, more ranting on the Canadian media industry’s latest attempt to pat themselves on the back. And then Diane needed even more to drink.

Episode 130: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

Your hosts

• Anthony Marco can be found at anthonymarco.com, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

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Special guest Kelly Lynne Ashton – wonk extraordinaire – joins us for this special episode of the TV, eh? podcast. Special because we pick her brain on all things CanCon related and get answers to our burning questions on what exactly makes a show Canadian – The Borgias anyone? – how many teeth the CRTC has and many other things that raise Diane and Anthony’s collective blood pressure.

Also special because after that interview the rest of the podcast didn’t record,so we (mostly Anthony) power through the news of the week. Again. News such as Orphan Black’s ratings, The Borgias’ return, Motive’s web series, Sanctuary’s syndication, Cracked’s sales, and Syfy’s Continuum season 2 pickup. Also Diane made a passionate rant about something that is lost to the technical gremlins but we promise to try again next week.

Episode 129: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

Your hosts

• Anthony Marco can be found at anthonymarco.com, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

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Anthony and Diane just won’t shut up about Republic of Doyle and Seed’s ratings, the Orphan Black, Rogue, Money Moron and Rookie Blue premieres, Saving Hope going into production for season two, Canada’s Handyman Challenge naming a winner, the new copro policy, and how the Nielsen family is dead according to Wired (long live the Nielsen family).

Episode 128: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

Your hosts

• Anthony Marco can be found at anthonymarco.com, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

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Diane and Anthony do a quick podcast that’s as long as their other podcasts as they rant and talk about such topics as Mike Holmes, Bomb Girls returning, Motive’s new timeslot ratings, Mark McKinney‘s new development deal (and he’s on the Flying Bellevilles podcast), Seed’s new contest (and old failings), the CRTC plays hardball with Oprah, not like the Competition Bureau with Corus, and comedy is hard and stuff.

Episode 127: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

Your hosts

• Anthony Marco can be found at anthonymarco.com, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

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Diane and Anthony talk Canadian TV news (and talk and talk):

Motive moves to Thursdays, Linda Hamilton guests on Lost Girl and Hugh Dillon on Continuum, Laura Vandervoort will star in Bitten, CTV orders Spun Out, Best Laid Plans is coming to CBC, YTV renews The Next Star, CBC plugs the wrong Jack, Canadian broadcasters want a piece of foreign distribution money, Bell wants a giant piece of the Canadian TV industry, and the Toronto Star makes an unarguable argument that Canadian TV is superior to Canadian movies.

Episode 126: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

Your hosts

• Anthony Marco can be found at anthonymarco.com, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

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