TV, eh?

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Shattered fails to break
  “The first new show of the 2010-11 network season opened to a BBOE (Below Brampton Overnight Estimate) 428,000 viewers Canada wide.” Read more.

From the Toronto Star:

• So You Think You Can Dance Canada: Yonni and Bree’s exit interview
  “They say it’s better to have loved and lost than never have loved at all: that’s how Yonni Fournier and Bree Wasylenko feel about So You Think You Can Dance Canada. The day after their elimination, they were still shocked but grateful to have had the experience of being in the show’s top 20.” Read more.

From a media release:

BREE and YONNI are Eliminated From So You Think You Can Dance Canada Leaving 18 in the Running to Become Canada’s Favourite Dancer

It was announced tonight that BREE Wasylenko, 22, a Contemporary dancer from Toronto, ON and YONNI Fournier, 27, a Salsa dancer from Montreal, QC would be leaving the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA stage. The results were revealed live during tonight’s broadcast after host Leah Miller revealed the three couples with the lowest number of votes would dance for their lives and await their fate. Eighteen dancers are now in the running for the chance to be crowned Canada’s Favourite Dancer.

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8:30 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA –RESULTS EPISODE

Another guy and another girl are sent home on the live results episode.

9 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA – NEW TWO-HOUR EPISODE

The Top 18 couples return to the dance floor on the two-hour performance episode.

From BBM Canada:

• Top programs – Total Canada
  #4 Flashpoint (1.558 million)
  #5 Rookie Blue (1.476 million)
  #18 So You Think You Can Dance Canada auditions (1.065)
  #20 Dragons’ Den (1.021 million)

From the Toronto Star:

• So You Think You Can Dance Canada: Shelaina and Hani’s exit interview
  “Their time on So You Think You Can Dance Canada was short, you can’t say it wasn’t eventful. Shelaina Anderson, 19, a contemporary dancer from Edmonton, knew she was leaving before Tuesday’s show because of the foot injury she sustained in rehearsal. It was more of a shock for her partner, Hani Abaza, 26, of Ottawa, a modern contemporary dancer.” Read more.

8:30 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA – RESULTS EPISODE

In the first results show of the season, one guy and one girl are eliminated from the competition.

Episode 8: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

Anthony Marco and I give a rundown of September’s new Canadian shows, including Lost Girl, Todd & The Book of Pure Evil, Call Me Fitz, Men With Brooms and Shattered.

I rant about Global’s marketing department doing such a poor job of marketing Shattered in particular, their history of poor CanCon marketing, and their delusion that they have the only new Canadian show premiering this fall (hello, see above).

So You Think You Can Dance Canada guest judge Mary Murphy joins me for an interview to talk about the Top 22, what’s unique about the Canadian version of the show, her negotiations to come back full time on the US version, and more.

Your links

• Lost Girl premieres September 12 on Showcase
• Todd & The Book of Pure Evil premieres September 29 on Space
• Call Me Fitz premieres September 19 on HBO Canada
• CBC’s fall lineup – Men With Brooms premieres September 20
• Shattered premieres September 1 on Global
• The CW cancels 18 to Life
• The Tudors is among the Creative Arts Emmy winners
• So You Think You Can Dance Canada
• Follow So You Think You Can Dance’s Mary Murphy on Twitter

Your hosts

• Anthony can be found at Dyscultured and lovehatethings, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane can be found here at TV, eh? and here, and on Twitter here and here.

From Debra Yeo of the Toronto Star:

• A dance show as diverse as Canada
  “Sandra Faire, executive producer of So You Think You Can Dance Canada, says show’s differences are its strengths.” Read more.

9 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA – NEW TWO-HOUR EPISODE

The Top 20 are paired into 10 couples and take to the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA stage for the first performance episode.

From a media release:

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA Flips with a Twist, Expanding to Top 22 for Season 3 on CTV

• For the first time, 22 dancers take to the stage for Canada?s votes during the Performance Episode Monday, August 23 at 9 p.m. ET
• First Eliminations on Tuesday, August 24 at 8:30 p.m. ET on CTV
• Top 22 guide available in Metro newspapers across the country tomorrow
• Exclusive Top 22 interviews air on ETALK and are available online at CTV.ca tomorrow
• The Top 22 reveal episode re-airs Saturday, August 28 on MuchMusic

Following a cross-country audition tour that stopped in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax, the talent was too great, and for the first time in SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA history, the judges selected 11 girls and 11 guys from across the country, expanding the Top 20 to a Top 22. The dancers represent the country coast to coast from Vancouver, B.C., to Inverness, NS, and for the first time, there are competitors from Saskatchewan and New Brunswick. Specializing in everything from contemporary to hip-hop, ballroom, ballet and salsa, the Top 22 were announced during tonight?s special one-hour reveal episode, and will take to the stage for the first time tomorrow, Monday, August 23 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV visit ctv.ca to confirm local broadcast times).

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9 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA – NEW EPISODE

In this special one-hour episode, “Finals Week” comes to an end and the Season 3 Top 20 are revealed on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA.

From BBM Canada:

• Top Programs – Total Canada
  #7 Rookie Blue (1.529 million)
  #13 Flashpoint (1.267 million)
  #20 So You Think You Can Dance Canada (989,000)
  #24 Dragons’ Den rerun (955,000)

9 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA – NEW TWO-HOUR EPISODE

During “Finals Week” almost 150 dancers travel to Toronto, where the dancers test their limits with the goal of earning a spot in the coveted SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA Top 20. Guest judges including Sean Cheesman, Mary Murphy and Rex Harrington.

9 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA – NEW TWO-HOUR EPISODE

It’s the last stop during the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA audition tour as Canadians have one more shot to prove they are the best dancers during the Montreal auditions. Judges Jean Marc Genereux, Tré Armstrong and Luther Brown are joined by guest judge Mia Michaels.

Episode 7: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

It’s a ranty podcast with Anthony Marco and I appalled at CBC’s 3D documentary on the Queen and accompanying distribution of 3D glasses and John Doyle’s fabulous tear on Stursberg’s departure: “The CBC is a bizarre institution, a rats’ nest of ego, bickering, backstabbing, rumour and sour dislike of anyone who either has power inside CBC, or anyone or anything that isn’t part of the CBC.”

A clip of The Kids in the Hall talking about downloading their own show from bittorrent leads to even more CBC bashing. We even disparage a show neither one of us has seen yet: So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

And then I lay into the Canadian TV publicity machine for omitting mention of writers while listing directors and production executives, and the Writers Guild of Canada for letting it happen.

And stick around for a great chat with funny, opinionated TV writer/producer Adam Barken (Flashpoint, Rookie Blue, Shattered), one of Playback’s “10 to Watch” and an observer of the State of the Canadian TV Industry. He also talks about the art and science of writing for TV, and how “they’re making it up as they go along” is actually a compliment.

Your links

• I don’t want to see the Queen in 2D, but CBC wants me to see her in 3D
• John Doyle on Stursberg’s departure and what it means for the “bizarre institution” of the CBC
• The Kids in the Hall are pirates … of their own show
• So You Think You Can Dance Canada premiered this week and I will watch it soon to see if I agree with my opinion of it
• The Murdoch Mysteries media release is the one that set me off about Canadian TV writing itself. The Shattered release wasn’t provided electronically but here’s the show
• Adam Barken is one of Playback’s 10 to Watch. Trust me, because the site’s behind a pay wall. Follow him on Twitter @adambarken. We also recommend Hart Hanson, who gives good Twitter @HartHanson. And the show Adam couldn’t remember was Wojeck. Check out Flashpoint and Rookie Blue, too.

Your hosts

• Anthony can be found at Dyscultured and lovehatethings, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane can be found here at TV, eh? and here, and on Twitter here and here.

8 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA – NEW EPISODE

The judges, including guest judge Mary Murphy, head west to see what dance talent surfaces during the Vancouver auditions on a one-hour episode of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA.

9 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA – NEW TWO-HOUR EPISODE

The cross-country search for Canada’s favourite dancer continues with the Calgary and Halifax auditions. A new crop of dancers sweat it out on the dance floor and attempt to prove to the judges they have what it takes to be on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA. Guest judges include Stacey Tookey appearing at the Calgary auditions and Dan Karaty appearing in the Halifax auditions.

Summer’s hottest Canadian dance series is back! Hosted by Leah Miller, the Gemini Award-winning SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA returns and is cranking up the heat for Season 3, beginning with the Toronto auditions. Weighing in on whether or not Canada’s dancers have what it takes are judges Jean Marc Genereux (ballroom champion and guest judge/choreographer on the U.S. version of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE), Tré Armstrong (How She Move), Luther Brown (urban choreographer/Sean Combs) and guest judge Mary Murphy from the U.S. version of the hit series. Judge and choreographer Blake McGrath also returns to put the dancers through the paces during the feared Blake’s Boot Camp.