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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Summit Fails to Give CBC Much of a Boost
  “Ratings for the CBC miniseries The Summit didn’t exactly hit any peaks last Sunday. Part One scored 415,000 viewers according to overnight BBM Canada estimates. Part Two of the political thriller, starring Bruce Greenwood as a defiant Canadian PM and Christopher Plummer as a prickly U.S. president, airs this Sunday.” Read more.

10 p.m. – THE LISTENER – “One Way or Another” – ALL-NEW EPISODE

When it appears a serial rapist has struck again, Toby (Craig Olejnik) senses Detective Marks’ (Lisa Marcos) guilt over failing to convict him on a previous occasion. Using his telepathic powers, Toby helps gather intelligence from a traumatized victim only to realize that Marks may have some deep wounds of her own.

From CTV:

• ‘Listener’ star struggles with keeping a straight face
  “While he may be known as the funnyman on The Listener, Ennis Esmer says that behind the scenes, there’s one cast member who constantly kept him in stitches. That person is Arnold Pinnock.” Read more.

From CTV:

• ‘Listener’ director Clement Virgo wants to know what you’re thinking
  “Canadian film maker Clement Virgo isn’t a telepath, but he did try to spend more time in his audience’s heads while working on “The Listener.” Read more.

From Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail:

• NBC drops Canadian-made series The Listener
  “CTV spokesman Scott Henderson said the Canadian network would continue to air The Listener in its regular time slot. He added any decision about renewing the show for a second season ‘is way far in the distance. We are not at a point to make a decision on it.’” Read more.

10 p.m.
THE LISTENER – Iris
After Toby (Craig Olejnik) witnesses a young woman (Michelle Adams) revive a badly injured baby, he feels a strong kinship and curiosity about her gift. Like his own channeling powers, it’s both a blessing, when she can heal someone, and a curse when she can’t.

From the Futon Critic:

• EXCLUSIVE: NBC TO WRAP “LISTENER” ON JULY 23
  “It’s understood the five remaining installments of its 13-episode order will stream on NBC.com.” Read more.

From BBM Canada:

• Top programs – Total Canada
  #16 The Listener (798,000)
  #23 Canada’s Next Top Model (698,000)

10 p.m.
THE LISTENER – Foggy Notion
After witnessing a fatal shooting in Chinatown, Toby (Craig Olejnik) finds himself getting emotionally involved with the blind sister of one of the victims. In an effort to help her find out who killed her brother, Toby uses his telepathic gift and discovers a cover-up involving a Chinese crime boss who has a lot to hide from the police.

From Cassandra Szklarski of the Canadian Press:

• Summer season offers bright future for new scripted-TV shows
  “Still, a summer slot is a great way for a show to distinguish itself from established fare and get a leg up in an increasingly tough landscape, says “Flashpoint” co-creator Mark Ellis, whose Toronto-based cop drama was a ratings hit when it debuted last summer on CTV and CBS.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• Canada Rocks to Canada Rocks the Capital
  “Thursday night, CTV’s The Listener (which airs tonight on NBC) spoke to 798,000; the series is off to a rough start in the U.S.” Read more.

10 p.m.

THE LISTENER – Lisa Says
After Toby (Craig Olejnik) and Oz (Ennis Esmer) intervene in the swarming of Daniel (Keir Gilchrist, UNITED STATES OF TARA), a street kid, Toby worries Daniel’s mixed up with some bad elements. Determined to help, he appeals to him with some of his own past experiences. But as he gets closer to the truth about Daniel’s involvement in a series of pharmaceutical heists, Toby discovers that things may be a lot more complicated than he’d initially feared. And, that the life of a missing girl named Lisa may be in jeopardy.

From BBM Canada:

• Top programs – Total Canada
  #6 The Listener (1.079 million)
  #27 Canada’s Next Top Model (707,000)

From CTV:

• ‘Listener’ star Lisa Marcos: There’s no place like home
  “With a modeling portfolio that has taken her around the globe, Lisa Marcos, one of the stars of CTV’s new series, “The Listener,” is thankful her acting career has finally brought her home.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

• US Turns Deaf Ear to the Listener
  “CTV drew 1,079,000 viewers to last Thursdays show.” Read more.

From BBM Canada:

• Top Programs – Total Canada
  #15 The Listener (983,000)
  #23 Canada’s Next Top Model (828,000)

From Jennifer Cox of Crave:

• Top 10 Canadian shows to watch right now
  “With lots of summertime premieres as well as tried-and-true series returns, currently there’s an impressive line-up of Canadian TV programs. So here are the top 10 Canadian shows to watch right now (with pride).” Read more.

From CTV:

• ‘It’s all in the head’ for ‘Listener’ star Craig Olejnik
  “The fact is he’s always got a white elephant in the room. Always. He’s got a canary in his mouth, and his way of dealing with it is to not say much. He’s a simple guy, in a way, but he’s got so much un-simple things going on,” says Craig Olejnik, who brings Toby Logan to life on “The Listener.” Read more.

From Etan Vlessing of Media in Canada:

• Listener losing ground on NBC
  “The Listener has so far held strong on CTV in its first two outings, but has stumbled against heavy sports competition on NBC stateside.” Read more.

From Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald:

• TV made in Canada: Cash-strapped U. S. networks looking north for dramas
  “Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern have gotten used to being questioned about some of the peculiar Canadianisms found in the scripts of their TV hit, Flashpoint.” Read more.