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Good news continues for Mr. Young

From Christina Myers of the Burnaby Now:

  • Good news keeps coming for Burnaby-based TV show
    Mr. Young, about a whiz-kid-turned-teen genius who finishes university and returns to high school as a teacher at the age of 14, has been picked up by Cartoon Network Latin America, and will begin airing in Latin America and the Carribean in 2012. Earlier this month, the show announced it would be airing on Disney XD channels around the globe. The show premiered in the U.S. yesterday, and will be running daily for the next two weeks. Read more.
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InSecurity’s Richard Yearwood transitions to directing/producing

Richard Yearwood is Benjamin N'udu

From Sway Magazine:

  • Veteran actor Richard Yearwood makes smooth transition into directing/producing
    “The character of N’udu positively subverts the stereotype of the aggressive and dangerous African spy,” he says. “I’m excited, as I’ve been working to ensure that we see various sides and layers to N’udu as the season progresses.” That progression includes reflection of the immigrant experience in trying to assimilate while holding onto one’s roots. “Our audience now knows the respective characters, and now we can get into how they interact with one another. I think that people will be happily surprised by N’udu’s character and with how the second season turns out.” Read more.
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Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays

CBC finds excellence with Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays

From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

  • CBC: Good programming lives here
    Conveniently, there’s a new CBC show that is not just good, it is excellent. Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays, a half-hour comedy created by Don McKellar and Bob Martin, follows the lives of Michael (Matt Walsh) and David (Bob Martin), the therapist he visits twice a week. Michael, who is beset by an array of phobias — the closing credits describe the series as “based on the neuroses of Matt Walsh” — has been seeing David for 15 years, over which time he has become at least functional, if still rather skittish. Read more.
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New tonight: Picnicface on Comedy Network – “Contest Winner”

A fan who won a contest to be on the Picnicface show joins the troupe at their house, and in their sketches. Sketch: An imaginary friend faces off with imaginary Jewish grandparents, a micromanager micromanages, a new ad campaign is pitched to revamp the image of Big Brother, two (formerly three) country singers’ reveal their dark past through song, a clipart demonstration of how trivia games are made.

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