New tonight: Combat Hospital on Global – double-bill

August 30, 2011 Diane Wild 2 Comments

Tuesday, August 30 â€“ 9pm ET/PT *Special Time* – “Brothers in Arms”
NHL Alumni Mike Pelyk and Mark Napier Guest Star

Emotions run rampant among hospital staff. Bobby loses his cool during an annual hockey game between allied forces; Simon displays his painful past in a prank gone wrong; and Pederson compromises her ethics when asked to question children about a suicide bomber.

Tuesday, August 30 â€“ 10pm ET/PT – “Triage”

Rebecca is torn between orders and instinct when she takes control of triage when an explosion injures Col. Marks.

Podcast

TV, eh? podcast episode 58 – “What’s the Buzz Tell Me What’s Happenin'”

August 30, 2011 Diane Wild

Episode 58: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

We’ve got the results of round 2 of the TV, eh? Throwdown Showdown, with the Elite Eight moving on to the next round to continue the battle for Canada’s best scripted series ever. Listen to hear all the details and check back on the site Tuesday evening for round 3 voting.

We also talk about many news-like substances this week, including:

Season finales including ratings for Dan for Mayor and Hiccups and revised dates for Combat Hospital and Rookie Blue, plus The Listener and The Borgias. (Note: Combat Hospital season finale is next week, not this.)
Premieres include Lost Girl and the Picnicface sneak peek. Check out all the fall premieres here.
The Geminis have announced presenters and Tom Green as host of the livestream.
Meg Tilly is going to star in Bomb Girls and Diane’s genuine attempt to convey excitement fails miserably.
Holllywood Suite brings four new specialty channels to Canada.
And Diane previews her visit to the set of Mr. Young.

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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Video: TV, eh? interview with Brendan Meyer of Mr. Young

August 29, 2011 Diane Wild

Check out the Mr. Young marathon on YTV Tuesday, August 30. 6 episodes in a row air from 6-9pm with a new one at 7. The fall season starts September 6.

Awards

Gemini Award presenters confirmed

August 29, 2011 Diane Wild

From a media release:

26th Annual Gemini Awards presenter lineup loaded with homegrown heavyweights as the stars come out to play

The CBC and the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT) are pleased to announce the presenter line up for the 26th ANNUAL GEMINI AWARDS taking place on September 7, 2011 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) During the one-hour prime time special, host Russell Peters will be joined by the leading actors of Canadaâ€™s hottest shows, including Jason Priestley from Call Me Fitz, Yannick Bisson from Murdoch Mysteries, Callum Keith Rennie from the breakout series Shattered, Craig Olejnik from The Listener, and Hugh Dillon from Durham County and Flashpoint.

Other confirmed presenters include:

Legendary comedic actress, Catherine Oâ€™Hara
How I Met Your Motherâ€™s sitcom superstar Alan Thicke
Talk show host George Stroumboulopoulos
Host of So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Leah Miller
Olympic Figure Skater and Battle of the Blades contestant Marie-France Dubreuil
Rising stars Munro Chambers and Annie Clark from Degrassi
Host of CBCâ€™s upcoming show Cover Me Canada, Nicole Appleton

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Lost Girl

Anna Silk talks Lost Girl season 2

August 29, 2011 Diane Wild

From Bill Harris of the Toronto Sun:

â€˜Lost Girlâ€™ fans a dedicated bunch
The dedication of the Lost Girl fan base has not been lost upon star Anna Silk. “Leading up to our first-season finale, we did a Twitter campaign where each of us Tweeted for a day,” Silk said. “So we got to be up close and personal with our fans, the people who had been watching the show. Read more.