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Tassie Cameron of Rookie Blue

May 27, 2011 Diane Wild

From Matthew Cameron of Canadian Screenwriter:

Tassie Cameron – Rookie Blue’s Top Cop
Cameron sat down to talk to Canadian Screenwriter about how showrunning and writing Rookie Blue works, and how she oversees and manages the process. Read more.

Canadian networks need more reality TV?

May 27, 2011 Diane Wild

From Brian Cormier of the Huffington Post Canada:

Canadian TV Networks Missing the Boat on Reality Television
Save for perhaps Dragons’ Den, So You Think You Can Dance Canada and Canada’s Next Top Model, Canada’s contribution to the reality television industry seems relegated to obscure cable channels. Some may say that’s a good thing. I don’t. Read more.

Bomb Girls coming to Shaw Media

May 27, 2011 Diane Wild

From Etan Vlessing of the Hollywood Reporter:

Shaw Media Acquires Canadian ‘Bomb Girls’ Drama
Canadian indies Muse Entertainment and Back Alley Films are to produce Bomb Girls, a six-part drama about World War II women at work in a munitions factory. Read more.

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Writer Paul Mather on Dan For Mayor

May 26, 2011 Diane Wild

From Catherine Griwkowsky of QMI Agency:

Former Edmontonian off to Toronto for TV gig
Mather’s favourite episode this season is where the historical interpreters at Fort Wessex decide to strike. Beyond the costuming and writing, schadenfreude explains Mather’s fondness for the episode. Read more.

Brandon Jay McLaren on Being Erica season 4

May 26, 2011 Diane Wild

From Zap2It:

‘Being Erica’: Brandon Jay McLaren dishes on Lenin in Season 4
McLaren plays Lenin, Erica’s sister Sam’s (Joanna Douglas) new boyfriend and upgrade after her divorce. So even though he was only on his first week back on the job, we grilled him for whatever deets he could tell us about next season. Read more.