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Season two of So You Think You Can Dance Canada announced

From a media release:

CTV Breaks Into Season 2 of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA

  • #1 new series of 08/09 returns for second season
  • Ratings juggernaut stomped the competition with 1.4 million viewers each week
  • Series green lit as 2009 Top 10 So You Think You Can Dance Canada tour makes its way across the country

Get ready to dance again Canada! As the cross-country tour pulls into Toronto’s Air Canada Centre today, CTV announces that smash-hit series SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA has been green lit for a second heart-racing season. Last season, approximately 2,500 hopefuls busted a move for the judges during the first-ever audition tour, ultimately crowning Montreal’s Nico Archambault as Canada’s first-ever, favourite dancer. This year, CTV and Danse TV Productions are warming up for another cross-country search for the next Canada’s Favourite Dancer (audition details to be announced soon). SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA is based on 19 Entertainment and dick clark productions’ popular international format SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE from a uniquely Canadian perspective.

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In the news: Little Mosque on the Prairie’s diversity message

From the Calgary Herald:

  • Little Mosque hits road with diversity message
    “Darling, along with series creator Zarqa Nawaz, producer Michael Snook and actors Manoj Sood and Sheila McCarthy, are hitting the road for the Canadian Road Show, a screening tour that hits Calgary on Thursday, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television along with Heritage Canada.” Read more.
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Tonight: New Flashpoint on CTV

dillon.jpg9 p.m. – FLASHPOINT – “Between Heartbeats” – ALL-NEW EPISODE

Ed’s (Hugh Dillon) at the tail end of a long and brutal shift and looking forward to some much needed time off.  But Petar Tomasic (Danijel Mandic, PLAYMAKERS), son of the man Ed shot at First York Plaza and a war-trained sniper in his own right, has other plans for him. Petar lures them to a downtown public square, where he waits with a sniper rifle and one goal – to kill the man who “murdered” his father.  Now the Team must hunt down the deadliest gunman they’ve ever faced.

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Shaw Rocket Prize finalists named

From a media release:

INTERNATIONAL JURY SELECTS FOUR OUTSTANDING CANADIAN PROGRAMS FOR YOUTHS AND FAMILIES AS FINALISTS FOR THE $50,000 SHAW ROCKET PRIZE

The 2009 Shaw Rocket Prize recognises this year’s best Canadian television programming targeted to youths (13-17) and families.

Jury members Adina Pitt, Vice President, Content Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Cartoon Network and Boomerang; Bob Higgins, Head of Creative, W!LDBRAIN; Deirdre Brennan, Director of Programming, Nickelodeon Australia; and Geoffrey Goodwin, Head of BBC Switch, made the announcement at a reception held today during the 10th Annual KidScreen Summit in New York City.

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