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SOAPnet picks up Being Erica

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From a media release:

Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney ABC-Television Group, today announced three new series for SOAPnet, including the reality series “Greg Behrendt’s Wake-Up Call,” the scripted drama “Being Erica” and the docusoap “Southern Belles” (working title). The series will premiere on SOAPnet in 2009.

“Being Erica” follows the life of 32-year-old Erica Strange, a highly educated, underachieving single woman who struggles to understand why her life is heading nowhere and why she has not found her right path “yet.” She’s made years of bad decisions and has a list of regrets several pages long as a result. Enter Dr. Tom, a mysterious man who is part therapist and part rogue. In each episode he enables Erica to go back in time and re-live an event from her past that caused regret. This time she makes different choices and, in return, gains a new perspective that helps her with her present day life. The show stars newcomer Erin Karpluk (Erica), Michael Riley (Dr. Tom) and Tyron Leitso (Ethan). The one-hour series, created by Emmy-Award winning writer Jana Sinyor, is executive-produced by Sinyor, Aaron Martin, Ivan Schneeberg and David Fortier, and is produced by Temple Street Productions in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The series has been picked up for 13 episodes and will premiere in Spring 2009.

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In the news: Diversity lacking

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From Jon Sarpong of Inside Toronto:

  • Canadian television must increase diversity
    “You can judge the value that you place on something by the time and finances that you devote to it,” says (Annmarie) Morais. “So if we use that as the bar, we see that the Canadian TV industry doesn’t highly value black Canadian experiences. Our goal as black communities is to see ourselves reflected in some way. But disappointingly, perhaps the one way that Canadian networks do mirror the American television format is that you don’t see us on prime time; and you don’t see us being decision makers regarding what is televised during prime time.” Read more.
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So You Think You Can Dance Canada tour

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From a media release:

Canadian Tour Announced for SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA

  • Historic, First-Ever SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA Canadian Tour Announced; Kicks off January 30th, 2009 in Vancouver
  • Top 10 dancers featured in 15-city Canadian tour
  • Tickets go on sale the weekend of November 21st, 2008

Tonight it was revealed on CTV that SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA’s Top 10 are taking their moves on the road for an historic, 15-city, Canadian tour. 19 Entertainment, Dick Clark Productions, AEG Live and Donald K. Donald announce the first-ever SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA Tour, which kicks off January 30th, 2009 at GM Place in Vancouver.

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So You Think You Can Dance Canada eliminations

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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA’s Danny Arbour and Kaitlyn Fitzgerald Eliminated

  • Dan Karaty and Sean Cheesman join the judging panel next week
  • More than 1.7 million Canadians vote

After Canada placed a new record high of more than 1.7 million votes from across the country on Wednesday night, it was revealed live on CTV tonight that DANNY and KAITLYN are the next dancers to be eliminated from SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA. The eight remaining dancers will take to the stage for the Top 8 Performance episode on Wednesday, November 19 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local listings).

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