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Little Mosque on the Prairie, Ratings, Rick Mercer Report

Ratings: Feb. 25-March 5

From BBM Canada, Rick Mercer Report at #17 (1.025 million), Little Mosque on the Prairie at #18 (1.022 million):

Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family recaps the CBC media release about renewals, but also adds some ratings info from this week:

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Dragons' Den, Heartland, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

CBC shows returning in 2008/09

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From a media release:

CBC Television announces returning shows for 2008/2009; network achieves record success this season

CBC Television broke viewership records with its 2007-2008 programming lineup. Our season-to-date prime-time share is 7.9, the highest in six years. In addition, Canadian content on the network has increased significantly over the last two years, with drama series increasing 68 per cent and comedy series up 41 per cent. This incredible success heralds the return of several new hit shows from this past season and returning favourites.

“This has been an outstanding year for CBC Television,” said Kirstine Layfield, CBC-TV’s executive director of network programming. “These returning shows will be the cornerstone for next season. We’ll be announcing our new shows in the coming weeks.”

TheBorderKesslerCanada’s favourite homegrown drama, The BORDER will be back with James McGowan reprising his role as Major Mike Kessler (right). HEARTLAND, a heart- warming family drama based on the international best-selling novels of the same name is also back after winning the hearts of Canadians. Debuting on CBC to nearly one million viewers, CBC’s hot and steamy co-production THE TUDORS returns for a second season and the drama continues with the marriage of Anne Boleyn and King Henry VIII, played by Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The charming comedy series SOPHIE, picked up by ABC Family, is also back with star-on-the-rise Natalie Brown returning as the hot-tempered, but loving single mom out to re-balance her life and priorities.

Returning comedy favourites include; RICK MERCER REPORT coming off its best year ever averaging 1 million viewers weekly, LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE, THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES, AIR FARCE LIVE, JUST FOR LAUGHS, HALIFAX COMEDY FESTIVAL and WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL.

CBC also continues its legacy of award-winning journalism and documentaries with the fifth estate, MARKETPLACE, DOC ZONE and THE NATURE OF THINGS.

Reality fans will see the return of the hit series DRAGONS’ DEN, TRIPLE SENSATION, TEST THE NATION and CANADA’S NEXT GREAT PRIME MINISTER.

THE HOUR with George Stroumboulopoulos is back with A-list interviews and his take on world events. And STEVEN AND CHRIS will continue to add a little bit of fabulous to daytime programming.

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In the news: Terminal City reviews

From Nancy Dewolf Smith of the Wall Street Journal:

  • Perfect No More
    Are we ready for a television series about a woman with breast cancer? The Canadian import Terminal City (Thursdays, 9-10 p.m. on the Sundance channel) is a chance to find out. The series takes the edge off its daunting theme by playing as a black comedy about television fame in the face of adversity… or something like that. But be warned: Although Terminal City can be mesmerizingly good — and even funny — it has a kick on it like a mule. If you let yourself get dragged in, don’t complain about the consequences.” Read more.

From Matthew Gilbert of the Boston Globe:

  • ‘Terminal City’ takes risks with cancer, family, and fame
    “From midair, a golf ball soars down onto the fat belly of a man dozing on an air mattress in a swimming pool. Another wayward golf ball smashes into a picnic table. In the 10-episode series “Terminal City,” these tiny suburban disruptions are fallout from Katie Sampson’s diagnosis. Upon learning she has breast cancer, the mother of three has taken to her backyard to thwack a few angry shots into the ether. Clutching her club, her pigtails perversely tight, she looks like a demented golf pro.” Read more.

From Time Out New York:

  • Terminal City
    “The well-traveled Maria del Mar (she’s had brief runs on 24 and JAG and has starred in a number of Canadian series) delivers a searing performance as a housewife with breast cancer in this ten-week miniseries from Canada, with a tone that strongly recalls Six Feet Under.” Read more.

From the Chicago Tribune:

  • Amazing ‘Terminal City’ makes light of reality TV, but not cancer
    ” The writers of the great drama series “Terminal City” must feel the same way about reality TV shows that many viewers do: What won’t they do? If you feel that way about reality shows—or you just enjoy good drama that can make you laugh too—you need to check out this Canadian series imported by Sundance Channel and premiering at 8 p.m. Thursday. It blew me away.” Read more.
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Awards

In the news: Larissa Tobacco hosts National Aboriginal Achievement Awards for APTN

From Bill Harris of the Toronto Sun:

  • ‘Super-new’ host for APTN
    “Tobacco won’t be dressed as a unicorn or as Ronald McDonald’s sister at the NAAAs, which were hosted by Adam Beach last year. Tobacco understands there’s a serious element to the job in terms of her emergence as a role model for Native Canadians, but it’s supposed to be a fun celebration, too.” Read more.
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In the news: jPod hits its stride

From Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service (who didn’t get the memo the show has been cancelled before writing this):

  • jPod hits its techie stride
    “Funny and smart, jPod was always going to be an odd fit for CBC-TV. MacLennan and Coupland adapted jPod from Coupland’s cult bestseller, a funny, stylized take on relationships and “modes of being,” shot through the prism of youthful energy and starry-eyed idealism. With its cast of hipsters and its techie vibe, jPod must seem like something from another planet to CBC’s core audience of older viewers, who are more used to lame reality-TV social experiments like The Week the Women Went and heavy-handed period pieces like The Englishman’s Boy.” Read more.
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