Yearly Archives: 2012

Bomb Girls

Bomb Girls renewed

From a media release:

Shaw Media renews Global Original Miniseries, Bomb Girls

  • Viewers Make it the #1 New Canadian Original Drama of 2011/2012
  • Season Finale Airs Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 8 – 8pm ET/PT

Today, Shaw Media announced the renewal of the country’s breakout original hit, Bomb Girls. With the initial six-part miniseries concluding tomorrow on Global at 8pm ET/PT, the Canadian wartime drama has been green lit for 12 new episodes. Development on the additional episodes will begin shortly and start of production will be announced at a later date.
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Arctic Air, Dramas and Comedies

New tonight: Arctic Air, The LA Complex, Saw Dogs

Arctic Air, CBC “Northern Lights”
A drug overdose in a remote community leads Bobby and Mel to a disturbing discovery about Arctic Air’s involvement.

The LA Complex, MuchMusic
The relationships on The L.A. Complex get more and more complicated each week and when Tariq brings his bestie Abby into the recording studio, things with Kaldrick go from complicated to violent. Throw in an adult video set, a slap, a bar fight and a whole lotta sex.

Saw Dogs, OLN – “Race to the Finish”
A commission for a horse racing track presents unusually tough challenges to the carvers, as well as a tight deadline – the last race of the season is only a few days away. Master carvers Jeff Samudosky and Mark Colp are invited to create the sculpture of three charging horses, but first they must find ways to deal with the physical limitations of redwood in their complex and finely-detailed design. Meanwhile, Steve judges a competition where young and old carvers compete.

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Being Erica

Remembering Being Erica

From Chandler Levack of AV Club Toronto:

  • Remembering Erica
    With December 2011’s series finale, Being Erica was canceled after four seasons. And with this being the first non-Erica year in a while, it might be a good idea to look back at the show’s success. The show has done surprisingly well for a CBC export, airing in nearly 160 countries and with green-lighted U.S. and U.K. interpretations. The concept was irresistible: Erica Strange was a guilt-ridden Canadian Jewish girl who looked like Jennifer Aniston. And she was able to do things like take back her own virginity from the douchebag who sexually assaulted her and relive her “perfect summer day” on Toronto Island. Whenever Erica was sent down the rabbit hole to save her dead brother from a fire and allow him to live, or to un-kiss the best friend who now won’t speak to her, it didn’t take a physicist for viewers to dream up their own Dr. Toms. Read more.
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Dramas and Comedies

Bruce McDonald directs My Babysitter’s a Vampire episode

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From a media release:

BRUCE McDONALD RETURNS TO TELETOON WITH A NEW EPISODE OF MY BABYSITTER’S A VAMPIRE

  • “Friday Night Frights” Airs Thursday, February 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT

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Acclaimed Canadian director Bruce McDonald, who directed TELETOON’s hit live-action film My Babysitter’s a Vampire, is back at the helm for an upcoming episode of the eponymous TELETOON series, which is developed and produced by Fresh TV. The episode of My Babysitter’s a Vampire, entitled “Friday Night Frights,” premieres on Thursday, February 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. McDonald has directed a total of three episodes from season one of the popular tween series.

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Dramas and Comedies

Funny As Hell returns February 24 to HBO Canada

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From a media release:

It’s Rude, It’s Edgy…and It’s Funny as Hell

  • HBO Canada’s Original Stand-Up Comedy Series Returns February 24

Funny, fearless comedy is returning to HBO Canada, a multiplex channel of Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) this February, with Season 2 of Funny as Hell, a no-holds-barred original stand-up comedy series from The Movie Network and Movie Central, and produced by Just For Laughs Television. The eight-part, half-hour, Gemini-award winning series was taped in front of a live audience at the 2011 Montreal Just For Laughs Festival and features bold, uncensored comedy from some of today’s fastest rising stars. Funny as Hell Season 2 premieres Friday, February 24 at 9 p.m. ET/MT on HBO Canada.

Hosted by homegrown comic Jon Dore, Funny as Hell brings audiences more of the edgy, politically-incorrect comedy, music and digital shorts that made them howl in Season 1. In its sophomore season, Funny as Hell features an impressive line-up of performances by: Jeffrey Ross (The Comedy Central Roasts), Hannibal Buress (Writer for 30 Rock), Kristen Schaal (The Daily Show, Flight of the Concords), Rhys Darby (Flight of the Concords), John Mulaney (Saturday Night Live), David O’Doherty (multiple award winner at Edinborough Fringe Festival), Jay Oakerson (Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn), Bill Burr (Dave Chapelle Show), Eugene Mirman (Flight of the Concords, Bob’s Burgers), Amy Schumer (The Roast of Charlie Sheen), Greg Davies (The Inbetweeners), Nick Thune (appearances on Conan, Fallon and Leno), Tom Gleeson (Good News Week), Arj Barker (Flight of the Concords), and Bridget Everett & DJ AD-ROCK (Adam Horovitz from the legendary Beastie Boys) to name a few.

Extra Content on HBOCanada.com

Beginning after the premiere episode and continuing throughout the show’s run, viewers can access a wide array of Funny as Hell extras at http://www.hbocanada.com/funnyashell/, including all-new scripted digital sketches and video clips that will be released over the course of eight weeks.

In Eastern Canada, episodes of Funny as Hell will be available in High Definition and on demand, and on HBO Canada OnLine with Bell TV Online, Rogers On Demand Online and Videotron’s Illico Web. In Western Canada, episodes will be available in High Definition on Movie Central HD, and on demand and online with Movie Central On Demand.

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