TV, eh? podcast episode 79 – Canada’s Locale Diet

Anthony and Diane discuss the Canadian TV news of the week, including the latest attack on the CBC,Vancouver-shot Continuum starting production, the premiere of Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All, Bomb Girls’ finale party and love of lesbians, ratings, and how The Republic of Doyle and other shows embrace their locations. And of course another plug for the House items up for auction.

Episode 79: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

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New tonight: Mr. D, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Redemption Inc., Canadian Pickers, Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All

Mr. D, CBC – “Exam Week”
Exam Week – It’s exam time at Xavier Academy and Gerry is convinced that he will catch a few students who are known to cheat on their exams.

Little Mosque on the Prairie, CBC – “The Dating Game”
When Amaar gets on the short-list for a renowned Multi-Faith Award, Baber and Thorne can’t help but fight over the cash prize.

Redemption Inc., CBC
Kevin O’Leary tasks the participants with selling raffle tickets for a sports charity. The challenge: they have to sell a minimum of $3,500 dollars in 50/50 tickets, in order to raise money for the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Team Up Foundation.

Canadian Pickers, History Television
The guys hunt for a classic old Canadian canoe in Saskatchewan’s north but find themselves up a creek without a paddle when the collectors aren’t too willing to sell.

Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All, Discovery
With a huff and a puff, two teams compete to build the strongest four-walled structure possible, with predetermined materials. The building must withstand the wind power of a tropical storm in the “Storm of the Century” challenge and protect its’ inhabitant – a stuffed pig – but in a surprise last-minute twist, the opposing team gets to determine the wind direction. In the “Boom” challenge, two teams have to determine the “kill zone” – the area in which a human being would not survive – around the explosive destruction of a nine-meter-long trailer. And in “Smarter than a Scout,” two individual competitors go head-to-head to prove they know as much as a typical boy/girl scout by completing five merit badge tasks in five categories before one of them leaves the competition.

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TV, eh? Interview: Martin Gero of The LA Complex

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By Diane Wild of TV, eh?

The LA Complex creator Martin Gero might have found early success in Canadian film (Young People Fucking), Vancouver-shot television (the Stargate franchise), and a New York-based HBO series (Bored To Death), but even he knows how it feels to be a displaced Canadian in Los Angeles.

“Whether you’re a writer, dancer or actor, being out of your element is a universal. Everyone in LA is out of their element. Very few people are born and raised in LA. And the ones that are, are kind of weird,” joked the writer/director. “But being out of your element is something people feel as a universal in life.”

A blend of sexy, smart, funny and wildly dramatic, MuchMusic’s The LA Complex features a group of photogenic twenty-somethings, including Degrassi’s Cassie Steele and Firefly’s Jewel Staite, as a group of struggling performers trying to make it in Hollywood.

Continue reading TV, eh? Interview: Martin Gero of The LA Complex

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Pascale Hutton, from Sanctuary to Arctic Air

From Lorne Eckersley of the Creston Valley Advance:

  • Creston’s Pascale Hutton starring in CBC series, Part 2
    For four years, she has had a recurring guest role in the Canadian television series Sanctuary, appearing in about half the episodes. The sanctuary is a place in the future that provides a safe home for “monsters”, characters who possess attributes that are key to the survival of the human race. Read more.
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Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All an “inspired idea”

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From Alex Strachan of Postmedia News:

  • TV Monday: Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All
    Canada’s Greatest Know-It-All, one of the more inspired reality-TV show ideas of the past millennium, opens with a flurry of I’m-smart-and-you’re-not remarks from “ordinary, everyday Canadians” — the show’s 10 finalists — who know everything about everything. “I get things done,” one young man says. “I have a degree in physics!” another cries. Read more.
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