From Eleni Armenakis of The TV Junkies:
More pining for Rookie Blue
“For American viewers, Canadian import Rookie Blue just wrapped up the explosive first half of Season 5, while Canadians have been reeling from the cliffhanger revelation for a couple of weeks now. But lost in the fuzz of that ultrasound is a number of other relationships in turmoil as Dov and Chloe ended up on the outs while Gail and Holly seemed to be moving in opposite directions.” Continue reading.
Orphan Black, CTV – “Governed by Sound Reason and True Religionâ€
While Alison (Tatiana Maslany) deals with Aynsley’s (Natalie Lisinska) death and Cosima (Maslany) grapples with her worsening symptoms, Sarah (Maslany) enlists Art’s (Kevin Hanchard) help to find Kira (Skyler Wexler), but is shocked to find where the trail leads.
Welcome to what I hope will become a weekly column, where I respond to your questions and comments about your favourite Canadian television shows and the TV industry overall.
Could you please tell me if the following Canadian shows have been renewed: Motive, Played, Seed, Saving Hope, Cracked, Remedy and Night Shift? I really like these shows and hate to not get another season. Please tell me they have been renewed. Also, when will Heartland premiere this year? –Debbie
Hi Debbie, congratulations on being the first-ever Mailbag question! It’s a good news/bad news for several of your faves, so let’s start with the good: Motive, Remedy and Saving Hope have all be renewed, the first two are headed into production while Hope returns to CTV on Sept. 22 and 25th for a two-night event. Seed, Played and Cracked were all cancelled. U.S. series Night Shift has been renewed for a second go-round by NBC.
As for Heartland, we’re still waiting on CBC to make their formal announcement with regard to when new shows will debut and favourites will return, but I’m thinking it will be in September. What I do know is that Season 8 of Heartland will celebrate its 125th episode, making it the longest-running Canadian one-hour dramatic series in history.
Got a question or comment? Email me a greg@tv-eh.com.
Thank you so much for getting us past $20,000 to fund the return of TV, eh?! There’s 3 days left in the campaign and all we can say is thank you thank you thank you. (And there’s still time to donate if you want us to exceed our dreams by even more than 1,381%.)
Well ok I’ll say a little more: we are humbled and grateful for the support and we want to do you proud for having this kind of faith in us. We’ve gathered a great team of people to provide content and are excited to have this base to work from — both financial and number of supporters — as we seek stable funding and dive into the Canadian TV world again.
We didn’t think we’d be up and running even before the campaign was over but you brought us back to life (but not in the creepy zombie way).
Thank you. Did I mention thank you? Here’s Greg saying it:
And me from earlier in the campaign:
Thank you.
From Quill & Quire:
Q&A: Barbara Gowdy on swearing and her television debut on HBO’s Sensitive Skin
“Jokingly over the years, Michael Ondaatje said he would be my agent. I would bug him and say, “You’re a lousy agent, I’m not getting any roles.†Then he phones me to say he got me a speaking part on Don McKellar’s show. Of course I withheld his 15 per cent because it’s the only role he’s ever gotten me. It’s all a joke between Michael and me and Don.” Continue reading.
