Yearly Archives: 2015

Big Brother Canada

Tonight: Survivorman, Big Brother Canada, Hockey Wives

Survivorman: Finding Bigfoot, OLN – “Survivorman Bigfoot: Tennessee”
Things get weird when Les Stroud tracks Bigfoot in the smoky mountains of Tennessee.

Big Brother Canada, Global
It’s Eviction night in the Big Brother Canada house. Who will be sent packing? Who will become HOH?

Hockey Wives, W Network – “Pop ups and Power Plays” season finale
Noureen is coming face to face with the realities of what lies ahead, and Tiffany’s dishing out the naked truth while she dressed up Toronto in Plain Threads.

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Vikings

Link: ‘Vikings’ Bulks Up With Three New Regulars for Season 4

From Lesley Goldberg of The Hollywood Reporter:

‘Vikings’ Bulks Up With Three New Regulars for Season 4
Following its deadly third season, History’s Vikings is adding three new series regulars to its cast.

Finnish actors Peter Franzen (The Gunman) and Jasper Paakkonen (Frozen Land, Secret Lives) as well as Dianne Doan(Once Upon a Time) have joined the drama series created by Michael Hirst, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Continue reading.

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Schitt's Creek

Link: With sophisticated ignorance and unexpected heart, Schitt’s Creek finds riches

From LaToya Ferguson of The A.V. Club:

With sophisticated ignorance and unexpected heart, Schitt’s Creek finds riches
Based on the title, it’s easy to assume that Schitt’s Creek is a low-brow toilet-humor factory, completely unbefitting of Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara’s combined talents. But instead of relying on oh-so-easy juvenile gags (some still come into play, especially in the pilot), Schitt’s Creek is a show of witty zingers, which grow progressively more melodramatic with every passing episode.

Surprisingly, the MVPs of the series aren’t Eugene Levy (who is more of a straight man) and O’Hara. Their characters both have their moments—especially O’Hara’s—but it’s Murphy and the younger Levy who are the true stars of the show. Even though all of the Roses are detached from the real world, it is the kids whose sheltered upbringing prevents them from fully understand their new surrounding and drives most of the show’s humor. Continue reading.

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Uncategorized

Tonight: Escape or Die, Illusions of Grandeur, Game of Homes

Escape or Die!, OLN – “Deadly Dallas Draft”
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the beer cans. Houdini almost died attempting to escape from chains while submerged in a can filled with beer, and now Dean is on a mission to outdo him – adding more chains and more beer.

Illusions of Grandeur, OLN – “Philadelphia”
Zack Mirza performs magic on the streets of Philadelphia and uncovers the legacy of the man who inspired Houdini and the Wizard of Oz.

Game of Homes, W Network – season finale
The team whose finished house is voted the best wins their house and a plot of land to put it on.

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Featured, Podcast

TV Eh B Cs podcast 20 – A Hankering for Fred Ewanuick

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Fred Ewanuick played Dan in the Gemini Award nominated, CTV original series, DAN FOR MAYOR. Prior to DAN FOR MAYOR, Ewanuick was known to television audiences as Hank Yarbo, for a six season run, on the CTV hit series CORNER GAS. Corner Gas was nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Comedy Show and won a Gemini Award for Best Ensemble Cast in 2007. Ewanuick’s other series credits include CTV comedy/drama series ROBSON ARMS for three seasons, and guest starring roles in DA VINCI’S INQUEST and DARK ANGEL. He made his television debut as “a spinning gnome” in THE ADDAMS FAMILY series.

Ewanuick’s feature work includes the lead role in YOUNG TRIFFIE for Writer/Director Mary Walsh plus BLACK EYED DOG for Quebec filmmaker Pierre Gang who Fred worked with on the CTV MOW SELLING INNOCENCE. Additional supporting roles in New Line Cinema’s JUST FRIENDS with Ryan Reynolds and the Miramax family film, CHESTNUT. Ewanuick was the lead in the indie feature, THE DELICATE ART OF PARKING, which won him a Best Actor Award at Spain’s Peniscola Film Festival after it premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival, where it won Best Canadian Feature. Ewanuick made his film debut in MGM/UA’s A GUY THING, followed by a role in THE SANTA CLAUSE 2. Ewanuick just wrapped on his latest feature, PATTERSON’S WAGER.

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