Yearly Archives: 2015

Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

Season 3 of Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan returns to OLN

From a media release:

Boasting some of the biggest names in the biz, FX, FXX, and OLN are ringing in the New Year right with a lineup of this season’s most anticipated new series and returning favourites. Follow Chip Baskets on his journey to become a French clown, and revisit the O.J. Simpson trial from the perspective of the lawyers with the series premieres of Baskets and American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, respectively, on FX; unwind with new side-splitting seasons of hit comedies It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Man Seeking Woman on FXX; and get up close and personal with some of the weirdest and wildest insects on the planet with a new season of Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan on OLN.

Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan: Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT, beginning Jan. 5

**OLN Original Series**

**Season 3 Premiere**

Exploring some of the most remote corners of the globe – Bolivia, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Mozambique, and the Philippines, just to name a few – the series follows actor Dominic Monaghan (Lost, Lord of the Rings) as he takes viewers along on an intimate, action-packed quest to get up close and personal with some of the weirdest and wildest creatures alive. This season, Monaghan expands his quests to include some of the most rare and life-threatening creatures on the planet, including the Indian Cobra, the flying lizard, giant whale sharks, and the rare and very creepy Aye-aye of Madagascar.

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Degrassi

Link: Get Your First Look at Degrassi: Next Class

From Tierney Bricker of EOnline:

Get Your First Look at Degrassi: Next Class
Next Class will introduce fans to five new characters: Yael Baron (Jamie Bloch), Esme Song (Chelsea Clark), Vijay Maraj (Dante Scott), Goldi Nahir (Soma Bhatia), and Baaz Nahir (Amir Bageria). While the final two are siblings, it looks like Esme will be getting close with poor little rich boy Miles, with Vijay has another one of our favourite lines from the trailer: “I love high school!” Continue reading.

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Featured, Podcast, This Life

TV Eh B Cs podcast 37 – Rick Roberts, This is This Life

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Rick Roberts played Donald D’Arby in the series Traders, for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award. He’s appreared in L.A. Doctors, An American in Canada, Between, Sensitive Skin, Zoom, God and Country, and CBC’s miniseries The Book of Negroes.

Roberts headlined the Tarragon Theatre hit Enemy of the People as well as The Accidental Death of an Anarchist for Soulpepper Theatre Company.

As a writer, Rick’s work Mimi (which he co-wrote with Allan Cole and Melody Johnson) premiered at The Tarragon Theatre and was nominated for a Dora Award.

In 2012 he was tapped to play Jack Layton in the CBC biopic Jack, which garnered him the Canadian Screen Award and an ACTRA Award for Best Actor.

He can currently be seen in the CBC series This Life.

Listen or download below, or subscribe via iTunes or any otherpodcast catcher with the TV, eh? podcast feed.

 

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Industry News

Link: Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Gil Cardinal dead at 65

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From CBC News:

Acclaimed Métis filmmaker Gil Cardinal dead at 65
Cardinal directed several dramas for the CBC, including the miniseries Big Bear in 1998, which garnered a Gemini nomination, and Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis in 2006.

Cardinal also directed numerous episodes of the award-winning CBC television series North of 60, where he worked with Cree writer Jordan Wheeler. Continue reading.

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Industry News

Link: Canadian TV, as we know it, is screwed. For now

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From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail:

Canadian TV, as we know it, is screwed. For now
The old advertising model has been shattered and nobody knows what the looming pick-and-pay change is going to do to the specialty channel menu. Nothing will ever be the same. Profits can be achieved but nothing like the vast, vast amounts that have been made in the past.

Fact is, the Canadian TV business has been smug about its business operations for years and that smugness has meant that the viewer shift toward digital and streaming services is far more of a calamity than it should be. It’s a truism that complacency sets in when a business is making a lot of money with little effort. It’s just that Canadian TV is a particularly startling example of that truism. Continue reading.

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