Tonight: Motive, Masterchef Canada, Heartland

Motive, CTV – “Six Months Later”
In the Season 3 premiere of MOTIVE, Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman) finds herself in a new role within the Metro Police Department, away from Homicide. But news concerning her former partner, Detective Vega (Louis Ferreira), lures her back to help investigate a case involving his father and the death of a beautiful young socialite. A recovering addict, the victim’s past points to a potential overdose as a cause of death. But as details emerge, it becomes clear her death was no accident. Victor Garber (Argo) guest stars.

Masterchef Canada, CTV – “Slice of Life”
The home cooks face their second Mystery Box Challenge and this time, victory rests on an iconic Italian favourite. The home cook who most impresses the judges selects the ingredient everyone else cooks with in an Elimination Challenge inspired by the journey of MASTERCHEF CANADA Season 1 winner, Eric Chong.

Heartland, CBC – “Eclipse of the Heart”
Lou returns from Vancouver with an admission that threatens to change the Heartland family forever.

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Link: Is Canadian TV “Fundamentally Broken”?

From James Bawden:

Is Canadian TV “Fundamentally Broken”?
Two big new items both affecting the future of Canadian TV clashed this week for our attention. First up the president of Bell Kevin Crull told a TV audience in Ottawa that the current model for traditional broadcasters is “fundamentally broken” and “unsustainable.” And in Toronto the CBC our venerable public broadcaster unveiled a tattered schedule for fall 2015 that is barely a schedule at all. I’m suggesting both events are closely intertwined and both demonstrate how dangerously close to collapse the whole Canadian broadcasting system has become. Continue reading.

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Link: Jonathan Torrens, a man of many talents

From The Chronicle Herald:

Jonathan Torrens, a man of many talents
Jonathan Torrens has been a TV star for 25 years, so it is hard to believe when he says the Canadian Screen Award he won last week in Toronto is his first as a solo performer.

“I wish it didn’t mean as much as it does,” Torrens muses by phone, back home in Nova Scotia the day after claiming the award for best performance by an actor in a featured supporting role in a comedy series. Continue reading.

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Link: Take U.S. networks off Canadian airwaves, Bell Media urges

From James Bradshaw of The Globe and Mail:

Take U.S. networks off Canadian airwaves, Bell Media urges
The president of Bell Media fired a broadside at Canada’s broadcast regulator on Friday, saying its policies are hobbling the company’s profitability and suggesting that U.S. networks such as CBS, NBC and FOX should be kicked off the country’s airwaves.

In a speech to a TV industry audience in Ottawa, Kevin Crull argued the business model for traditional broadcasters is “fundamentally broken” and “unsustainable,” pointing a finger at Hollywood’s direct intrusion on Canadian TV dials. Continue reading.

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Link: Electric Circus – an Oral History of Canada’s Greatest Dance Music Show

From Aidan Johnston of Vice:

Electric Circus: an Oral History of Canada’s Greatest Dance Music Show
Just the mention of Electric Circus will get any Canadian who danced in the 90s dripping with candy-coloured nostalgia for those asphyxiating vinyl blazers and go-go shorts they hung up long ago. For 15 years the iconic live dance program gyrated its way onto TVs across the country, where viewers eagerly awaited new music videos, exclusive performances, and tried to decipher the lyrics to Jet Fuel’s anthemic intro song. “Hey DJ come with a…choon? A broom?” Continue reading.

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