From Tony Wong of the Toronto Star:
The departure of two well-liked judges from the popular series, which features all-too-hopeful contestants creatively pitching judges to invest in their sometimes quirky inventions, means the CBC has some giant entrepreneurial shoes to fill. Finding telegenic Canadian high rollers who have hundreds of thousands in seed money each season is no easy task. Continue reading.
From Bill Brioux of the Toronto Star:
Sometimes success can get in the way of a passion project. That’s what happened to Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern, co-creators of the new spy drama X Company (premiering Wednesday at 9 p.m. on CBC).
Fourteen years ago, the husband and wife team made a short film about a man with a condition known as synesthesia. “His senses were all fused together,†says Ellis. “He feels shapes with his skin, which would leave a taste in his mouth and gave him a near perfect memory.†Continue reading.
From Melissa Hank of Canada.com:
Saving Hope’s season finale is ‘emotional’ and ‘shocking,’ says star
The Season 3 finale of Saving Hope is so breathtaking that fans of the Canadian medical series might just need a respirator themselves after they watch it. The episode airing Wednesday is a game-changer for the staff at Hope Zion Hospital, so much so that actor Benjamin Ayres (Dr. Zach Miller) couldn’t believe that the show was actually going through with the pivotal story point. Continue reading.
From Maureen Ryan of Huffington Post:
5 Ways ‘Vikings’ Will Invade Your Life
The third season of “Vikings” begins Thursday, and it’s only fair to warn you about the effects the show may have on your life. I was a slow convert to “Vikings”: I didn’t truly warm to the frosty tale of Nordic raiders until midway through the show’s first season. By that point, it had sunk in that this show was not only fun but was doing some exceptional things, and the strong second season of “Vikings” only solidified my affection for it. Continue reading.
From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail:
Here’s bloody good news: The new CBC drama X Company (CBC, 9 p.m.) is vastly entertaining. A Second World War spy drama, on the evidence of the first two episodes it’s brimming with action, tension delivered with appropriate dollops of poignancy and done with slick confidence.
It comes from Flashpoint creators Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern and is based, loosely, on the existence of the real Camp X, a training school for spies and the organization of covert operations, established in the early 1940s by the British Army on Lake Ontario near Oshawa. Continue reading.
