From James Bawden:
Everything about this show shouts “Canada” from the fetching cast of Canadian actors to the location of Sudbury to the drama of medical students studying to practice medicine in our Far North. Continue reading.
From James Bradshaw of The Globe and Mail:
Sun News Network has gone dark.
The television station that launched in 2011 promising “hard news and straight talk†went off the air at 5 a.m. Friday morning. No on-air announcement was made as the screen went dark and was replaced moments later with the Sun TV logo.
The closing will mean the loss of 150 full-time jobs and affect about 200 employees and contributors. Continue reading.
From the Writers Guild of Canada:
Mohawk Girls – Jan. 27, 2015
Mohawk Girls’ showrunner Cynthia Knight is interviewed by Leila Basen, in Montreal. Mohawk Girls is a comedy (sometimes referred to as “Sex and the City…on the Rez,”) about the lives of four twenty-something Mohawk women. Listen here (mp3).
From Brian Lowry of Variety:
TV Review: ‘Schitt’s Creek’
Seldom has a title been more descriptive than “Schitt’s Creek,†a tired reunion of SCTV’s Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara that makes a case for putting a cap on Canadian imports. Arriving in the U.S. on the rebranded Pop network, the half-hour series — created by Levy and his son Daniel — essentially builds a “Green Acresâ€-like show (with a pinch, perhaps, of “Arrested Developmentâ€) around a slim and juvenile pun, hoping the auspices and talent will carry through. Perhaps it will for Pop’s undemanding purposes, but that odor emanating from “Schitt’s Creek†is, at best, stale. Continue reading.
From NPR:
New Comedy ‘Schitt’s Creek’ From Canada Is A Reboot Of ‘Green Acres’
The sitcom on Pop network is about a wealthy family that is thrust into poverty. Their interactions with the locals is the main story, and the main source of comedy — and it’s worth checking out. Continue reading and listen to the story.
Family Flees To ‘Schitt’s Creek’ — That’s ‘Schitt’ With A C
Eugene Levy and his son, Daniel Levy, star in Schitt’s Creek on the CBC and Pop TV. The Levys talk with NPR’s Scott Simon about the comedy, family dynamics and what it’s like to work together. Continue reading and listen to the story.
