Link: An Oral History of Street Cents: the Best Kids’ Show Ever on Canadian TV

From Alan Jones of Vice:

An Oral History of Street Cents: the Best Kids’ Show Ever on Canadian TV
Teenagers are the demographic most susceptible to misleading advertising. It’s not that all teenagers are dumb (although a lot of them are), but when you combine adolescent insecurity, peer pressure, and a lack of experience with regretful purchases of trendy, overpriced crap, you’ve got yourself an easy target for profit-hungry corporations selling everything from “Smurfs to acne products.” At least, that’s how it was in 1989, when John Nowlan, an executive producer of children and youth programming at CBC Halifax, created Street Cents: a show about consumer awareness for the people who needed it most. Continue reading.

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Link: Bitten’s new season full of witches, revenge and horror

From Melissa Hank of o.canada.com:

Once Bitten, never shy. As played by Laura Vandervoort, female werewolf Elena Michaels is the fierce lead character in homegrown sci-fi series Bitten, returning for its second season this Saturday on Space.

Loosely based on author Kelley Armstrong’s Women of the Otherworld series, Bitten wrapped up its first season with an epic battle between Elena’s wolf pack and the mutts commissioned by insurgent Daniel Santos (Michael Luckett) and Malcolm Danvers (James McGowan). Continue reading.

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Tonight: Sunnyside, The Nature of Things, Doc Zone

Sunnyside

Sunnyside, City – “Chain Gang”
A chain gang trudges through the streets of Sunnyside and Darryl (Kevin Vidal) decides to tempt fate by leaving town. Meanwhile, Jimmy (Rob Norman) discovers how good a friend Viola (Kathleen Phillips) really is, after he asks her to help kill him. Plus, the Meth Girls (Kathleen Phillips, Patrice Goodman, Alice Moran) embark on an unusual shopping spree.

The Nature of Things, CBC – “Kung Fu Meerkats”
At their home in the harsh Kalihari desert, Meerkats must work together or die. In order to find enough to eat and raise their pups, they must all collaborate. In a remarkable project spanning 20 years, scientists have begun to unravel the mysteries of these complex lives. They’ve discovered that meerkats have much to teach the rest of us about collaboration.

Doc Zone, CBC – “To the Rescue”
Go behind-the-scenes with the people who save lives when outdoor adventurers put themselves at risk. A documentary about Canada’s patchwork search and rescue system. Why is it sending out its own SOS call?

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