Yearly Archives: 2017

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Comments and queries for the week of June 30

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Mediocrity is usually the engine that runs bad decisions. We promote and put American shows on a pedestal while looking for a reason to cast away Canadian content. [You Gotta Eat Here!] was a show that many Canadians looked forward to on Friday nights for not only entertainment but to showcase hidden gems to check out for eats in rural locations. Bad choice by Corus Entertainment executives! Shame on you! —Joe

So sad to see this show being cancelled. Hope they rethink this! —Wilma

Let’s face it, folks. the Food Network sucks! They are more interested in showing reality game shows! —Joe

What a shame!!!! The best food show around. So many professional, high-intensity cooking shows available that are hard to watch. It sounds like you might lose a great number of Food Network customers. Rethink. —Victoria

 

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Wynonna Earp

Links: Wynonna Earp’s Dominique Provost-Chalkley on stepping up to the many challenges of Season 2

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Link: Wynonna Earp’s Dominique Provost-Chalkley on stepping up to the many challenges of Season 2
“The main challenge was actually not to have too much fun with it and for it to become too much like a caricature. I wanted to make sure I didn’t play a cliché and that it was a subtle progression. As we all know there is no one I trust more than Emily [Andras], so I asked her to watch the dailies to keep an eye on it.” Continue reading. 

From Jennifer Still of Vanity Fair:

Link: Wynonna Earp is TV’s most ridiculous show—and knows it
Good TV has never been easier to find, but it’s still sometimes nice to enjoy a series you know you really shouldn’t. Syfy’s new supernatural series Wynonna Earp isn’t just a guilty pleasure—it goes above and beyond into “so intentionally bad it’s good” territory, like no other series on television right now. Continue reading.

From Alex Cranz of io9:

Link: Why are we not talking about how much fun Wynonna Earp is?
Back for its second season, Wynnona Earp is loaded with wise-cracking assholes who fight demon monsters. If Buffy were set in the frigid tundra of Canada and not on a constant quest to explore the crisis of teenage femininity it might be Wynonna Earp. Continue reading.

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Dark Matter

Link: Interview: Anthony Lemke

From Jeff Fountain of Geek Chic Elite:

Link: Interview: Anthony Lemke
“My character clearly falls down on one side and is becoming a better person but he still is unpredictable, you don’t always know how he’s going to react and that is the essence of this character and I really hope that line is walked for the entire longevity of this series because then it ends up being fun to play, fun to watch and probably fun to write, too.” Continue reading. 

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Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

Gusto spices things up with new original series The Latin Kitchen, premiering July 6

From a media release:

Gusto turns up the heat in July with a new lineup of creative cooking adventures, including Gusto’s brand-new original Canadian seriesTHE LATIN KITCHEN, exploring the culinary favourites of three chefs from Mexico, Spain, and Venezuela. From Gusto Worldwide Media, the new 15-episode, 30-minute cooking-series airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. ET beginning July 6, exclusively on Gusto.

Fun and fast-paced, each episode of THE LATIN KITCHEN follows one of three chefs as they use an individual ingredient or regional flavour to create four mouth-watering recipes. Juan Pablo González, a Venezuelan artist and musician turned cook, combines his artistic creativity with his passion for food. Spanish chef Luis “Tigretón” Leon brings authentic recipes straight from Barcelona and Madrid, and chef Luis Valenzuela shares Mexican dishes that have been passed down through generations. The chefs introduce simple techniques and exotic ingredients that are sure to fire up viewers’ palettes and spice up every meal. For information on Gusto’s series, chefs, recipes, how-to videos, and more, visit gustotv.com.

THE LATIN KITCHEN is created by Chris Knight, President and CEO, Gusto Worldwide Media.

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Featured, Letterkenny

Letterkenny introduces new characters in snowy Season 3

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The world of Letterkenny is expanding in Season 3, and switching up the setting too. It’s the mark of a program that has got its base fully established and mixing things up to keep things interesting for those working on it and the fans.

With six new episodes of Letterkenny arriving Saturday, July 1, on CraveTV, the ludicrousness and hilarity continues in that small Ontario town of 5,000 where the Skids, Hockey Players and Hicks interact among their own groups and sometimes with each other. Summer on the farm at the produce stand (where nothing is ever sold, it seems) is swapped out for winter at a fishing shack. Wayne (Jared Keeso), Dan (K. Trevor Wilson) and Daryl (Nathan Dales) are decked out in bright snowmobile outfits and straddling roaring machines out in the brush, drinking and discussing hifalutin topics like when farts are allowed to be ripped. (Inside the fishing shack? Hard no.) Katy (Michelle Mylett), meanwhile, has returned home from a modelling gig accompanied by new male friends with major self-esteem issues.

As for Jonesy (Andrew Herr) and Reilly (Dylan Playfair), things are looking up for the hockey players, who have become a major hit with the fans and their coach (Mark Forward is back, thank goodness). Finally, the Skids—led by Stewart (Tyler Johnston)—are in disarray following the departure of a key member until a gal named Gae (Sarah Gadon) wanders into their midst.

Die-hard fans of Letterkenny will be thrilled the humour and catchphrases that make the series so darned good is still intact. Dan, in particular is a hoot, first in Episode 1 when he chides Wayne and Daryl for adding unnecessary eses to several words and at the beginning of Episode 3. The standout episode for me is the fourth, with a truly outrageous and gut-busting scenario involving some folks from Quebec who bear a striking resemblance to Wayne and his crew. (And as funny as Keeso and Jacob Tierney’s scripts are, I find myself laughing out loud at Keeso’s silent facial expressions as Wayne.)

Punches are thrown, beers are consumed, insults are thrown, the soundtrack is crunchy, innuendoes are suggested, butt talk is approached and farts are ripped. Oh Canada, Letterkenny is back.

Season 3 of Letterkenny is available on CraveTV this Saturday. Previous seasons are available on CraveTV.

Image courtesy of Bell Media.

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