All posts by Diane Wild

Diane is the founder of TV, eh? She loves books, movies, TV, science, space, traveling, theatre, art, cats, and drinking multiple beverages at the same time.

In the news: The Week The Women Went

From Vinay Menon of the Toronto Star:

  • Bye-bye women, hello stereotypes
    ” ‘Men — would YOU party hard? Or … lament the loss of your ladies?’ reads the show’s website (thewomenwent.com). ‘Women — would THEY cope without you? Or … would they be lost at sea?’ Weird PUNCTUATION … aside, these bipolar questions suggest producers believe there are only two possible outcomes: 1. The women are hardly missed. 2. The men are exposed as hapless nincompoops. As a man, I’m greatly offended by this. Unless my wife says I shouldn’t be, in which case I am not.”

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Corner Gas: One Step Ahead of Prison Break

From CTV:

Last night at 8 p.m., more Canadians chose CTV’s Corner Gas, than an all-new simulcast episode of Prison Break on Fox/Global. Corner Gas reeled in 1.5 million viewers vs 1.45 million watching Prison Break.

When measuring the half hour only (8-8:30 p.m), Corner Gas was unbeatable, with 6 per cent more total viewers head to head.

In all, CTV had Monday night’s top 3 most watched programs of the night (CSI: Miami, CTV Evening News, Corner Gas).

All audience figures are courtesy of BBM Nielsen Media Research and represent a nation-wide picture of television viewing in Canada.

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In the news: Dealing with race in comedy

From the Toronto Star, touches on Little Mosque on the Prairie:

  • How comedy struggles with being race-y
    “When you’re trying to make light of racial stereotypes or religion, you’d best be sure you’re doing it in a way that doesn’t leave the audience stonefaced instead of laughing as if they’re stoned. If you’re doing satire on terrorism, you’re dancing a fine line between being edgy and bombing, yourself.”
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In the news: Canadian Television Fund in danger

From Antonia Zerbisias of the Toronto Star:

  • Shaw could kill TV fund
    That could mean that independent producers of programs such as Degrassi: The Next Generation, Trailer Park Boys, Little Mosque on the Prairie and most documentaries won’t have the financing they need.” She concludes that it might be time, however, to take a long, hard look at the fund.

From the Canadian Press:

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