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.
Orphan Black

Link: Orphan Black Science Recap: “The Collapse of Nature”

From Casey Griffin and Nina Nesseth of The Mary Sue:

Orphan Black Science Recap: “The Collapse of Nature”
Welcome to our Orphan Black science recaps, where Casey, a graduate student in genetics and developmental biology, and Nina, a professional science communicator, examine the science in each episode of OB and talk you through it in (mostly) easy-to-digest terms. If you haven’t watched the latest episode of Orphan Black, be forewarned: there will be spoilers. There will also be crazy science. Continue reading.

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Schitt's Creek

Link: Schitt’s Creek takes New York

From Sarah Larson of the New Yorker:

Without a Paddle
On a recent Monday afternoon, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara were in town, taping an episode of the “Tonight Show” at NBC. Before talking about “Schitt’s Creek,” the Canadian sitcom on which they co-star, now in its second season, they played Pictionary with Jimmy Fallon and Shailene Woodley. Fallon drew a cat and a tongue. Levy said, “Cat, tongue. Cat, tongue.” His thick black eyebrows flew up. “Hold your tongue!” he said. A buzzer sounded, and Fallon hurled a pillow from the couch. “Another ten minutes and I would’ve had it,” Levy said. Continue reading.

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Book of Negroes

The Book of Negroes named a Peabody Awards finalist

The Book of Negroes, a co-production between CBC and BET in the United States, has been named one of 60 finalists for the Peabody Awards.

Based on Canadian Lawrence Hill’s novel about Aminata Diallo, a woman abducted from West Africa to become a slave in American Revolution-era South Carolina, the miniseries was written by Hill and Clement Virgo and aired to high ratings last year on the public broadcaster.

Next week the 60 finalists will be narrowed down to “The Peabody 30,” to be honored at the 75th anniversary Peabody ceremony on May 21 in New York.

 

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Degrassi

Link: CanCon Rules Put a Lot of Weird Teens on Television in the 90s

From Sarah Berman of Vice:

CanCon Rules Put a Lot of Weird Teens on Television in the 90s
But when I try to remember my own early teens in a mostly pre-internet era, I can’t help thinking these latest reboots of Full House, Ghostbusters, Power Rangers and other perfectly mass-marketable franchises don’t reflect the weird experience I had turning on a television in the 90s. I like to think that’s because I was in Canada, a place where shitty consumer products got thrown in a fiery pit, brothers with the world’s worst hair/tans sang about blow jobs, and teens stiffly talked about abortion as if it were a math exam. Only here could these enigmas coexist. Continue reading.

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