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Prior to becoming a television critic and owner of TV, Eh?, Greg David was a critic for TV Guide Canada, the country's most trusted source for TV news. He has interviewed television actors, actresses and behind-the-scenes folks from hundreds of television series from Canada, the U.S. and internationally. He is a podcaster, public speaker, weekly radio guest and educator, and past member of the Television Critics Association.
Industry News

OMNI Television Refreshes Programming Slate

From a media release:

OMNI Television announced today a refreshed programming slate, delivering viewers all-new, authentic, and interactive current affairs content that is truly reflective of their communities.

These new half-hour current affairs programs, which replace the newscasts in B.C. and Ontario, will air weekdays in multiple languages and will engage audiences on a more local and topical level while providing a forum for community discussion. The programs premiere May 11.

The new current affairs series will be hosted by veteran OMNI Television on-air personalities and will focus on local issues from the unique perspective of their respective communities. The series will also feature special guests in-studio to tackle the hot topics, such as provincial and municipal news, healthcare, business and the environment. OMNI Television viewers are invited to join the conversation by sharing their opinions, thoughts, and ideas with the hosts via social media.

In addition, OMNI Television viewers in Edmonton and Calgary will receive award-winning OMNI Television documentaries while viewers in Ontario will be able to watch popular novellas in Italian.

OMNI Television continues to broadcast in more than 40 languages as part of its refreshed programming slate, and is the leading multilingual broadcaster in North America.

Broadcast details in each market are as follows:

OMNI Television Ontario 

The below series will replace previously scheduled programming in the indicated timeslot. All times ET. 

South Asian Today will air on OMNI.2, weekdays (Monday to Friday) from 8 to 8:30 p.m. The series will be hosted by Yudhvir Jaswal.

OMNI: Cantonese will air on OMNI.2, weekdays (Monday to Friday) from 9 to 9:30 p.m. The series will be hosted by Kenneth Li and Candy Chan.

OMNI: Mandarin will air on OMNI.2, weekdays (Monday to Friday) from 9:30 to10 p.m. The series will be hosted by Wei Lee and Jie Yang.

OMNI Television B.C.

The below series will replace previously scheduled programming in the indicated timeslot. All times PT. 

OMNI: Punjabi will air weekdays (Monday to Friday) from 8 to 8:30 p.m. The series will be hosted by Jasdip Wahla, Dilbar Kang, and Tarannum Thind.

OMNI: Cantonese will air weekdays (Monday to Friday) from 9 to 9:30 p.m. The series will be hosted by Karen So‎ and Otto Tang.

OMNI: Mandarin will air weekdays (Monday to Friday) from 9:30 to 10 p.m. The series will be hosted by Bowen Zhang and Tina Song.

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Rookie Blue

15 Things We Really Wanna See in Rookie Blue Season 6

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

15 Things We Really Wanna See in Rookie Blue Season 6
A new season of Rookie Blue is almost upon us (only three weeks to go!) and we’re not going to lie–we here at The TV Junkies are pretty excited to see Andy, Gail, Sam, Oliver and everyone else at 15 Division back on our small screens again. So before Season 6 of the cop drama premieres on Thursday, May 21 on Global (and then Thursday, June 25 on ABC), we thought it’d be fun to put together a small wishlist of things we’d love to see at some point during Season 6. Continue reading.

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Industry News

Link: Rogers to cut jobs, end all OMNI newscasts

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From Simon Houpt of The Globe and Mail:

Rogers to cut jobs, end all OMNI newscasts
Rogers Media Inc. is cutting approximately 100 positions from its conventional TV operations, and eliminating all newscasts on its multicultural OMNI stations, as it grapples with spiralling losses at its City and OMNI broadcasters.

Staff across the country are receiving pink slips Thursday, with the brunt of the cuts coming at the troubled OMNI operations and stations in the West. Continue reading.

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Orphan Black

Space Orders Season 4 of ORPHAN BLACK

From a media release:

Space has confirmed that it has ordered 10 additional, one-hour episodes of its critically-acclaimed clone conspiracy thriller ORPHAN BLACK. From  Temple Street Productions and produced in partnership with Space and BBC America, Season 4 of the Canadian original drama will see the return of phenomenal, award-winning Canadian actor, and Golden Globe®-nominee Tatiana Maslany (Woman In Gold, PARKS AND RECREATION), who has portrayed nine distinct clones to date. Production is set to begin this fall, in Toronto. The multi-channel Season 3 premiere of ORPHAN BLACK on Saturday, April 18 drew a combined audience of 697,000 viewers to Space, CTV, Bravo, and MTV, making it the most-watched episode of the series ever. All-new episodes of ORPHAN BLACK Season 3 air Saturdays at 9 p.m. ET on Space. The first two seasons are streaming now on CraveTVTM.

 

ORPHAN BLACK stars Canadian Screen Award winner and Golden Globe® nominee Tatiana Maslany, who to date has portrayed nine different characters (Sarah, Beth, Katja, Alison, Cosima, Helena, Rachel, Jennifer, and Tony). Season 3 features the incredible ensemble cast comprised of Jordan Gavaris (The Sea of Trees) as Felix, Sarah’s foster brother; Maria Doyle Kennedy (DOWNTON ABBEY) as Mrs. S, Sarah and Felix’s hard-nosed working class foster mother; Dylan Bruce (ARROW) as Paul, Beth’s boyfriend with a secret linked to his army days in Afghanistan, Kevin Hanchard (REPUBLIC OF DOYLE) as Art, a veteran detective; Skyler Wexler (Carrie) as Kira, Sarah’s seven-year-old daughter; and Michiel Huisman (GAME OF THRONES) as Cal Morrison, Sarah’s mysterious ex-boyfriend and Kira’s father. Season 3 also sees the return of Ari Millen as the recently revealed new Castor clones.

ORPHAN BLACK is executive produced by Ivan Schneeberg and David Fortier (BEING ERICA, X COMPANY), Graeme Manson (Cube, FLASHPOINT) and John Fawcett (SPARTACUS, Ginger Snaps). The series is co-created by Manson and Fawcett, with Manson also serving as writer and Fawcett as director. BBC Worldwide distributes the series internationally, reaching more than 170 countries.

 

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Featured, Polls

Poll: What is your favourite Canadian TV show of the 1980s?

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The first series in the Great Canadian TV Playoff are complete and SCTV triumphed with a 3-1 series win for favourite series of the 1970s.

Now it’s time for the next series: the 1980s.

Unlike the Stanley Cup playoffs, TV, Eh’s Great Canadian TV Playoff boasts solely homegrown head-to-head matchups of television shows. Through the rest of the month, we’ll pit eight television shows (just like the NHL) from the 1970s, 80s, 90s and 2000s against one another until the final showdown to name the top Canadian TV series of all time on May 29.

Cast your vote now and spread the word — the 1990s battle it out starting next Monday.

What is your favourite Canadian television series of the 1980s?

  • Degrassi High/Degrassi Junior High (41%, 72 Votes)
  • Fraggle Rock (15%, 26 Votes)
  • Street Legal (14%, 24 Votes)
  • The Littlest Hobo (13%, 22 Votes)
  • Seeing Things (9%, 16 Votes)
  • Danger Bay (6%, 10 Votes)
  • Lance et Compte/He Shoots, He Scores (2%, 3 Votes)
  • Night Heat (1%, 2 Votes)

Total Voters: 175

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