All posts by Greg David

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.
Dark Matter

Link: Joe Mallozzi Discusses All Things Dark Matter

From Candice Michelle Goodwin of Telfie.com:

Link Joe Mallozzi Discusses All Things Dark Matter
“There is definitely a 5-year plan for the show. If season 1 was Secrets and Surprises, and season 2 was Risks and Redemption, and season 3 is Victories and Vengeances, season 4 will be Androids and Aliens. And you can’t get any more sci-fi than that. As for season 5 – which, if everything works out, should be the show’s final 13-episode installment – I have a plan to tie up all the storylines. I even have the show’s final sequence in my head.” Continue reading.

 

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Orphan Black

Links: Forget Ratings. ‘Orphan Black’ Had the #CloneClub

From John Koblin of The New York Times:

Link: Forget Ratings. ‘Orphan Black’ Had the #CloneClub
“Orphan Black” never had huge ratings. A July episode on BBC America, for example, garnered just 645,000 viewers, ranking it 33rd among scripted cable TV series that week.

But what the show does have is the #CloneClub, the name its fiercely loyal fans collectively go by when they gather online. And BBC America has done everything it can to cultivate their dedication. Continue reading.

From Norman Wilner of Now Toronto:

Link: Farewell, Orphan Black: a series that managed to be everything all at once
The key to good television is that you’re drawn in by the premise and you fall in love with the characters, and I can think of few shows that prove this as well as Orphan Black. What started out as a murky conspiracy thriller with a nifty gimmick has expanded into something unquantifiable – a big, shaggy narrative mess that still feels, from moment to moment, like something electric and wonderful. Continue reading.

From Jennifer Still of Glamour:

Link: We’re Losing ‘Orphan Black’ Right When We Need It the Most
As Orphan Black winds down for good—the series finale airs August 12—it’s hard not to feel simultaneously empowered and a little depressed about saying goodbye. If ever there were a time when we need portrayals of powerful women who refuse to become victims to their own circumstances, it’s in the current political climate. Continue reading.

 

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Featured, Saving Hope

Comments and queries for the week of August 11

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Saving Hope fans sound off on the series finale, Part 2

HATED the finale. This entire season was not right. But that finale was just such a letdown. There was no reason to go out like that. —Mike

Loved watching this show on ION here in Pennsylvania USA. Tears flowed last night at the finale; will miss my Tuesday nights watching it. Had the perfect ending though, I must say sad but then the happy moment at the end! —Tina

Why can’ t we have shows with happy endings? Enough sadness in the world. —Patty

I’m so sad I could cry. I loved this show, looked forward to it every week. I wish you would have figured out a way to keep this show going. :( —Lillian

I loved this show. I was so upset with the ending. I think it was good how they did get Charlie to help out with giving other people a second chance but still, I think Alex and Charlie should have had that second chance too. I cried so hard when they said he died. It was like a part of my family had died. I hope somewhere down the way they somehow bring it back. It was a great show with a great cast. Going to miss it greatly. —Debbie

I wasn’t surprised you decided to end the show as you did, but I would have been happier for Charlie and Alex to just ride off into the sunset. I thought that they had put the two characters through enough and that once they finally got married they and their love would have finally come full circle. Maybe have a remake and change the ending to Charlie not dying. Those of us who have experienced so much of it in their lifetime it really is hard. Thank you for the five years!!!! —Lori

I loved this show but I was very upset when I realize Charlie would not survive. I wanted that so badly. With all they went through I was so hoping they would get their happy ever after. —Evelyn

I didn’t think I’d like Saving Hope when it first came on. But I saw the first episode again after I saw the second episode and I’ve been hooked for all five seasons. It was good when they came on in back-to-back episodes. The ending was great. Great show. I hope all the actors come back on TV sometime in the future. —Walter

I will miss this show very much, but I am glad that Charlie and Alex finally got married and I pray we will see more of all these actors and actresses! Blessings and favour over your careers! —Colleen

I enjoyed the show and sad to see it end. It is fitting that Alex and Charlie would be together in the end. —Randall

 

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Wynonna Earp

Link: Wynonna Earp: Dani Kind on her deliciously evil character

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Link: Wynonna Earp: Dani Kind on her deliciously evil character
“I was waiting to be killed off because I didn’t think I’d be in the whole season. So every time I got a script or saw Emily I’d be like ‘killing me off this time?’ She’s like ‘Well, just wait and see!’ I just didn’t know what was going to happen. So every time I got a script and I was still alive it’d be juicier and juicier.” Continue reading.

From Starrymag:

Link: Dani Kind – Wynonna Earp
“Honestly, when I watch the show and got the scripts I felt like I’m watching a movie that is an hour long because so much happens in them that I can’t even keep track of all of them. Someone was tweeting a couple weeks as the episode ended and asked, “Can anyone follow what’s happening? Where are we? What’s going on?” So, I don’t know how much more I can give away than that. S**t is going down this week. It’s crazy!” Continue reading.

 

 

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Industry News

Link: The Disgusting and Depraved Story of ‘Kenny vs. Spenny,’ Canada’s Most Underrated Show

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From Nick Dunne of Vice:

Link: The Disgusting and Depraved Story of ‘Kenny vs. Spenny,’ Canada’s Most Underrated Show
In their house in downtown Toronto, Kenny Hotz and Spencer Rice were fighting each other in a heated match for supremacy. Armed with methane-detection devices and an assortment of beans, cabbages and peppers, Kenny and Spenny pushed their bowels to the limit in the “Who Could Blow the Biggest Fart?” competition. Continue reading.

 

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