From Dalton Ross of Entertainment Weekly:
Link: Orphan Black creator answers season premiere burning questions
“Without giving too much away, we have arrived at the top of the pyramid, so to speak. We have arrived at the seat of power at Neolution. This is where P.T. Westmoreland, a man who’s apparently well over 100 years old, lives and marshals the global forces of Neolution — those setting out to change the course of human evolution.” Continue reading.Â
From Ciara Pitts of MoviePilot:
Link: Wynonna Earp: How the cast and crew get LGBT visibility so right when so many TV shows still get it wrong
June, which is also Pride Month, has just kicked off. Many of us in the LGBTQ community are celebrating our freedom and who we are, along with the TV shows that make us more visible. One of those shows being Syfy’s Wynonna Earp, which returns for its second season on June 9. The series follows the titular character on a journey to take down demons and other supernatural forces that invade her mysterious hometown. Continue reading.
From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Link: Wynonna Earp: Emily Andras talks “Steel Bars and Stone Walls”
“I really thought of the premiere as almost the second half of Episode 113. It felt like a two-parter with all those cliffhangers and because we had given ourselves, or cursed ourselves, with all those cliffhangers, we had no choice but to answer those questions. I didn’t want it to be a bunch of talk and exposition. I wanted it to feel really fun and really blistering.” Continue reading.
Link: Wynonna Earp’s Melanie Scrofano on working for Black Badge and that surprise guest star
“There’s a certain amount of not wanting to see things that are right in front of you when they threaten your sense of security. Waverly gives Wynonna such a sense of security and family and belonging and she just thinks that partly it can’t be true.†Continue reading.Â
From Nivea Serrao of Entertainment Weekly:
Link: Wynonna Earp boss on that big Season 2 premiere twist
“We are going to see a slightly different Wynonna for the first few episodes. Not only has she killed Willa, but the other thing that has happened is, essentially, she has lost Dolls. So she’s going to feel a lot of pressure to kind of move into a leadership role. And that’s not Wynonna’s strong suit. She hates authority. She rebels against authority.” Continue reading.
From Carly Lane of Nerdist:
Link: Wynonna Earp’s Dominique Provost-Chalkley talks “bloody good” Season 2Â
“She comes into her own. It’s kind of perfect timing because I feel like she’s going in that direction but just touching the goo accelerates that, and so I wanted to make sure that right from the get-go there was almost a power that ran through her, an adrenaline underneath that maybe she didn’t have before.” Continue reading.Â
From TD Rideout of The Mind Reels:
Link: Dark Matter set visit
It’s a cold December morning, the holidays are on the horizon, a storm cloud of twinkling lights, gift giving and family.  Clambering aboard the tarnished grey subway cars that burrow their way through the city, Sue and I prepared for a day in the far-flung future… Continue reading.Â
From Andrew Liptak of The Verge:
Link: Syfy’s pulpy space opera Dark Matter is back—here’s why you should watch
The show is largely about identities and who people truly are. Most of the characters have their own agendas, but once their memories were wiped, they found a unique opportunity to reinvent themselves. They come together into a crew because they’re comfortable with one another, or at least more comfortable than they are with the wider world. Continue reading.
From Kelly Townsend of The TV Junkies:
Link: Dark Matter: Joseph Mallozzi on the two-hour Season 3 premiere
“I mean, the war is happening, there’s not much they can do about that. It’s debatable if they want to get involved at all. On one hand, you’ve got Six who’s always been leading the charge and trying to get them to be better people, and Two points out to him that being better is so much harder, and maybe it’s not worth the risk. They tried to be better, and that was the whole point of Season 2, a search for redemption that ends up blowing up in their faces.” Continue reading.Â
From Eric Volmers of the Calgary Herald:
Link: Banff World Media Festival: Canadian producers say CRTC decision threatens homegrown programs
Just as the top movers and shakers in the TV industry arrive at the Banff World Media Festival, independent Canadian producers are sounding the alarm about Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regulation changes they say will have a devastating effect on both the quantity and quality of Canadian TV shows. Continue reading.
I’m not happy [Chopped Canada] got cancelled. I watched it all the time and I’m ashamed, as a Canadian, that they cancelled something that was important to others! I loved the show and Food Network Canada is a huge disappointment now!! —Terri
I love [Anne]. I just get entranced while watching. The gentleman that plays the father figure is so sweet and genuine it just makes me cry. So much is so true that I see in my students. Kids will be kids no matter what ages. Please let there be a Season 2; I would love for it to continue. It is so hard to find a good show anymore that doesn’t deal with crime and sex. Please post when Season 2 will start. —Grace
Congratulations Trevor. Truly deserved to win. I think the [MasterChef Canada] final should have been between Trevor and Barrie. When Thea brought out the tears in order to stay in the competition I thought that was a ploy. It had worked for Miranda one week, so I think she decided to give it a shot as well and it worked for her too! Even Mai tried using the tears but it didn’t save her. I was thoroughly disgusted with Miranda and the other guy (can’t remember his name) who saved themselves when they both knew they were responsible for their team’s failure. They were in charge and the captain goes down with the ship regardless. And then Michael offers him a job in his new restaurant? What about Barrie or Thea? They were more worthy of a job offering! —Debra
Wow, I actually agreed with the judges’ decision this year! You mean it’s not fixed?!? Trevor was the stronger home cook between the two finalists. Cool technique on his crème fraiche in his dessert; it looked like an artist setting up an abstract painting. Loved his honest but polite comments (digs) about Barrie in last week’s show about who supported who when on the same team. Barrie is such a gentle (the bear) man, but it is a competition. Anyone else think that Thea and Britney Spears could be sisters? Loved how her confidence came out after being called out by the judges to start acting like she deserved to be standing in the Top 10. Great job by both finalists! —Tunie
I am so very glad that Trevor won the MasterChef title. I think he deserved the title more than anyone else. He has good cooking and plating skills and he listened to the advice given by the judges. More importantly, he was humble and warm throughout the whole process. Congratulations, Trevor! Frankly, I really like watching MasterChef Canada. The judges are simply awesome. They not only advise the contestants but also give them the moral support they needed especially when some of these contestants encounter a problem or two during the culinary battle. I would say that the three judges Chef Michael, Chef Alvin and Chef Claudio are great mentors apart from being great chefs themselves. They truly exude warmth and humility. Three cheers to the three awesome MasterChef judges and three cheers to the contestants too. —Siew
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