From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Rookie Blue’s Charlotte Sullivan on Gail’s “Heartbreaking” season & future
“I really admire the way they handled the adoption storyline. It wasn’t just one episode but was carried out throughout the whole season. I’ve had friends in my life who have adopted and it’s just weird because it’s not just ‘Oh you want to adopt a child? You get one next week.’ It doesn’t work like that.” Continue reading.
From Bethonie Butler of The Washington Post:
Online presence key to Degrassi’s evolution and survival
To date, Degrassi has produced more than 100 original scripted webisodes, according to the franchise’s recently relaunched website, which chronicles its 35-year history. For Stohn and Schuyler, a home on Netflix brings that history full circle.
“For the past few years we’ve realized the teen audience is, more and more, leaving linear television and moving online, and it was our dream because we wanted to reach the teen audience and we wanted to reach them in the digital space,†Stohn said. Continue reading.
Last week, Dark Matter revealed the backstories of Four, Five and Six while teasing who might be Titch. This week, amid the excitement surrounding Ruby Rose’s guest-starring gig, Dark Matter explored how appearances can be deceiving, whether it’s an entertainment android named Wendy to a mercenary named Marcus. It all happens in tonight’s seventh instalment, when the Raza crew discovers what’s behind that locked door.
Ruby Rose shows us her kick-ass side
As expected, Ruby Rose’s guest turn as Wendy is memorable for a couple of reasons. The entertainment android—one of several items discovered behind the locked door—is gifted in the kitchen with limited food, able to deliver impeccable massages … and can perform something called Dunking the Cosmic Donut. An extended scene with One provides laugh-out-loud moments and showcases Marc Bendavid’s comic timing. Turns out Wendy is hiding something pretty big, and it has a major impact on the Raza team.
Zoie Palmer shows us her comic side
Longtime fans (or Twitter followers) of Zoie Palmer know she’s got a wicked sense of humour, and Robert C. Cooper’s script allows for some of that to shine through. Despite the fact the Android isn’t supposed to feel jealousy, Wendy’s immediate impact on the crew leaves her feeling left out. The lengths the Android goes to gain their attention again is hilarious. Two words without giving too much away: Jamaican accent.
Three shows us his soft side
I’ve been waiting to find out more info on Three and we get lots of it tonight. Among the money, guns and Wendy in the storage area is Sara (Natalie Brown, The Strain), a woman locked away in a pod. Upon being thawed out, she calls Three by his real name and recalls the man before he lost his memories, offering great insight into Three’s history and the man he can be when he’s not, you know, being a jerk face.
Two shows us her backside
Let’s just say One and Two’s relationship takes an interesting turn.
Dark Matter airs Fridays at 10 p.m. ET on Space.
Help from the Backroad Bounty boys
I hope you can help me. I just saw Canadian Pickers have stopped. I have a family member who has very old items from 1800 (an army saddle for example). Do you know any one who would be interested in coming to look and purchase these items? There are a lot more items for sale. —Cheryl
I know a couple of guys. Marty Gebel and Peter “Bam Bam” Bamford star in a series called Backroad Bounty on Cottage Life, where they go to people’s houses and look to buy items. Here’s the link to their Facebook page, where you can contact the show (and Marty and Bam Bam) with your question. As for the show, the boys are almost done filming Season 2 and I got the chance to watch Marty and Bam Bam pick through and purchase some cool items from a hardware store in Ingersoll, Ont. Look for my story in the coming weeks.
CraveTV to go direct to consumers on Jan. 1
I’ll definitely subscribe, but I don’t think we’ll drop my satellite TV service. We share it with my my mother and father-in-law and my brother-in-law so we split the bill three ways because it makes it more affordable ($127 is too expensive for any of us to pay on our own and it allows us to get all the channels rather than just a basic package). Our household is in a rural area without access to cheaper cable options so my in-laws subscribe to satellite to help us out even though they have cheaper options where they live near Edmonton. Truthfully, Crave TV and Netflix combined have more than enough shows to keep me with enough stuff to watch but my Internet (satellite Internet, again, our only option) gets to slow to stream 50 per cent of the time so until our Internet improves, I can’t cut Bell satellite.
Another big concern of mine is sports. Until Bell and Rogers launch good sports streaming apps that don’t require a cable/satellite subscription, I won’t consider throwing out my satellite. I would miss Jets games, Roughriders games and the Olympics way too much. —Alicia
Preview: Six pictures previewing tonight’s Rookie Blue
Lotta kissing going on. :) Guess Nick gets over Juliette’s I.A. gig. Maybe he ends up going with her to Vancouver instead of Andy? Because I totally called it that Swarek would win Andy over by getting her Boo Radley! —Kathryn
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From a media release:
Canuck A-lister Jason Priestley (Call Me Fitz, Beverly Hills: 90210, Haven) and celebrated actress Molly Ringwald (The Secret Life of the American Teenager, The Breakfast Club and the upcoming Universal Pictures film Jem & The Holograms) bring the funny to Family Channel, starring as seemingly-flawless parents to five children in the new original series The Wonderful Wayneys. From Aircraft Pictures and Dolphin Entertainment, The Wonderful Wayneys follows Paige and Wayne Wayney as they forge the path to familial greatness. The live-action comedy, created and executive produced by the witty and cheeky Tom Saunders (Arrested Development, The Larry Sanders Show), begins filming in Toronto on July 27 and will deliver 26 half-hour episodes to DHX Television for Spring 2016.
The wonderful Wayneys are an amazing family: good looking, MENSA smart, talented, athletic and popular to boot. Paige (Ringwald) and Wayne Wayney (Priestley) have worked hard at raising “multi-exceptional†offspring and are proud of their children: Adam, Conner, Bentley and Derek. Everyone in town envies them or wants to be them, and you can even find Paige’s book about raising her extraordinary family on the bestseller list. But alas, their fifth child, Emmett, is not marching in lock step on the path to familial greatness. What he lacks academically, athletically and artistically, he makes up for with relentless enthusiasm and curiosity. Emmett knows that one day he’ll find his way, but in the meantime he’s determined to celebrate his C-average status in spectacular creative fashion – no matter how often his best laid plans threaten to destroy the family’s living space, reputation or sense of safety.
Filling the roles of Priestley and Ringwald’s multi-exceptional children in the series are: Luke Bilyk (Degrassi, Lost Girl) as Adam; Katie Douglas (Defiance, Max & Shred) as Conner; Matthew Tissi (Call Me Fitz, Transporter) as Bentley; Jake Sim (The Amazing Gayl Pile, Arthur) as Derek; and newcomer Simon Cadel as Emmett.
The Wonderful Wayneys is produced by Aircraft Pictures (Todd & The Book Of Pure Evil, What’s Up, Warthogs!) with producers Anthony Leo and Andrew Rosen, and Dolphin Entertainment (Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide, Zoey 101, and the upcoming feature film Max Steel, based on the Mattel action-figure franchise) with Executive Producer Bill O’Dowd. Tom Saunders (Arrested Development, The Larry Sanders Show) is Series Creator and Executive Producer. The show is co-executive produced by Steve Skrovan (Everybody Loves Raymond, Hot in Cleveland) and Garry Campbell (MADtv, Kids in the Hall). Tia Ayers, Barbara Haynes, Skander Halim, Max Reid, Josh Gal, Kate Spurgeon and Emer Connon round out the writing room.
