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Bravo Orders Third Season of its Critically-Acclaimed Original Drama Series, 19-2

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From a media release:

Bravo announced today it has ordered a third season of the gripping original drama, 19-2. An additional 10, one-hour episodes have been ordered from Sphère Média Plus and Echo Media with production expected to begin this summer in Montréal. Nominated for 10 Canadian Screen Awards in 2015, Season 1 of19-2 received the second-most nominations of any television series behind Space’s ORPHAN BLACK, and was Bravo’s #1 original series, reaching a total of more than 3.3 million viewers. Adrian Holmes (ARROW) and recent CSA, Best Actor winner Jared Keeso (Godzilla), reprise their roles as embattled beat cops Nick Barron and Ben Chartier. For those who have yet to get hooked on 19-2, Season 1 of 19-2 is streaming now on CraveTVTM.

19-2 is co-produced by Sphère Média Plus and Echo Media in association with Bell Media, and stars CSA nominee Laurence Lebeouf (DURHAM COUNTY) as Nick’s former lover, Audrey; CSA nominee Dan Petronijevic (SAVING HOPE) as angry beat-cop J.M.; CSA nominee Benz Antoine (THE LISTENER) as struggling alcoholic, officer Tyler; Mylène Dinh-Robic (THE LISTENER) as Tyler’s brazen, no-nonsense partner Béatrice; and Bruce Ramsay (CONTINUUM) as manipulative District Commander Marcel Gendron. CSA nominee Maxim Roy (HEARTLAND) returns to guest star as Nick’s ex-wife Isabelle.

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More Amelie and Ben in Season 3 of 19-2?

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If Tom Hastings has his way, Season 3 of 19-2 will be much “warmer” when it comes to storylines, and the relationship between Amelie (Tattiawna Jones) and Ben (Jared Keeso) will be explored more deeply.

That’s the wish of the director of Independent Production for Bell Media, who made the remark at the conclusion of “Inside the Writers Room on 19-2” at the Toronto Screenwriting Conference on Saturday. Bravo just greenlit production of 19-2 for Season 3, but development had already begun, meaning showrunner Bruce M. Smith has put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) on the first four episodes.

Smith participated in the TSC’s inaugural Writing Room Intensive, where he and six television writers spent Friday developing the basic elements of a tentpole episode of 19-2. He and Ian Carpenter, Roslyn Muir, Caitlin Fryers, Amanda Smith-Kolic, Nathalie Younglai and Tamara Moulin put their heads together and came up with an exciting episode that, while just an exercise, was as compelling as any of the stories told on the show. The group’s plot found the cops of 19 dealing with the shutting down of a halfway house and the affect it has on the neighbourhood. Escalating emotions and over-the-top reactions reach a fever pitch when a child is abducted and the men in the halfway house are accused of the crime.

After outlining the episode to the packed theatre in Daniels Spectrum, Hastings joined the group to provide his network notes, a real-life conversation he has with Smith when 19-2 is in production. Hastings made several interesting points about the script, noting it was too soon after key events of Season 2—pedophile and eviction storylines—to revisit those themes again. He also noted the panel didn’t have much for Nick (Adrian Holmes) to do in their script, so that would have to be addressed. Overall, he was pleased with what the group had created in just one day.

It may have been a made-up script, but I’d watch it.

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Link: Spike UK Eyes ‘Transporter: The Series’, Canadian Drama ’19-2′

From Patrick Munn of TVWise:

Spike UK Eyes ‘Transporter: The Series’, Canadian Drama ’19-2′
Viacom has yet to launch Spike UK just yet, but the nascent channel has already set its sights on two new exclusive drama series.

TVWise understands that Spike UK is in talks with Lagardère Entertainment and Content Film & Television to acquire the exclusive first run UK broadcast rights to action series Transporter: The Series and Canadian cop drama 19-2, respectively. Per sources, the deals cover the first two seasons of both shows, which are expected to premiere on Spike UK later this year. Continue reading.

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Review: 19-2 closes out Season 2

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“Where do you want to go?”

“Just drive.”

And with that Nick Barron and Ben Chartier drove off  in the season finale of 19-2. We’re still waiting to hear whether of not there will be a third season. If this is it for the series, it’s been one hell of a ride.

19-2 has the ability to make my stomach feel fluttery and throw-uppy at least once a week, but in the case of “Bridges,” it happened several times as stories surrounding Houle, Gendron and J.M. came to a close.

Houle takes the only way out
Bruce Smith and the rest of the writing team certainly could have dragged Sgt. Houle’s on-the-run storyline into Season 3 or beyond, but chose instead to wrap things up on Monday. Good move. I hate it when scenarios are left hanging and unresolved. We all knew that Houle wasn’t going to allow himself to be taken into custody alive—cops and pedophiles aren’t treated well in prison—but I pictured him going down in a hail of bullets. But 19-2 has never been about gunfights (other than the paintball competition earlier this season) so I wasn’t surprised when Nick left just one bullet in Houle’s gun and tossed the weapon back to him. You want out, Nick asked. Do it yourself. Houle did, down by the water, looking off at the lake before pulling the trigger.

Gendron loses it
Like Conrad Pla as Houle, Bruce Ramsay’s scenes as Commander Gendron have been few and far between. But like Pla, when he was given something to do he was masterful with it. The knowledge that he was handing his daughter over to Houle, a man he trusted, to be molested was too much for Gendron to bear. Pair that with J.M. being arrested for assaulting Justine and Gendron snapped on Nick and suspended him for beating the crap out of J.M. But as Isabelle warned, Gendron has got to keep it together and steady this listing ship.

J.M. goes back to old habits
I really hoped J.M. has stopped beating Justine. That storyline was never addressed in Season 2, and J.M. had warned Vince against getting involved with women on the job. It looked like he’d turned a corner and was going to be OK, perhaps even a mentor of sorts. But, of course, that was wishful thinking. With Audrey’s union meeting visit as the fuse, J.M. assaulted Justine again. She pressed charges and Nick doled out the frontier justice J.M. deserved, and asked for.

There are still many questions remaining to be answered. Will Tyler get caught handing over clean pee? Will Bear continue to be Sergeant? Will Gendron quit, allowing Isabelle to ascend to his office? Is Audrey ever going to be a cop again? Where the heck is Kaz?

Hopefully that will all be sorted out in Season 3, if one is greenlit. I’m keeping my fingers crossed. How about you?

Notes and quotes

  • Nick and Ben meeting outside the station and then walking in together? A show of partnership and solidarity.
  • Seeing Houle as one of the day’s “Beautiful Faces” was just awful.
  • “The one guy you think has got his shit together.” J.M. pretty much summed it up.

What was your favourite moment, scene or character from Season 2? Comment below of via @tv_eh.

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19-2, Big Brother Canada, Murdoch Mysteries, Remedy

Tonight: Remedy, Big Brother Canada, 19-2, Murdoch Mysteries, Tiny Plastic Men

Remedy, Global – “Our Friend, Chaos”
Before Allen Conner can process losing his job as the head of Infectious Diseases at Bethune General Hospital (Beth-H), a massive explosion tears through the basement. Though he and Griffin work brilliantly together to treat those caught in the blast, the damage is catastrophic. Striking new ER resident Peter Cutler recruits Mel in aid of a foreign agricultural worker. Chief-of-Staff Linda Tuttle looks for a scapegoat in the wake of the explosion, while the downstairs staff grapples with loss and Allen pursues a new position as an ER doc at Beth-H.

Big Brother Canada, Global
A brand new group of houseguests enter the Big Brother Canada house in the season premiere.

19-2, Bravo – “Bridges”
With the mole on the run, a devastated squad turn on each other, and on themselves.

Murdoch Mysteries, CBC – “Election Day”
Dr. Ogden and the suffragettes face a setback on Election Day, while Murdoch investigates a murder with implications for national security. Guest starring Peter Keleghan

Tiny Plastic Men, Super Channel – “Latvania 6-5000”
The guys are sent to the Latvanian Embassy to negotiate with the Latvanian “monarch-tator” Dr. Von Chaos for licensing renewal rights to the Dr. Von Chaos line of toys. But Crad’s enemy Eric has other plans and the guys get trapped in the creepy “castle” and have to spend the night.

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