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Gemini Award winners announced

November 3, 2010 Diane Wild

From a media release:

2010 Gemini Awards Presented in Drama, Children’s and Youth, Comedy, and Variety Categories

Gemini Award winners in the Drama, Children’s and Youth, Comedy, and Variety categories were announced tonight at the second of two Industry Galas. Hosted by actor and director Art Hindle (E.N.G., Paradise Falls), a total of 38 awards were presented as well as the Margaret Collier Award and the Academy Achievement Award. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television also paid tribute to 2010 MasterWorks Television Honouree Polka Dot Door.

Winners in Documentary, Lifestyle, News, and Sports categories were announced on Tuesday, November 2nd. The 25th Annual Gemini Awards will conclude with the Broadcast Gala on Saturday, November 13th at the Winter Garden Theatre in Toronto. Hosted by Glee’s Cory Monteith, the event will be broadcast on Global and Showcase at 8pm.

The following categories were announced at tonight’s Industry Gala:

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New tonight: Being Erica on CBC – “Jenny From The Block”

November 3, 2010 Diane Wild 1 Comment

Jenny returns, and needs help getting her life on the right track. Erica is eager to help her estranged friend, but a trip back to a day at Black Creek Pioneer Village shows Erica that the helping hand Jenny needs is her own, and not Erica’s.

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TV, eh? podcast episode 17: The Further Adventures of Lip Ring

November 2, 2010 Diane Wild

Episode 17: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

Erin Karpluk 01 high This week’s interview guests are Erin Karpluk and Adam Fergus of Being Erica, who talk about season three’s theme of transformation.

Anthony and Diane talk about Gemini host Cory Monteith (aka Lip Ring from Whistler) and recently announced presenters including Grace Park, Enrico Colantoni, and the cast of Rookie Blue, and the special Geminis going to Polka Dot Door and The New Music.

We’re less than ecstatic to announce that E! is coming back to Canada. And even more un-ecstatic that Canwest is now Shaw.

Is Being Erica on its way out, along with Shattered? Andrew Ryan of the Globe and Mail thinks so.

And we discuss DVR ratings boosting serial dramas in particular.

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Ratings: Week of October 25

November 2, 2010 Diane Wild

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

Ratings across Canada Oct. 25-31
“CBC’s Dragon’s Den pulled 1,277,000, which still could not boost Being Erica (363,000) above the Brampton barrier. Even Global’s Shattered (431,000) now draws better than Ms. Strange.” Read more.

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Review: Being Erica – “Bear Breasts”

October 28, 2010 Diane Wild

From Kat Angus of TV Casualty:

Being Erica, “Bear Breasts”
“Last night’s episode of Being Erica managed to combine all the things I dislike about this show: ‘Drunk’ Erica, ‘Sexy’ Erica, ‘Wild and free’ Erica.” Read more.