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Being Erica, The Listener

In the news: Being Erica, The Listener show promise

From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

  • Television: A time of promise, needed more than ever
    “CBC is banking on Being Erica (starts Jan. 5), a charming drama, being a hit. It stars Erin Karpluk, familiar to fans of Godiva’s, as thirtysomething Erica Strange. Erica is a relentless underachiever who’s feeling lost. Then she gets a chance to change her past life, thanks to mercurial therapist Dr. Tom (Michael Riley), who seems to be able to send her back in time. The first episode is wonderful. CTV has The Listener, which has already been sold to NBC (starts in March, probably) and, while rumours about the show’s direction abound, it certainly opens strongly.” Read more.
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In the news: Being Erica’s secret fantasy?

From Jaime Weinman of Macleans’ magazine:

  • Erica1Being Erica is Like Quantum Leap, But Don’t Call It a Fantasy
    “The CBC must really want Being Erica to be a hit, based on the Subway Station Test: the harder a network is trying to promote a show, the more ads you will see in subway stations. By that standard, Erica (premiering January 5) is clearly CBC’s top priority, since they’ve plastered it all over subway walls, subway stalls, subway anything. You can’t go anywhere in some stations without having multiple images of a high-heeled Erin Karpluk staring back at you.” Read more.
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In the news: CBC’s January launches

From Brian Gorman of the Sudbury Star:

  • Open Letter
    “One of the smart things Canadian networks do is launch shows in January. This way, the little baby series avoid getting swallowed up by the big U. S. fall premieres, and they deliver alternatives at a time when viewers are probably most open to them. By now, the fall shows are old, and the holidays pushed a lot of them into reruns or off the air.” Read more.
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In the news: Being Erica, Wild Roses premiere next week

From Susan Noakes of CBC:

  • Erin Karpluk in Being EricaTime-traveling dramady, Calgary land-battle soap to debut on CBC-TV
    “CBC Television will launch two ambitious one-hour drama series set in Calgary and Toronto in January. Being Erica is a kind of adult fantasy revolving around a woman who is can go back in time and revisit the things she regretted in her teen years and early 20s, while Wild Roses is a night-time soap opera set against the backdrop of a contemporary Calgary awash in oil money.” Read more.
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