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Acting is the reason to watch Cracked

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From Alex Strachan of Postmedia News:

  • TV Tuesday: Cracked solid, despite fractured storylines
    The real reason to watch Cracked, and what may earn it pickup for a second season once these first 13 episodes have aired, is the acting. As the title suggests, Cracked is a character study of one man’s struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder. And while Cracked has a credible ensemble cast in supporting roles — Stefanie von Pfetten as the departmental psychiatrist who’s both minder and Aidan’s partner-in-crime-fighting; Luisa D’Oliveira as the young, ambitious detective looking for advancement, etc. — it’s Sutcliffe who must shoulder most of Cracked’s burden. Read more.
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Cracked, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Tuesday: Mercer, 22 Minutes, Cracked, Primeval

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Rick Mercer Report, CBC
Rick discovers the magic of Toronto’s Famous People Players theatre company and their unique blacklight technique that brings puppets to life. Then he’s off to Montreal to train with Canada’s National Fencing Team.

22 Minutes, CBC
News of declining sales at Hooters is forcing the restaurant chain to rebrand to attract a broader clientele; 22 Minutes is with Tony Clement for the opening of parliament; A new drama from PBS combines British period drama with British entertainers The Beatles in “Downton Abbey Road”.

Cracked, CBC – “White Knight”
Aidan develops a dangerous relationship with a woman he rescues from a psychotic killer still on the loose.

Primeval: New World – “The Great Escape”
After a Terror Bird attacks a bystander, Dylan and Evan are called in by Dylan’s old colleague Detective Harlow (Adrian Holmes, Red Riding Hood). They’re left puzzled as to where the bird came from, when no Anomaly has been detected — until they recognize LEGGY, whose now grown and dangerous.

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Cracked, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Tuesday: Mercer, 22 Minutes, Cracked, Primeval

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Rick Mercer Report, CBC
Tonight Rick is in Saskatoon to celebrate Ukrainian New Year with traditional costumes, dancing, and food, then he’s off to Lake Winnipeg for some ice fishing.

22 Minutes, CBC
Hockey is back and Commander Hadfield ‘sings’ about it with help from 22 Minutes; News of Cirque du Soleil performer layoffs finds them matched to surprising new job opportunities, Mark Critch goes to Washington for Obama’s coronation, and Susan Kent reports from the red carpet at the Liberal Leadership Debate in Vancouver.

Cracked, CBC – “What We Can’t See”
A bullied schoolgirl violently lashes out at her tormenters, Aidan and Daniella dig into her home-life and find bizarre ties that extend well beyond the family.

Primeval: New World, Space – “Breakthrough”
Footage of a triceratops goes viral on the net forcing Evan (Niall Matter, EUREKA) and Dylan (Sara Canning, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES) to track the creature to an upscale neighbourhood and to the home of Evan’s old rival Howard Kanan (Colin Ferguson, EUREKA), who is only too capable of understanding the implications of Anomalies and intersections in time.

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Cracked

Cracked draws on real life

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From Jen Traplin of Metro Ottawa:

  • CBC crime drama Cracked draws on real life events
    The executive producer behind Cracked, a new, one-hour-long Canadian crime drama on CBC, calls the series “a police procedural, but with a real twist.” “I think it’s not like anything people have seen on television before,” says Ottawa native and award winning filmmaker, producer and president of White Pine Pictures, Peter Raymont. Read more.
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Cracked, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Tuesday: Rick Mercer Report, 22 Minutes, Cracked

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Rick Mercer Report, CBC
Tonight Rick is in New Brunswick at the Sabian Cymbal factory which supplies cymbals to top musicians worldwide. He and Sean Dalton, drummer with The Trews rock band, assist making cymbals and later Rick plays them at a Trews concert in Fredericton. Rick then heads off to Winnipeg for some cable snow-boarding.

22 Minutes, CBC
Our tech expert goes crazy over the debut of innovative new TVs at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas; we present Canadians with an essential pre-game primer from the birthplace of hockey just in time for the return of NHL hockey; and, inspired by the hit movie, prominent French-Canadians raise their voices to immortalize the most recent chapter of Quebec history with political intrigue, citizen redemption, and student protests.

Cracked, CBC – “Fallen”
Psych Crimes investigates the connection between a manic patient’s apocalyptic hallucinations, and a violent murder. Guest: Enrico Colantoni

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