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In the news: CBC’s fall launch event

rickmercerweb2.jpgFrom Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

  • CBC Sets Stage for Fall With Classy Launch
    “Next up was Rick Mercer. ‘I’m the one guy in Canada who wants an election,’ he joked. The Rick Mercer Report was CBC’s highest-rated entertainment show last season, averaging just under a million viewers a week. For the seventh season, which begins Tues., Sept. 29, Mercer will plunge off a cliff bungee jumping with Man in Motion Rick Hansen. ‘You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a man in a wheelchair plunge 160 feet,’ says Mercer.” Read more.
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CBC fall scheduling details

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ronjames106From a media release:

CBC-TV SERVES UP GREAT ENTERTAINMENT THIS FALL: NEW COMEDY, RETURNING HITS AND THE HOTTEST COMPETITION ON ICE

CBC Television today showcases highlights from its Fall 2009 Entertainment schedule, including two new series. The Ron James Show (pictured) features the uniquely funny insights into modern life from one of Canada’s favourite comedians, taped before a live audience at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto. Two worlds collide in Battle of the Blades when eight hockey legends and eight figure skating stars compete live in front of fans at the historic Maple Leaf Gardens.

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CBC September premiere dates

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From a media release:

Tuesday, September 22
9:00 p.m. Being Erica
(Season Premiere) Series II – Eps 1 – Being Dr. Tom

Friday, September 25
8:00 p.m. The Ron James Show
(Premiere) The Ron James Show showcases the talents of renowned and much-beloved comedian Ron James, and his poetically charged observations about surviving life in the modern world. Anchored by James’ hilarious and razor-sharp stand-up comedy, the show will also feature an eclectic mix of in-studio sketches, field sketches and a weekly installment of L’il Ronnie, an animated look at James’ early childhood in Cape Breton. All of these segments will allow James to shine a humorous light on the frustrations and challenges everyday people face ‘in their daily march through life’s bright fury.’

Monday, September 28
8:30 p.m. Little Mosque on the Prairie
(Season Premiere) Series IV – Eps 1 – Love Thy Neighbour – content TBA

Tuesday, September 29
8:00 p.m. Rick Mercer Report
(Season Premiere) Rick Mercer with his special brand of political satire reporting on this week’s top stories and names in the news.
Series VII – Eps 1 – TBA
8:30 p.m. This Hour Has 22 Minutes
(Season Premiere) The news parody show armed with satire, ambush and sketch comedy.
Series XVII – Eps 1 – TBA

Wednesday, September 30
8:00 p.m. Dragons’ Den
(Season Premiere) Series IV – Eps 1 – TBA
(High Definition where available)
9:00 p.m. The Tudors
(Season Premiere) Series III – Twenty seven years into his reign, Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is at the height of his powers. Not long after the execution of Anne Boleyn he takes a third wife — Jane Seymour (Annabelle Wallis).
Eps 1 – TBA

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