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Dramas and Comedies, Republic of Doyle

New tonight: Titanic, Republic of Doyle, King

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Titanic, Global – Part Two of Four
Political strife in Belfast interferes with the construction of the Titanic, but White Star Line chairman Bruce Ismay dismisses designer Thomas Andrews’ concerns. Catholic engineer Jim Maloney and his family board the Titanic where he encounters a mysterious lone passenger who unsettles his wife Mary. In Second Class, Muriel resents her husband John’s subservience and reveals she knows a secret about his employer, but John’s worries are over-shadowed by a looming iceberg and the chaotic scramble

Republic of Doyle, CBC – “Con, Steal, Love”
Jake is hired to retrieve a priceless violin from a familiar con artist; Mal continues to dig into the death of his former partner; Kathleen is roped into another of George’s schemes.

King, Showcase – “Sunil Sharma”
A multiple homicide leaves Jess on a razor’s edge. An Indo-Canadian family is found brutally murdered. A dead Indian bride and a white groom. With a trail of blood leading right to the bride’s brother. Should be a slam-dunk but King isn’t so sure. With Graci under pressure from community leaders, a motive for murder becomes more and more elusive. Jess struggles to make sense of this horrendous crime and begins to suspect that the truth she uncovers may relate to a truth in her personal life she hasn’t been willing to hear.

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Dramas and Comedies, Featured, Industry News

TV, Eh? Industry Roundup – Beywheelz, CRTC, eOne, NSI Canada

Beywheelz debuts in North America

Beywheelz, a spinoff of the Beyblade series, is formally announced by Nelvana. Beywheelz is one of Nelvana’s MIPTV offerings, which include Trucktown, two seasons of Detentionaire, Franklin and Friends‘ second season, and Mr. Young‘s second season.

According to I Miss Bionix, Beyblade: Metal Fury is an English-language adaptation of d-rights’/Nelvana’s Metal Fight Beyblade 4D, which saw its Japanese episode length halved in 2011, after 26 episodes. This was to accommodate Cross Fight B-Daman, leaving Nelvana with 39 half-hour episodes of Beyblade: Metal Fury. Beywheelz combines with Beyblade: Metal Fury, to make a 52-episode order.

In 2002, Nelvana gained wide-ranging North and South American, Oceanian, as well as most European, rights to Beyblade. The Beyblade toy was successfully reintroduced in North America by Nelvana, in 2009.

Beywheelz, by the way, are small “battling” tires. I wish I could sell that concept better, but then, Beyblades are small “battling” tops.

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Dramas and Comedies, Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

New tonight: Rick Mercer Report, 22 Minutes, Just for Laughs, Saw Dogs

Mulcair and Critch

Rick Mercer Report, CBC
Rick is in Quebec City to check out the annual Crashed Ice Championship Race that is skated at breakneck speeds down winding streets. Then he is at the General Motors Automotive Centre of Excellence in Oshawa, ON. where new cars are tested for safety and durability in all climate conditions.

22 Minutes, CBC
Mark Critch travels to Toronto for the NDP leadership convention and shares a toast with newly-elected leader, Thomas Mulcair, The Queen (Cathy Jones) shows up unannounced in Ottawa looking for her Jubilee party, and we have exclusives from the creator of the “Ultimate Dog Tease” viral YouTube video.

Just For Laughs, CBC – “Modern Love”
A hysterical line-up of comedians with host Eric Stonestreet. The show will explore and tackle every relationship out there. Featuring Bob Marley, Tim Minchin, Debra DiGiovanni, Robert Kelly, Fiona O’Loughlin.

Saw Dogs, OLN – “Masquerave”
A popular hangout in a top ski resort commissions a sensuous sculpture for their annual over-the-top party. The guest carver for the project is Chris Foltz, who is not only an award-winning wood carver, but also an acclaimed ice carver and executive chef. Meanwhile, Steve has embarked a very different project: two nuns from a nearby monastery have asked for a religious themed carving for a new church they are building. The carvers must balance the sacred and the secular, as they deal with tight budgets and short timelines.

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Dramas and Comedies

Showcase’s XIII.2 in production

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From a media release:

Conspiracy thriller series starring Stuart Townsend returns for second season

Stuart Townsend returns to headline season two of the one-hour conspiracy thriller XIII.2 which will film in and around Toronto through to mid-July. Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Queen of the Damned) plays XIII, a lethal former secret agent whose memory has been erased. The 13-episode Canada-France original series will air on Showcase Fall, 2012.

The series has been re-imagined by Academy® Award-winner Roger Avary (The Rules of Attraction, Pulp Fiction, Silent Hill) who has joined the team of Executive Producers. The modified title XIII.2 reflects the revamped intensity and suspense of the show.

In season two, the rogue CIA agent XIII fights the forces of corporate and governmental darkness to maintain his individuality, and is pulled into a world of intrigue and deception as he is caught up in a sinister terrorist plot: a secret weapons project that has the potential to destabilize the planet, all while the United States government collapses into a bloody coup d’etat.

Joining the second season cast is French actress Roxane Mesquida, who burst onto the international film scene in Catherine Breillat’s controversial features Fat Girl, Sex is a Comedy and The Last Mistress. The actress also starred in the Sheitan directed by Kim Chapiron starring Vincent Cassel (Toronto International Film Festival, Melbourne and TriBeCa Film Festival) and Kaboom directed by Gregg Araki. She featured in season five of Gossip Girl as the sister of Blair’s fiancé Louis Grimaldi. An international model, Mesquida has appeared on in the pages of Italian Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Vanity Fair. Mesquida plays the young and aggressive Betty Barnowsky, who convinces XIII to join The Veil, an environmental/economic activist organization. Mesquida lives in Los Angeles.

Co-starring in XIII are Greg Bryk (Saw V, Cra$h & Burn) as a former national security officer now head of energy giant Synequannon, Stephen McHattie (Happy Town, 2012) as the beleaguered President Carrington and Aisha Tyler (24, CSI, The Talk) as Secretary of State Jones who is one of XIII’s past flames.

XIII is based on Jean Van Hamme’s popular graphic novel of the same name, which has sold more than 13 million copies worldwide since the first volume was published 25 years ago. XIII: The Series was developed and is produced by Prodigy Pictures and by Luc Besson’s Paris-based EuropaCorp (La Femme Nikita). In addition to airing in Canada on Showcase, the series airs on Canal Plus and M6 in France.

Executive producers of the series are Academy Award winner Roger Avary, Jay Firestone (Prodigy Pictures), Edouard de Vesinne and Thomas Anargyros (EuropaCorp Television). Damien Couvreur (EuropaCorp Television) is co-executive producer, Vanessa Piazza is supervising producer and Wendy Grean (Bomb Girls, The Bridge) is the producer of XIII.2

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Dramas and Comedies, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Mr. D, Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

New tonight: Mr. D, Little Mosque on the Prairie, The Big Decision, Top Chef Canada

Mr. D, CBC – “The Basketball Diaries”
Gerry is desperate for his first win of the basketball season, but when he finds out his opponents are coached by his ex and her husband, he becomes emotionally involved. Robert plans a principal’s 25th anniversary celebration for an uncooperative Callaghan.

Little Mosque on the Prairie, CBC – “The Worst of Times”
When Amaar finally reveals to Baber that he plans to be the Imam of the new Mosque, Baber revolts and tries to form a splinter Mosque.

The Big Decision, CBC – “Dead Frog Brewery + Westland Steel”
Jim Treliving is the last hope for two struggling businesses – Aldergrove, BC’s Dead Frog Brewery, and Winnipeg’s Westland Steel.

Top Chef Canada, Food Network Canada
Special guest judge Thea Andrews, Top Chef Canada’s season one host and new mom.

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