Everything about Little Mosque on the Prairie, eh?

In the news: TV tonight

From the Toronto Star, includes a mention of the Little Mosque episode tonight:

Hot Box by Jim Bawden: Television to talk about
“More than 1.59 million Canadians watched Global’s Monday night simulcast of Fox’s 24 at 8 p.m. But 1.69 million watched the half-hour Canadian hit Corner Gas at 8 p.m. on CTV.”

From CBC:

EPISODE 5: Wednesday, Feb. 14 – The Convert
(Repeats Monday, Feb. 19)
A new white convert at the Mosque causes problems for the community.

From Tarek Fatah and Farzana Hasan in the Toronto Star:

Little masquerade on the prairie
“Indeed all of the depictions point to an Islamist agenda that seeks to justify inequities that pervade Muslim communities under the pretext of progress. Orthodox Islam is presented as the only authentic belief system that is in consonance with progress. While the Muslim characters are fake, fellow non-Muslim Canadians, who have shown tremendous generosity in embracing peoples of different cultures and religions are continually and unfairly portrayed as paranoid bigots.”

From BBM via Media in Canada, Corner Gas at #13, Little Mosque on the Prairie at #25:

From Bill Harris of the Toronto Sun:

Furtado’s CSI, Mosque ruleÂ
“CBC’s Little Mosque On The Prairie (8 p.m. on Wednesday) posted a significant audience of 1.2 million. That’s an important number on two fronts: First, it maintains Little Mosque’s streak of attracting a million-plus viewers through four new episodes; and second, it halts the downward trend that had seen the numbers go from 2.1 million for the debut, to 1.2 million, to 1.085 million.”