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TV, eh? podcast episode 183 – Greg est perdu

Greg is on the injury list with a bad cold, so Anthony and Diane cover the Great Canadian TV Playoffs alone. It’s Durham County of the 2000s versus SCTV of the 1970s in the battle for the cup? Who will prevail, and will Anthony have anything to say about it first?

We also talk about cancellations (bye Remedy), renewals (hello again Bitten), returning shows (Amazing Race Canada), the deluge of award shows and other Canadian TV news.

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Mohawk Girls begins production on a new season

From a media release:

APTN Original Series Mohawk Girls Renewed for Another Season

This past fall and winter Mohawk Girls’ first and second seasons aired to critical acclaim and today APTN and Rezolution Pictures announced that the series has been renewed for another season. Shooting begins tomorrow on 6 X 30-minute episodes of the series, which will air in fall 2015. The series is both filmed and set in Montreal and the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory in Quebec. Mohawk Girls will air in both English and Mohawk on APTN. Full broadcast details will be announced at a later date. The first year of the show was comprised of Season One and Two’s 13 episodes, shot in spring 2013 and 2014, and launched together in Fall 2014.

Mohawk Girls is a comedic look at the lives of four modern-day women trying to stay true to their roots as they attempt to forge their own identity in a small town where they battle cultural traditions. This dramedy series follows the journey of these 20-something women towards finding love and uncovering their sexuality while looking for acceptance within their community. Bailey wants to be the “perfect” Mohawk, but she’s ready to see what life beyond the “rez” feels like. Caitlin craves love from all the wrong men, including her absent dad and bad-boy boyfriend. Type-A Zoe is driven by the need to succeed while serving her community, but she’s got a secret, kinky, side to her. Anna, the newcomer to the “rez”, has a Mohawk father and a white mother and is having a hard time figuring out the rules in Kahnawake.

The dynamic cast of four leading women includes returning cast members Jenny Pudavick (Bailey), Brittany LeBorgne (Zoe), Heather White (Caitlin), and Maika Harper (Anna) as well as Meegwun Fairbrother (Butterhead) and Kyle Nobess (Thunder), who will reprise their roles as the men they love.

Mohawk Girls is created and executive produced by Tracey Deer and Cynthia Knight; Tracey Deer directs the episodes and Cynthia Knight writes. The series is produced by Rezolution Pictures’ Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon and Linda Ludwick, and executive produced by Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick and Ernest Webb. Innovate By Day is the Digital Media Producer. Monika Ille is the Executive Director, Programming and Scheduling for APTN. The show has been picked up by US distributor GRB for worldwide sales representation.

 

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Link: 19-2, Rogue, Mohawk Girls among Rockie Award nominees

From Etan Vlessing of the Hollywood Reporter:

American, Brit Scripted TV to Dominate 2015 Rockie Awards
Canadian series will have home field advantage this year, having pulled in 39 nominations, mainly in digital categories. U.S. series are next with 29 nominations, mainly for sci-fi and procedural fare, while British series garnered 26 nominations, mostly for comedies. Continue reading.

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Mohawk Girls renewed for season 2?

My Magic 8 Ball and some not very cryptic tweets suggest Mohawk Girls has been renewed for a second season, with shooting in Kahnawake this spring.

APTN is airing a marathon of the first season from April 30-May 2 and describes the series as:

“Four twenty-something Mohawk women are trying to find their place in the world. And, of course, trying to find love. But in a small world where you or your friends have dated everyone on the rez, or the hot new guy turns out to be your cousin, it ain’t that simple. Torn between family pressure, tradition, obligation and the intoxicating freedom of the ‘outside world,’ this fabulous foursome is on a mission to find happiness… and to find themselves.”

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Link: Mohawk Girls on APTN asks hard questions with a laugh

From Bill Tierney of the Montreal Gazette:

Mohawk Girls isn’t brilliant, isn’t to die for. It doesn’t have the fashion budgets of New York-inspired Sex in the City or, more recently, the stylized grit of Girls. Kahnawake and Montreal aren’t New York, and production values can’t match the big networks. But Mohawk Girls is ours and it does ask questions we should be asking. While we’re being amused at the antics of these liberated young women, your laughter evaporates leaving more serious issues exposed. Continue reading.

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