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Wednesday: Bomb Girls, Life Story Project

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Bomb Girls, Global – Season premiere
It’s 1942, and with the Axis taking every battle, there’s a real chance the bad guys could win. After meeting Kai, a Chinese-American who has witnessed the horrors of the war in Hong Kong, Gladys is determined to help Canadian POW’s – organizing a fundraiser that her parents aim to usurp as a PR opportunity. Lorna continues to deal with the fallout from her pregnancy, especially when both Bob and Marco learn the truth. Betty finds a vanished friend – but may end up wishing she hadn’t.

Life Story Project, OWN Network – “Falling in Love & Broken Hearts”
Filmed in public areas and on display, Dale and Andrea invite passersby to sit on their purple couch in the middle of a park or a busy street corner, and encourage them to share candid and deeply personal life stories on topics from love and regret; loyalty and betrayal; and examine the significance behind key events in their lives.

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Move This airs January 3 on HGTV Canada

From a media release:

Meet No-Nonsense Mover Lenny As He Performs Moving Miracles In Cineflix’s New Special MOVE THIS!

  • MOVE THIS! airs Thursday January 3 at 9pm ET/PT on HGTV Canada

It’s a universal truth: moving sucks. No one likes the stress and agony of moving, but Lenny and his eccentric family perform moving marvels every day on Cineflix’s new two-episode special MOVE THIS!,airing on Thursday, January 3 at 9 pm ET/PT on HGTV Canada. Viewers join the family as they execute the most difficult, crazy, high-stakes moves that no else will – or can – attempt.

MOVE THIS! shines a light on one of the most nerve-racking moments in life, as Lenny and his team move everything from live snakes to valuable arcade games and vintage cars. But Lenny’s biggest challenge is not the strange loads and cranky customers – it’s trying to keep his own highly volatile family in order. Lenny and his brood love a challenge, and in order to keep their customers happy they have learned to expect the unexpected.

Episode 1 – Thursday, January 3 at 9 pm ET/PT

Lenny’s fuse runs out when he battles a micromanaging client along with his stash of prized carnival game collectibles, a massive jukebox, and scooters. To makematters worse, his next move involves more than 100 pets. Tensions run highwhen a python goes missing!

Episode 2 – Thursday, January 3 at 9:30 pm ET/PT

A family’s move to an island cottage means Lenny has to put his moving truck, full of the family’s belongings, on a barge. But things quickly unravel when his truck starts to fall into the water! Meanwhile, Lenny’s son Dan has to move valuable ceramic molds that are critical to his client’s business – and highly fragile.

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Thursday: The Liquidator, Home For The Holidays

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The Liquidator, OLN – “On The Block”
Inspired by the contents of a bailiff-seized barn, Jeff holds a colossal auction. But a visit from local by-law officers puts the whole plan in jeopardy, and leaves Jeff struggling to seal the deal.

Canadian Country Music Association: Home For the Holidays, CBC

Join country music’s brightest stars for our favourite holiday classics. The spectacular lineup includes Lady Antebellum, Dean Brody, The Band Perry, Gord Bamford, Jimmy Rankin, Billy Ray Cyrus, Paul Brandt, Beverley Mahood and The Tenors, Terri Clark and Johnny Reid.

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Beer Money premieres tonight on Citytv Vancouver

From a media release:

New, Original Sports Trivia Show Beer Money Premieres Dec. 17 on Citytv Vancouver

Hosts Sunny Lenarduzzi and comedian Andrew Barber crash local bars and sports arenas to hand out cold cash to unsuspecting fans in new Citytv original series, Beer Money. Like a laugh? Know a little about the Canucks, Lions, and Whitecaps? Those who do can walk away with $130 in cash…and who couldn’t use a little more Beer Money? Beer Money premieres Monday, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. PT on Citytv Vancouver.

Born into Canadian sports royalty, Sunny Lenarduzzi (daughter of Bob Lenarduzzi, former athlete and President of the Vancouver Whitecaps FC) is a lively interviewer not afraid to mix it up with athletes … or the public. A radio and television dynamo, Sunny’s favourite career moment – so far – is reporting on the 2010 Winter Olympics, including Jon Montgomery’s gold medal run and his triumphant parade through Whistler.

Vancouver-based comedian, actor, writer, and director – Andrew Barber is famed for creating the video sensation of the Vancouver Canucks’ 2011 Stanley Cup run with his YouTube series featuring the madcap adventures of his sports-mad character, Boston Greg. A regular on the local comedy scene, Andrew can be seen about the city showcasing his improv and sketch comedy chops.

Beer Money writer Tom Hawthorn is an award-winning newspaper and magazine journalist. He is a member of the Society for International Hockey Research and the Society for American Baseball Research. Marni Goldman is the production executive for Rogers Media.

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Shaun Majumder’s Fawlty Towers aspiration

From Bill Harris of QMI Agency:

  • Majumder hopes show revives N.L. town
    Shaun Majumder wants to be the Newfoundland Newhart. “Yeah, kinda,” Majumder said with a laugh, thinking of his new series, Majumder Manor. “(Bob Newhart) had that beautiful old inn (in the 1980s series Newhart). Ours is a little more modern. But no, I actually have no desire to be Newhart. I want to be Fawlty Towers. That’s really where it’s at.” Read more.
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