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In the news: Rick Mercer turns down Sun TV, sticks with CBC

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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

  • Mercer Stays Out Of Sun, Sticks With CBC
    “It’s no bedtime story–Rick Mercer turned down an offer to headline Sun TV News. Spoke with the comedian Wednesday and he confirmed that, yes, newly appointed Quebecor vice president Kory Teneycke–until less than a year ago Stephen Harper’s director of communications–called him up, met with him for drinks and made a pitch for Mercer to join the proposed right wing news channel. Have the full story here at The Canadian Press.” Read more.
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CBC’s fall schedule

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From a media release:

CBC TELEVISION CELEBRATES CANADIAN STARS, ICONS & HOMEGROWN HITS AT FALL 2010 SEASON PREVIEW

  • Battle of the Blades is Back!
  • Debbie Travis Comes to CBC Prime Time!
  • Men With Brooms Brings Fresh Laughs for Fall! (pictured)

Group-1058 RKirstine Stewart, General Manager of CBC Television, previewed the network’s Fall 2010 schedule that features the highly anticipated new season of BATTLE OF THE BLADES, the debut of a brand-new format for ALL FOR ONE WITH DEBBIE TRAVIS on prime time television, a new half-hour comedy based on the popular Canadian movie MEN WITH BROOMS, and the return of several established CBC hits.

PAUL GROSS, DEBBIE TRAVIS, ERIN KARPLUK, RICK MERCER, PETER MANSBRIDGE, GEORGE STROUMBOULOPOULOS, DAVID SUZUKI, KURT BROWNING, DON CHERRY and RON MacLEAN, along with many other CBC celebrities, participated in the announcement for the Fall schedule that also includes THE RON JAMES SHOW, BEING ERICA, THE TUDORS, RICK MERCER REPORT, HEARTLAND, THE FIFTH ESTATE, DRAGONS’ DEN, the 50th season of THE NATURE OF THINGS, and CBC’s winning daytime lineup that includes STEVEN and CHRIS, BEST RECIPES EVER and KIDS’CBC.

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Ratings, renewal news: CBC cuts episode orders for some series

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

  • 22 Minutes Down to 13 Amid CBC Cuts for Fall
    “The most dramatic cut could come at the expense of the network’s longest-running entertainment series, 22 Minutes. The Halifax-based comedy may be down to a half-season, with just 13 episodes ordered, down from 18 last season and 20 the season before that.” Read more.
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