From Etan Vlessing of the Hollywood Reporter:
From Annette Bourdeau of the Huffington Post Canada:
From a media release:
PRIMEVAL: NEW WORLD rips into 2013 on a new night, Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET beginning Jan. 22
On January 22 at 10 p.m. ET, the dino-mighty SPACE Original Series PRIMEVAL: NEW WORLD gives viewers something to roar about, as the mid-season premiere tears into the schedule in its new Tuesday night timeslot. Returning for the second half of the successful first season, PRIMEVAL: NEW WORLD picks up with “Breakthrough.†In this episode, footage of a triceratops goes viral on the net forcing Evan (Niall Matter, EUREKA) and Dylan (Sara Canning, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES) to track the creature to an upscale neighbourhood, and to the home of Evan’s old rival Howard Kanan (Colin Ferguson, EUREKA), who is only too capable of understanding the implications of Anomalies and intersections in time.
From a media release:
YTV Launches New Prank Show
Corus Entertainment’s YTV is launching a brand-new original prank series Extreme Babysitting, set to debut on Saturday, January 5 at 7 p.m. ET/PT, following a line-up of great comedy including Zoink’d! and Splatalot.
Extreme Babysitting is sure to make families laugh by taking a totally relatable situation – babysitting – and giving it a hilarious twist. Teens ready to take on babysitting gigs, set up by “well-meaning†family and friends, find themselves in silly situations they never saw coming. Unbeknownst to them, the Extreme Babysitting house is filled with a cast of characters ready to pull off the ultimate babysitting prank. Add an outrageous element to the mix, like a marching band or an explosive science project, and you have a half hour of non-stop laughs. Behind the scenes, YTV’s own on-air personality, Andy Chapman (CRUNCH) serves as the show’s “Prankmaster†adding another layer of colourful comedy to the hi-jinks.
Produced by General Purpose Pictures and CCI Entertainment, in association with YTV, the half-hour show sets out to push the ridiculous metre on the usually mundane world of babysitting, without letting the babysitters know that they are actually on TV.
Extreme Babysitting tops off YTV’s real comedy line-up – a collection of reality-based comedy series for the whole family.
Zoink’d! – 6 p.m. ET/PT: Zoink’d! is a messy talent show that gets adult performers to showcase their wacky talents in front of a panel of kid judges who have the power to eliminate unentertaining grown-ups by covering them in goo.
Splatalot – 6:30 p.m. ET/PT: Splatalot is chalk full of wipeouts and face-plants as thrill-seeking teens race through a medieval obstacle course that features a sludge-filled moat and a squad of gladiators tasked with slowing them down.
From a media release:
From the Big Top to the Big Screen: New Special ETALK Presents: Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, Premieres This Friday, Dec. 21 on CTV
Bell Media announced today a new television special in celebration of the creation of Cirque du Soleil Media, its new joint venture with the Montreal entertainment company. The television special ETALK PRESENTS: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: WORLDS AWAY premieres Friday, Dec. 21 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, the same day that Cirque du Soleil’s big screen spectacle Worlds Away opens in theatres across North America. The 30-minute special, which delves into the spectacular film and celebrates one of Canada’s world-renowned exports, features exclusive interviews with the film’s visionaries, including executive producer James Cameron (Avatar) and Cirque du Soleil Founder Guy Laliberté. An encore of ETALK PRESENTS: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: WORLDS AWAY airs Saturday, Dec. 22 at 5 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, and Thursday, Dec. 27 at 11:30 p.m. ET on E!.
Hosted by ETALK co-anchor Ben Mulroney, ETALK PRESENTS: CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: WORLDS AWAY provides viewers an exclusive behind-the-scenes look into the making of Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, directed by Academy Award®-nominee Andrew Adamson (The Chronicles of Narnia). Featuring never-before-seen footage, ETALK cameras were given access inside Cirque du Soleil’s world famous headquarters to capture the magic behind the bona fide high-wire acts. From touring the costume and training departments, to hanging on a wire with select cast and crew, ETALK takes viewers on a journey to experience the astonishing and dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil’s most famous productions, including KÀ, which among other Las Vegas productions, inspired the 3D adventure film. Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away received its North American premiere in Montreal on Dec. 7, before expanding to theatres everywhere this Friday, Dec. 21.
In Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away, two young people journey through the astonishing and dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other, as audiences experience the immersive 3D technology that allows them to leap, soar, swim and dance with the performers. Unique in scope, this immersive experience melds acts from seven live Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas – “Oâ€, KÀ, Mystère, Viva ELVIS, CRISS ANGEL Believe, Zumanity and The Beatles LOVE — into a circus love story produced, written and directed by Academy Award® nominee Andrew Adamson (Shrek, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe). The film stars Cirque du Soleil strap aerialists Igor Zaripov (The Aerialist) and former artist Erica Kathleen Linz (Mia) as the young couple. Presented by Paramount Pictures and Academy Award® winner James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic), the film is a Cirque du Soleil production in association with Reel FX Inc., Strange Weather Films and CAMERON | PACE Group.
