Sundays at 9pm ET/PT beginning May 27

When a group of fanatical terrorists escape their execution in the year 2077, they vault back in time to 2012 sweeping City Protective Services officer, Kiera Cameron (Rachel Nichols), along with them. With assistance from teen tech genius Alec Sadler (Erik Knudsen), Kiera concentrates on bringing down the terrorists before they can change the course of history forever. Desperate to get back to her husband and son, Kiera impersonates a local law enforcement officer to expedite her investigation, forming an uneasy alliance with her new partner, detective Carlos Fonnegra (Victor Webster). Supporting cast includes Roger Cross, Stephen Lobo, Lexa Doig, Omari Newton, Luvia Petersen and Terry Chen.

Register before Wednesday to take advantage of early bird pricing on the one-day seminar on writing for television with Larry Kaplow (House, Body of Proof), at downtown Vancouver’s Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University.

Participants will learn practical information on breaking in, pitching, story structure, the writing room, dealing with notes, writing for production, as well as developing their own work.

Click here for more information and to register.

Larry Kaplow is an Emmy-nominated television writer/producer, winner of the 2005 Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Television Script, Episodic Drama, for the House episode “Autopsy.” He attended the University of Rochester for English and New York University’s Graduate Program in Creative Writing, Fiction. His television career began as an assistant on Clueless and Chicago Hope before eventually writing for Family Law, Hack, K-Ville and Body of Proof, in addition to six seasons with House. Kaplow has lectured at USC, NYU, Duke University, Johns Hopkins, and the National Association of Broadcasters, among others.

Missing from CBC’s renewal list:

• Already announced as not returning: Being Erica and Little Mosque on the Prairie
• Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays
• InSecurity
• Battle of the Blades
• Cover Me Canada
• The Debaters

DESPITE CHALLENGES, CBC TV ANNOUNCES A STRONG ROSTER OF CANADIAN SHOWS FOR THE 2012-13 SEASON

April 19, 2012 – Buoyed by very strong ratings last season, CBC Television today announced that 14 Canadian favourites will be returning for the 2012-13 season. ARCTIC AIR, the hit show which debuted to the largest audience for a drama in 15 years, will fly high again; MR D. will be back in class for a second season; and established prime time favourites will return to the lineup.

New programming includes MURDOCH MYSTERIES, produced by Shaftesbury Films; crime drama CRACKED produced by White Pine Pictures; historical drama TITANIC: BLOOD AND STEEL from the De Angelis Group (and the team behind CAMELOT and THE TUDORS) and OVER THE RAINBOW – the live competition search for theatre’s newest Dorothy produced by Temple Street Productions in association with Mirvish Productions.

The list of returning prime time shows is:

22 Minutes
Arctic Air
Doc Zone
Dragons’ Den
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight
Heartland
Marketplace
Mr. D
Republic of Doyle
The Big Decision
the fifth estate
The Nature of Things
The Rick Mercer Report
The Ron James Show

Full details plus information on specials planned for 2012-13 will be announced in the coming weeks.