From Emma Loop of Buzzfeed:
Aboriginal Film Company Is Taking The Federal Government To Court Over Lost Tax Credits
An Aboriginal film company is taking the federal government to court over a decision that cost the company nearly $200,000 in tax credits for a new late-night comedy show. The tax credits would have gone toward the cost of making the first season of Derek Miller’s Guilt Free Zone, which aired six episodes on APTN in 2014. Continue reading.
From John Doyle in the Globe and Mail:
With a new government, it’s time for a clear-out in Canadian TV
This column takes note of the epic shift in our nation and sees it as the occasion for a complete changing of the guard in the Canadian TV racket. Things change, things come to an end. It’s time for a clear-out, now that PoH’s reign has begun. Continue reading.
From Kat Angus of Buzzfeed:
21 Times The Littlest Hobo was the most WTF show ever
Maybe tomorrow, he’ll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, he’ll just keep moving on. Continue reading.
From a media release:
W5 Delivers Exclusive Interview with Prime Minister-Designate Justin Trudeau, October 24 on CTV
CTV announced today that Chief Anchor and Senior Editor Lisa LaFlamme will deliver to W5 audiences an exclusive interview with Prime Minister-Designate Justin Trudeau, just days after he led the Liberal Party to an historic majority win in Canada’s 2015 Federal Election. Airing Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, CTV GO, and CTVNews.ca, W5’s MR. PRIME MINISTER offers Canadians an exclusive, up-close, post-election campaign glimpse at the country’s Prime Minister-Designate in his first one-on-one interview since being elected earlier this week. From how and why he won the election, to what Canadians can expect in the days, months, and years to come, LaFlamme guides a candid conversation with the country’s next Prime Minister.
In the second story of the evening, W5 reporter Tom Kennedy delivers EMOTIONAL RESCUE, an investigation into Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) in adolescents – a particularly debilitating and often dangerous psychiatric condition which has gained recognition only in recent decades. Characterized by mood swings with little or no apparent reason, BPD can be deadly as those afflicted may take their own lives. Kennedy speaks to families, whose children took their own lives, and who wonder if an earlier diagnosis of the disorder would have saved them. W5 reveals that doctors are often reluctant to diagnose the disorder or misdiagnose it, with potentially deadly consequences.
Last Saturday’s broadcast made W5 the most-watched non-sports program in primetime when it featured an investigation into a Calgary car dealership consignment operation and inaction by the auto sales regulator in Alberta, and provided an inspirational look at Canadian charity Three To Be.
In addition to Saturdays at 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, W5 airs Saturdays at 10 p.m. ET and Sundays at 5 p.m. ET on CTV Two, and at 7 p.m. ET on CTV News Channel. W5 can also be seen on Investigation Discovery on Tuesdays at 11 p.m. ET, and Wednesdays at 12 noon ET; on demand at CTVNews.ca/W5, on the CTV NEWS GO app, the CTV Mobile channel on Bell Mobile TV, and through video on demand partners, such as Bell Fibe TV (visit CTV.ca for local listings).
Source: Numeris (BBM Canada), Oct 17, 2015 – Live + Playback 4 days.
From Ground Report:
From Live Action to Animation Screenwriter Nicole Demerse’s Wild Imagination Pulls Us In
Nicole Demerse’s wild imagination has been a driving force in the success of a long list of television shows over the last 14 years including Degrassi: The Next Generation, Team Galaxy, Totally Spies!, the Total Drama franchise, The Saddle Club, 6Teen, Ruby Gloom, Martin Mystery, Pecola and many more. Continue reading.
