The Liquidator, OLN – “Clean Sweep”
Most of Jeff’s deals come in and out of his warehouse very quickly, but every now and then something comes along that he has to work extra hard to sell – including a spur-of-the-moment purchase of thousands of gadgets that turn cups into speakers. And when Jeff is faced with bunch of junk statues he can’t sell, he figures why not trade his junk for someone else’s?
From Cassandra Szklarski of the Canadian Press:
Samantha Bee gets back behind the desk for YTV
Outgoing Daily Show with Jon Stewart correspondent Samantha Bee says she welcomed the chance to get behind a desk again for the Montreal-shot teen show Game On. It helped that she’d be working with another comic named Jon — this time Mr. D and Trailer Park Boys regular Jonathan Torrens. They appear as a pair of play-by-play announcers providing running commentary for the awkward foibles of a 14-year-old boy. Continue reading.
From Josh O’Kane of the Globe and Mail:
How Canada’s Heritage Minutes got their swagger back
In the beginning, there was Valour Road, Jacques Plante and the Underground Railroad. Then Nellie McClung, Superman and the Halifax Explosion. Soon, dozens more. By 1995, four years after their launch, Heritage Minutes were a Canadian institution: 60-second snapshots of cultural history thrust into TV screens from coast to coast to coast, injecting education into entertainment. Continue reading.
Illusions of Grandeur, OLN – “Detroit”
Zack heads to Detroit to perform some mind-boggling tricks, but after getting rained out, heads to the “world’s largest gathering of magicians” in Colon, Michigan. Inspired by the magic lovers there, Zack returns to Detroit to attempt his most dangerous stunt yet.
Escape or Die, OLN – “Death Tank”
Dean has been invited to attempt an escape in front of professional executives in sunny Miami, Florida. There he will unveil a brand new escape apparatus the world hasn’t seen in 60 years – the Death Tank. Used as a torture chamber in WWII, it resurfaced when a Russian magician attempted to escape the tank… and died. Will Dean be the first person to ever escape the Death Tank?
From Tony Wong of the Toronto Star:
Lights, camera, interaction: How TV shows retain fan loyalty
Retaining viewer loyalty in the expanding universe of cable, online and traditional broadcasting has been problematic for broadcasters. And in the age of streaming and social media, the stakes have gotten bigger.
Producers at CBC’s Murdoch Mysteries have presented perhaps the boldest, most interactive vision for fans yet. Continue reading.
