From a media release:

HEROIC FILM COMPANY GOES UNDERCOVER WITH SHAFTESBURY FILMS FOR NEW KIDS LIVE-ACTION SERIES

• Connor Undercover Green Lit For Commissioning Broadcaster Family Channel

Heroic Film Company announced today that it has secured the green light for live-action tween comedy series, Connor Undercover. Astral Media’s Family Channel (Canada) has commissioned 13 half-hour episodes of the program, which is being co-produced with Shaftesbury Films. Scheduled to air on Family Channel in 2010, the series is currently in production. Connor Undercover made its MIPCOM debut as a multi-platform project with interactive content to support the show developed by Heroic Film Company Partner, Karen Lee Hall. Additionally, each episode will feature one original song with a corresponding music video showcasing cast member Jordan Francis.

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From Rob Salem of the Toronto Star:

• Crusoe, by way of Gilligan and MacGyver
  “Aside from the perhaps excessive employment of ethereal, soft-focus, Jane Austen-type flashbacks, the essential innovation here is the more enlightened relationship between Crusoe and his reformed cannibal “manservant,” Friday (Tongayi Chirisa) – here a bantering brotherhood more akin to Robinson (hmm) and Scott on I Spy, Crockett and Tubbs on Miami Vice, and Riggs and Murtaugh in the Lethal Weapon flicks.” Read more.

From a media release:

W NETWORK ORDERS SECOND HELPING OF ‘ANNA AND KRISTINA’S GROCERY BAG’

• Hot on the heels of season one’s early success, production now underway for season two.

After only a few weeks on the air, the new W Network series Anna and Kristina’s Grocery Bag has been renewed for a full 13 episode second season, and is already in production in Vancouver, B.C.

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From a media release:

Slice TM’s hit television series Newlywed, Nearly Dead? is in search of GTA couples for the third season and most exciting season of the show.

To qualify, couples must be married three years or less and enjoy good spirited competition with their spouse. Those chosen to take part will receive the unique opportunity to address their newlywed pet peeves with fun and innovative challenges.

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From a media release:

The Guard, Rent- A- Goalie, Billable Hours, Howie Do It, Kenny vs. Spenny, ‘da Kink In My Hair, Bob & Doug, Producing Parker, The Best Years, Project Runway Canada… and that is just the ‘sample’ list of the ‘best in Canadian show’ tradition at Canwest.

Building on that pedigree, the broadcaster announced the commissioning of four new drama pilots today.

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