From Tracy Nita Pender of Playback:

• Cop action in the works for CTV
  “This ensemble cast includes Durham County’s Hugh Dillon, Ona Grauer (Intelligence) and David Paetkau (Whistler). Enrico Colantoni (Veronica Mars) plays “the negotiator, because he has a real presence, such a calm authority,” says [executive producer Anne Marie] La Traverse.”

From the Regina Leader-Post, about the dentist who fixed the teeth of Rebecca Hardy, the Canada’s Next Top Model winner. Seriously.

• Regina dentist does model work
  “Rebecca Hardy’s $100,000 grin came courtesy of a Regina dentist, who worked under a shroud of secrecy to perfect the winning smile of the woman who was chosen as Canada’s Next Top Model.”

From Bill Brioux of the Canadian Press:

• Cdn. version of ‘Fifth Grader’ eyed
  “Mark Burnett, the showman behind “Survivor,” “On the Lot” and “The Apprentice,” says he is in talks with CanWest Global about doing a Canadian version of his hit Fox series “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader.””

From a media release:

• BROADCAST PREMIERE MON., SEPT. 3 at 7:55 p.m. ET on TREEHOUSE –
• Produced in association with National Geographic Kids Entertainment and UNICEF

From climbing Machu Picchu to tracking polar bears in Churchill, Manitoba, “Are we there yet?: World Adventure” is the first-ever Canadian live-action pre-school travel adventure series for kids, hosted by kids. Each 39 x 7′ episode tracks the globetrotting adventures of two brother/sister duos who alternate taking kids at home on a breathtaking tour of six continents, 12 countries and almost 35 cities. “Are we there yet?: World Adventure”, a Treehouse original production, is produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment (This is Daniel Cook; Roll Play) in association with National Geographic Kids and with the support of UNICEF. The series premieres on Treehouse Mon., Sept. 3 at 7:55 p.m. ET and on Discovery Kids Canada on Sat., Sept. 8 at 10:30 a.m. ET.

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Tracy Nita Pender of Playback

• Sutherland, Holness playing with Guns
  “The opening of Guns — the new, two-part miniseries from director David “Sudz” Sutherland — will seem familiar to viewers in Toronto when a six-year-old girl is gunned down on Yonge Street.”