From TV Archive, a petition to bring repeats of the classic series in honour of its 35th anniversary:

• Bring Back the Beachcombers (click this link to sign the petition)
  “On this the 35th anniversary of the series, we believe the CBC should replace the scheduled American afternoon programming with this classic series, a series that can be watched by the whole family. Bring back a Canadian Classic to the CBC. Bring back the Beachcombers.”

John Doyle of the Globe and Mail recounts the “decidedly weird” CBC season launch event:

• The CBC’s fall season sure is impressive – to the CBC
  “You want an impression of CBC’s new season in a nutshell? Okay, one word: cornball.”

Bill Harris of Sun Media talks to Debbie Travis:

• Debbie Travis reality show returns
  “This is a network show and I want it to be clever. It’s basically about seeing the wheels turning, and also about having the viewer playing along. When you watch Deal or No Deal, people are saying, ‘Choose that one.’ That’s what good TV is.”

Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail talks to Garth Drabinsky about his new reality show:

• Garth Drabinsky’s latest really big adventure
  “Triple Sensation – aimed at performers aged 16 to 26 – will run on CBC this fall for three nights in the coveted 8-to-10 Sunday-evening time slot. The winner will take home a $150,000 Indigo-Chapters Books-sponsored scholarship that can be used for any theatrical training institution in the world (pending acceptance).”

Gudrun Schultz of LifeSite talks to the Canadian Television Fund about Richard Stursberg of the CBC’s claim that they were obligated to run The Altar Boys pilot:

• CBC Caught in Lie Trying to Squirm out of Charges of Anti-Catholic Bigotry
  “Unfortunately, because the pilot was financed with public funding, including tax credits and Canadian Television Fund (CTF) monies, we were required to put it on air,” Stursberg wrote. …
  CTF, however, said broadcasters were not required to air programs against their discretion. Communications director MaryBeth McKenzie said CBC would have been fully aware of what was in the program and would have approved the script prior to production, in an interview published on CanadianChristianity.ca.