From the Toronto Star:

• CBC ensures King will reign yet again
  “[Kirstine Layfield, CBC’s director of network programming] managed to sort out agreements that will put 56 of those 65 lost episodes on the air for the next 10 years. There are just nine episodes that still cannot be shown, because re-clearing the music rights would be too complicated and difficult.”

From the Brockville Recorder and Times:

• Former city resident producer of TV show
  “Season two of The Wilkinsons, which was nominated for Geminis in writing and editing, premieres on CMT Wednesday at 10 p.m., with two back-to-back half-hour episodes.The show is not your typical reality show, said [Sissy] Federer-Less, noting it blends scripted work with improvisation and reality television.”

WHO WILL BE OPERA’S NEXT PAVAROTTI?
The season finale of Bathroom Divas airs March 17 at 9pm ET
(Encore presentation – March 20 at 8pm ET)

After a cross-country search for the next opera star, the ultimate “Bathroom Diva” will be revealed in the season finale of Bathroom Divas: So You Want To Be An Opera Star?, an exciting six-part, one-hour documentary series produced by Kaleidoscope Entertainment for Bravo!. The season finale airs Saturday, March 17 at 9pm ET on Bravo!, with an encore presentation Tuesday, March 20 at 8pm ET.

From auditions in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax, six finalists were hand-picked to participate in an intensive opera boot camp in Toronto. In the final episode three opera hopefuls remain: Paul Abelha, a construction worker from Hamilton, Ontario; Elaine Jean Brown, a part-time model/administrative assistant from Calgary, Alberta; and Phillip Holmes, a student from Norway Bay, Quebec. After weeks of training with Mary Lou Fallis (soprano professor/comedienne), Tom Diamond (opera director/drama coach), Daniel Lichti (bass-baritone/professor) and Liz Upchurch (pianist/vocal coach), only one of the protégés will ultimately win the top prize – a debut performance at the Orpheum Theatre with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra led by esteemed conductor Bramwell Tovey in front of an audience of thousands.

For more information and updates, please visit www.bathroomdivas.com.

From Playback:

• CBC, Second City get real
  “‘This is a great opportunity for us to truly find some real talent and to have some fun with the form,’ says Second City CEO Andrew Alexander, on the phone from Chicago, where the famed comedy troupe is headquartered.”

From the Guelph Mercury:

• On an offbeat sitcom
  “On tomorrow’s episode, her character Chris (short for Christine) moves into the apartment with her husband, Andrew. But an unexpected liplock during a dinner party between Andrew and another tenant, Geoff, raises some complicated questions for the married couple.”