From Bill Brioux at the Toronto Sun, about the Canadian version of Deal or No Deal plus the news that CBC doesn’t want more political satire shows and the upcoming Garth Drabinsky reality show Triple Sensation:

• Tough to find  tickets to ‘Deal’

From the Canadian Press, includes Canadian shows like Alice, I Think:

• This week on the tube 

From the Canadian Press:

• CBC films Mordecai Richler novel

From  CBC:

October 1970: Episode Three

When the government ignores yet another FLQ deadline, the Chenier Cell led by Paul Rose (Hugo St-Cyr) kidnaps Quebec’s Minister of Labour Pierre Laporte (Denis Bernard) from his front lawn.

From the New York Times, about the new show Triple Sensation, produced by Garth Drabinsky, who’s facing fraud charges in Canada and the US:

• Fugitive Producer to Offer TV Show