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Link: TSN’s Off the Record cancelled amid Bell job cuts

From James Bradshaw of The Globe and Mail:

TSN’s Off the Record cancelled amid Bell job cuts
As Bell Media continues a sweeping shakeup, shedding hundreds of jobs, one of the country’s longest-running sports programs is going off the air.

Off the Record, a popular daily half-hour talk show, will soon end its run on TSN after 18 years. Officially, OTR is “evolving,” with host Michael Landsberg staying on to produce shorter segments to be aired during the network’s nightly highlights show SportsCentre and online starting in the new year. Continue reading. 

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It’s House Hunting Envy as W Network Premieres Buying the View

From a media release:

From sprawling beaches in Miami to the glittering expanding skyline of Toronto to the majestic mountain ranges around the chalets of Whistler, W Network features the best views this January with the brand-new series, Buying the View. In each half-hour episode, viewers join realtors and potential buyers on the hunt for luxury real estate properties where the million dollar view always seals the deal. Produced by Our House Media in association with W Network, Buying the View premieres with back-to-back episodes Tuesday, January 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Buying the View explores high-end property listings from across North America including Miami, Manhattan, Toronto, Niagara, Muskoka, Vancouver and Whistler with views that will take your breath away. Realtors from the hottest real estate markets search for luxury homes for their clients, touring three very different properties where buyers see exactly what their budget gets them and what it doesn’t. Their journey gives an insight into the lives, tastes and personalities of those buying properties with a million dollar view.

In the premiere episode, a father-daughter duo look for a space with a killer view and room to party in Toronto’s downtown core. Real estate agent Jay Egan is confident he can find the perfect place with their $10 million budget that fulfils their every wish.

Executive Producers are Simon Lloyd and Joe Houlihan. Joanne Virgo serves as Series Producer and Jane Lloyd serves as VP of Production. For W Network, Maria Farano and Chris Bell are the Directors of Original Programming and John MacDonald is the Vice President of Television and Head of Women’s and Family Television for Corus Entertainment.

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TV, eh? podcast episode 193 – Hardwood and Wicked Beaver

After two weeks away, the gang is back together again and chatting about Canadian TV. Among the topics discussed: attending the third annual Canadian International Television Festival, the newest addition to the Murdoch Mysteries cast, Discovery Canada’s first-ever scripted series Frontier, Bell Media’s limited-run Cardinal (based on the book by Giles Blunt), the Canadian Screen Awards’ special awards and Steve Nash’s upcoming CBC basketball drama, Hardwood.

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Link: Marilyn Denis hits 1,000 episodes, once again

From Geoffrey Vendeville of the Toronto Star:

Marilyn Denis hits 1,000 episodes, once again
When you’ve been in front of the cameras as long as Marilyn Denis has, it’s easy to lose count of the episodes you have made. She didn’t know the 1,000th episode of The Marilyn Denis Show was approaching until her producers told her. It airs Tuesday at 10 a.m. on CTV.

Denis was surprised despite having already passed that milestone as the face of City TV’s Cityline morning show for 19 seasons. Continue reading.

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Link: This Life’s Rick Roberts on Matthew’s big secret

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

This Life’s Rick Roberts on Matthew’s big secret
“When someone close to you is dying you start to reflect on your life and what you’ve done and how you can make things better. He’s really put himself in a horrible, horrible spot with this thing where he’s been lying. But I love what they’ve done with the structuring of that story is that I can really understand that it’s some bad thing you did many years ago, but perpetuating it through these lies makes it so much worse.” Continue reading.

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