From Bill Harris of Postmedia Network:
k.d. lang gives voice to CBC special ‘Balletlujah’
As kindred sports fans, k.d. lang and I shared the same fear. So you have ballet dancers performing to lang’s music in the new TV special Balletlujah, which debuts Thursday, June 18 on CBC. Fair enough. But in more than one scene, the performances are taking place in Prairie fields. My God, don’t those dancers need a flawlessly flat surface? Isn’t that dangerous? Continue reading.
From network episode descriptions:
Escape or Die!, OLN -Â Â “The Viper Tomb Escape (Malaysia)”
World Famous Escape Artist Dean Gunnarson has only one big fear…snakes. Now, he’s been challenged to face it. The Snake Temple in Malaysia has invited Dean to a Viper Escape. Dean will be in a glass box, restrained and handcuffed with deadly, poisonous vipers crawling all over him…he must break free before he gets bitten.
Illusions of Grandeur, OLN – “Las Vegas”
Zack Mirza visits America’s modern day magic Mecca in search of sleight-of-hand secrets from magicians and gamblers alike. He meets not one, but two legendary sleight masters – R. Paul Wilson and Jason England. But in spite of their warnings, Zack blows his money and gets hustled by an up-and-coming entertainer named “Piff†The Magic Dragon. Still, he decides to lay it all on the line, gambling his most valuable asset as a magician – his hands.
From a media release:
Uncensored, unfiltered, and unarguably funny: The Movie Network gets down and dirty on Monday nights this summer with the return of the original stand-up/sketch series FUNNY AS HELL, plus acclaimed titles from IFC including the third season of the deprecating comedy series MARON.
FUNNY AS HELL
Season 5 Premieres Monday, July 6 at 10:30 p.m. ET
In partnership with Just For Laughs Television and hosted by homegrown comic Jon Dore (THE JON DORE TELEVISION SHOW), FUNNY AS HELL returns for a six-episode fifth season. Featuring stand-up comedy, unique sketches, and cutting-edge digital shorts, each half-hour episode brings even more of the edgy, uncensored comedy that has kept audiences laughing year after year.
Comedians featured in Season 5 include: Pete Davidson (GUY CODE); Rachel Feinstein (LAST COMIC STANDING); Pete Holmes (THE PETE HOLMES SHOW); Streeter Seidell (PRANKED); Dan Levy (PREMIUM BLEND); Greg Proops (WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY?); James Davis (REAL HUSBANDS OF HOLLYWOOD); Cameron Esposito (SIDE MULLET NATION); Ari Shaffir (The Skeptic Tank podcast); Brent Morin (UNDATEABLE); Jamie Lee (GIRL CODE); Owen Benjamin (SULLIVAN AND SON); Chris Gethard (THE OFFICE); Brooks Wheelan (ADAM DEVINE’S HOUSE PARTY); Cardinal Burns; Mike Polk Jr. (THE MIKE POLK JR. SHOW); Matteo Lane; and Claudia O’Doherty (PROBLEMS).
Having spent the last many years as a writer and producer on Rookie Blue, Remedy, and Flashpoint, Adam Barken’s name will once more be splashed across the screen this summer in the new Space series Killjoys.
Killjoys follows a trio of reclamation agents as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant planetary system on the brink of a bloody class war. The three Killjoys form a highly accomplished team of bounty hunters, each with distinct and valuable specialties to offer as they navigate the culturally rich, politically complex, and economically polarized worlds of The Quad.
You’ll hear all about Killjoys, plus some stories from previous shows he’s worked on, and an impending revenge plot against Romper Room.
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From a media release:
Friday night’s series debut of Canadian sci-fi drama DARK MATTER drew a preliminary overnight audience of more than 270,000 viewers, making it the #1 entertainment specialty program of the day. The one-hour premiere at 10 p.m. ET also made Space the top entertainment specialty network in its timeslot for total viewers and the key A25-54 and A18-49 demos, and the #1 entertainment specialty network for the day among A25-54.
DARK MATTER follows the crew of a derelict spaceship who awaken from stasis, with no memories of who they are or how they got on board. Facing threats at every turn, they have to work together to survive a voyage charged with vengeance, betrayal, and hidden secrets.DARK MATTER is created by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, the team behind the Dark Matter graphic novel and the fan-favourite STARGATE franchise.
In Episode 2 (Friday, June 19 at 10 p.m. ET), as the crew comes to terms with the revelations about their respective pasts, they are faced with a dilemma – help the miners against insurmountable odds, or abandon them to certain death. Episode 2 of DARK MATTER follows the debut of Space original series KILLJOYS, June 19 at 9 p.m. ET.
DARK MATTER’s crew are One (Marc Bendavid, BITTEN), the charming, moral centre of the crew; Two (Melissa O’Neil, Broadway’s Les Misérables), the tough and determined leader of the group; Three (Anthony Lemke, 19-2), the mercenary who looks out for only himself; the calmly ruthless and stoic Four (Alex Mallari Jr., Robocop); Five (Jodelle Ferland, The Cabin in the Woods), the team’s youngest member with a skill for mechanics and a mysterious ability; the low-key Six (Roger Cross, MOTIVE), a man of integrity; and The Android (Zoie Palmer, LOST GIRL), an outsider among the ship’s human passengers yet an indispensable member who possesses control over the ship’s systems.
Developed by Prodigy Pictures in association with Space, executive producers for DARK MATTER are Jay Firestone (LOST GIRL), creators Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie, and Vanessa Piazza (LOST GIRL).
