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Orphan Black

Orphan Black lands multi-channel Season 3 return in Canada

From a media release:

Space launched a clone takeover today as it announced the much-anticipated return of its original series ORPHAN BLACK will get a multi-channel roadblock premiere. The Season 3 premiere of the award-winning, Space original series starring SAG and Golden Globe® nominee Tatiana Maslany is set to air simultaneously on Space, CTV, Bravo, and MTV on Saturday, April 18 at 9 p.m. ET.Immediately following the Season 3 premiere of ORPHAN BLACK, Space’s daily flagship entertainment show INNERSPACE unveils its all-new original insider series INNERSPACE: AFTER THE BLACK. Every Saturday night at 10 p.m. ET, INNERSPACE hosts Ajay Fry, Morgan Hoffman, and Teddy Wilson convene and dissect each thrilling, new episode. For viewers who have yet to be initiated into the #CloneClub, Space is marathoning Seasons 1 and 2 beginning Saturday, April 11 at 8 a.m. ET. Both seasons are also available now on CraveTVTM.

Season 3 of ORPHAN BLACK plunges the clone sisterhood into unexpected territory with the realization that they’re not alone, culminating from the shocking Season 2 finale which revealed a new line of militaristic male “Castor” clones, played by Ari Millen. After neutralizing the threat by The Dyad Institute – Sarah, Helena, Cosima, and Alison are finally united in their journey towards the truth of who, and what, they are. However, new discoveries that include Helena’s kidnapping, a book that could contain the answers to their existence, and a set of treacherous Castor clones with an unknown agenda, tests their bonds.

Cosima’s mystery illness and broken heart inflicted by Delphine’s (Evelyne Brochu) departure has left her feeling vulnerable. Meanwhile in the burbs, Alison faces new woes and new marital challenges with her lovable oaf of a husband Donnie (Kristian Bruun). And no sooner has Sarah caught her breath after a stealthy escape from The Dyad and ruthless clone Rachel than she is called upon to face the crazed, captive, Castor clone, Rudy. Until Sarah’s able to eliminate the threats against the sisterhood, she’ll never be able to have the life she wants with her sisters, daughter Kira (Skyler Wexler), Kira’s father Cal (Michiel Huisman), and foster family members brother Felix (Jordan Gavaris), and mother Mrs. S (Maria Doyle Kennedy).

In the Season 3 premiere of ORPHAN BLACK, (Saturday, April 18 at 9 p.m. ET) Sarah fights to locate a disappeared Helena, and must repel a lethal investigator from the mysterious shadow corporation Topside, who threatens the Leda sisters’ lives.Meanwhile, Cosima appears to be rebounding from her illness, while Alison and Donnie face newfound financial woes. When the menace of Castor rears its head once more, Sarah and her entire family must come together to survive.

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Canadian union organizing with reality TV workers to stop crew deaths

From a media release:

The Canadian Media Guild is saddened by the news that 10 people, cast and crew of French reality TV series Dropped, were killed in a helicopter crash yesterday in Argentina.

The union is organizing with reality TV workers to improve health and safety standards and working conditions in this country. In a 2013 survey, 54% of workers who go on location told us they have worked in unsafe conditions. That same year, Canadian director John Driftmier was killed in a plane crash in Kenya while filming Canadian series Dangerous Flights.

As one worker wrote recently, “I have come close to dying at sea, in the air and on land.”

Later this month, the union will publish a guide book for workers in the industry that will include information on how to stay safe on the job. The union is also seeking to negotiate with production companies to improve working standards in the industry.

More information is available at http://www.cmg.ca/en/tag/factual-tv/.

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Rick Mercer Report

Link: Canada’s unsung hero of television

From Stan Ashbee of Sunny South News:

Canada’s unsung hero of television
Rick Mercer’s weekly report, as seen on the CBC for its 12th season — is as Canadian as hockey, maple syrup and a large double-double. Enough with the sterotypes eh?

Mercer, is one of Canada’s top political satirists and has been dubbed, “Canada’s unofficial opposition.” His show presents topical satire, funny takes on the week’s top stories and his Canada-wide adventures. He is also appearing at the Funny Bone Comedy Night fundraiser in southern Alberta in April with Canadian songstress Jann Arden. Continue reading.

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The Pinkertons

Link: Actor works long, cold hours as Pinkertons detective

From Randall King of the Winnipeg Free Press:

Actor works long, cold hours as Pinkertons detective
If the real-life frontier-era Pinkertons Detective Agency had a reputation for hard work and determination, the same may be said for the TV series The Pinkertons, which is winding down the intense 22-episode shooting schedule that began Aug. 25. The show’s production is scheduled to wrap on March 19.

Jacob Blair, 31, plays Allan’s hot-headed, two-fisted son, William; Martha MacIsaac plays his cooler, more cunning partner, Kate Warne, the first female detective in the United States. Continue reading.

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Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

Link: TV’s Deluged By Data Deluges The Senses

From James Bawden:

TV’s Deluged By Data Deluges The Senses
I think it was last summer that I suddenly realized my insular little world was fast changing.

There I was walking in my neighborhood one afternoon when I met up with an old friend who said she’d just sent her teenaged daughter to a special camp to break her twitter addiction. Seems the teen was notching 3,000 tweets and twitters a month even as her grades plunged accordingly. Then I saw a nun at St. Michael’s College out on the lawn reading her tablet. And bookstores I’d been frequenting for decades started disappearing.

If only I had been able to see John Freed’s new documentary Deluged By Data at that time I wouldn’t have been in such a funk. Continue reading.

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