From Bill Brioux of Brioux.tv:
Crull, Conway and others clash at lively Prime Time in Ottawa panel
This 20th anniversary edition of Prime Time in Ottawa included a sparkling panel who addressed the topic “Getting Ahead of Change.†For those of us who couldn’t make it to Ottawa this year the Thursday morning session was live streamed and it was, I must say, pretty compelling viewing. Continue reading.
From James Bawden:
Cold Water Cowboys: Reality TV Canadian Style
So I’m new to the sophomore show which is wild and wacky but also educational in a strange way. It was created by documentary film makers tyson Hepburn and John Driftmier and is a Canadian retort to such U.S. imports as Duck Dynasty. Instead of wrestling crocs these intrepid stars of Cold Water Cowboys search the chilly northern seas for crabs and schools of halibut. Continue reading.
From Cassandra Szklarski of The Canadian Press:
Jared Keeso to create comedy for CraveTV
The crass musings of a country boy named Wayne are leaping from YouTube to CraveTV.
Bell Media says its on-demand streaming service has commissioned its first original Canadian series: a six-part, half-hour comedy called Letterkenny that will star 19-2 actor Jared Keeso.
Keeso just won Best Actor in a Drama Series at the Canadian Screen Awards. Continue reading.
From Marty Thompson of BlackburnNews:
Listowel’s Jared Keeso Awarded ‘Letterkenny’ TV Show
Just days after winning a Canadian Screen Award for his work on the television show 19-2, Listowel’s Jared Keeso has seen one of his projects turn into a TV show.
Bell announced on Thursday that Keeso will star in the comedy ‘Letterkenny’ which, in partnership with The Comedy Network, will air on their new digital TV service, Crave TV.
The six-part half-hour comedy will be based off of the wildly successful web series called Letterkenny Problems, which Keeso says came from his upbringing in Listowel. Continue reading.
From Scott Stinson of the National Post:
The welcome, if perplexing, resurrection of Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays
First reaction upon hearing that CBC is bringing back Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays: Yes! Second reaction, almost immediately thereafter: Wait, what? The first reaction is because I loved this show the first time around. The second is because I was, to judge by the ratings, in a small minority of viewers. Beyond that, the first time around was almost four years ago. What kind of network cancels a show after one season, waits three more seasons, and then renews it? You crazy, CBC. Continue reading.
Vikings, History – “Warrior’s Fate”
King Ecbert visits the developing Viking settlement as the first harvest is sown and rebuffs criticism from his leading nobles. The Wessex/Viking forces charge into battle with Mercia. In Kattegat, Harbard arrives in to the Great Hall and his mysterious aura fascinates Aslaug and Helga but Siggy remains suspicious. There are strange and tragic happenings in Kattegat and Siggy suspects Harbard is the cause.
The Nature of Things, CBC – “The Antibiotic Hunters”
What do sloths, alligators and Komodo dragons have to do with antibiotics? The Antibiotic Hunters follows drug researchers as they become jungle hunters, deep-sea divers, and cave explorers – all in an urgent search for the building blocks of new antibiotics. Many of our current antibacterial drugs have lost their effectiveness due to overuse, so now scientists have to hunt in remote and unexplored places for new bacteria with unique toxins that could be lethal to human germs. Without new antibiotics, experts are predicting a “post-antibiotic eraâ€, in which the simplest of infections could turn deadly because they’re impossible to treat. Already, up to 12,000 Canadians are dying each year from antibiotic-resistant infections. It’s been called the most pressing global health problem of our time. And now, the solution could lie in the slimy fur of jungle sloths or the saliva of Komodo dragons.
