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Book of Negroes

Link: The Book of Negroes an “incredible love story”

From Andrea Nemetz of the Chronicle Herald:

Actor Lyriq Bent hails ‘incredible love story’ in CBC miniseries The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes tells the heart-wrenching tale of Aminata Diallo, captured as a child in her African homeland, sold into slavery in South Carolina and her long, hard-fought journey to freedom. But for Lyriq Bent, it is a love story. Continue reading.

From Elissa Barnard of the Chronicle Herald:

Nova Scotia’s role in Book of Negroes series celebrated
One of Lawrence Hill’s first stops in researching The Book of Negroes was the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown. “It was probably the size of that table,” the best-selling novelist said in an interview in a hotel room before a Halifax screening, hosted by TD, of the TV mini-series’ fifth episode set in Nova Scotia. Continue reading.

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Ratings, Schitt's Creek, Spun Out

Link: Schitt’s Creek loses 40% of premiere audience

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From Bill Brioux:

This week’s podcast: Reege up way past his bedtime on Late Late Show
Schitt’s Creek has lost nearly 40% of its audience in two weeks according to overnight estimates. It opened close to 1.4M in the overnights and landed at 834,000 this past Tuesday night. Most shows find their level by the fourth airing. Will the Schitt hit the fan if half the audience has paddled away? Continue reading.

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Link: Dino Hunt Canada shows off our nation’s long history of prehistoric beast discovery

From the National Post:

Dino Hunt Canada shows off our nation’s long history of prehistoric beast discovery
“You may not know this, but Canada is currently in a golden age of dinosaur discoveries.” Paleontologist Dr. David Evans, who oversees dinosaur research at the Royal Ontario Museum, announced this to an assembly of media and ROM brass last week ahead of the unveiling of a new species of prehistoric reptile. The as-yet-unnamed beast, uncovered by Evans and his team last summer during a dig in Alberta, is the cornerstone of History Channel’s new series, Dino Hunt Canada, which follows 16 paleontologists across the country as they unearth fossils, bones and other evidence of the planet’s prehistoric inhabitants. Continue reading.

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