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Auction, Flashpoint, Sanctuary, The Listener

TV, eh? charity auction – bid now!

It’s back … the TV, eh? charity auction in support of Kids Help Phone is open now. Bid until Monday, December 9 on an incredible TV experience, priceless memorabilia, and more. All money raised will go to the charity — last year we raised $6800. Bid now and bid often on:

  • The Listener set visit and walk on role (donated by Shaftesbury)
  • Flashpoint DVD complete box set autographed by the creators (donated by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern)
  • Flashpoint finale script autographed by the cast and creators donated by Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern)
  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit package including t-shirt, tote, autographed cast picture, baseball cap and mug (donated by Lawrence Kaplow and Law & Order: SVU)
  • Anna & Kristina kitchen gift package including a KitchenAid blender, apron, cookbook, tote bag (donated by Worldwide Bag Media)
  • Primeval: New World crew t-shirt and autographed dinosaurs (donated by Gillian Horvath)
  • Sanctuary tote bag and autographed script (donated by Gillian Horvath)
  • Mr. Young costumes (donated by Mr. Young)
  • Philips Sonicare toothbrush (donated by Dr. Corey Low)

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Republic of Doyle

New Wednesday: Republic of Doyle

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Republic of Doyle, CBC – “Young Guns”
Jake is taken hostage and must investigate from inside an unusual, high stakes robbery at a University while Leslie contends with the situation outside. A trapped Mal risks his safety to assist Leslie. Sloan’s secretive behaviour has Rose and Des alert and concerned that she’s up to her old tricks. Guest Stars: Craig Olejnik, Carrie Lynn Neales, Brittany Allen, Lola Tash

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Japanizi brings wackiness to Canada

From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

Japanizi brings the wacky Japanese game show to Canada
Japanizi: Going, Going, Gong!, produced by Toronto’s Marblemedia, which also developed Splatalot, is filmed at “a secret location somewhere in Canada” (spoiler: Toronto) and is a faithful adaptation of the Japanese game-show experience. The studio set is decorated in garish, bright colours, the host and judge are Japanese and even the studio audience, recruited locally, is comprised entirely of excited people doing their best to hoot, cheer and aaaah like the audience in a Japanese production. (They also look the part.) Only the kid contestants, who arrive on the set blindfolded and know just that they are participating in a game show, are not in on the fact that they are being plunked into the middle of a Japanese experience. Continue reading.

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Murdoch Mysteries

Showrunner Peter Mitchell on Murdoch’s crossover episode

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From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

Celebrating the Can-combo of Republic of Doyle and Murdoch Mysteries
But with Murdoch and Doyle both having been around long enough to have become maybe a bit too familiar, and with both part of the public broadcaster’s drama stable, Mitchell says it seemed like a good time to try something different. “It’s a nice sort of craven publicity grab,” he says. Continue reading.

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