Marketplace, CBC – “Movin’ Day Showdown”
Marketplace goes undercover to put moving companies to the test, investigating shifty practices, shady fees and what you can do to protect yourself.
The Fifth Estate, CBC – “Made in Bangladesh”
Who made that shirt you are wearing? When Mark Kelley went looking in Bangladesh he found some shocking answers.
From Amber Dowling of TV Guide Canada:
City moves ‘Package Deal’ to new night
The switcheroos begin Monday, Oct. 14 when Package Deal and 2 Broke Girls swap timeslots on City, bumping Package Deal to 9 p.m. ET. That pits the Canadian comedy right up against repeats of No. 1 sitcom The Big Bang Theory on CBS for three weeks, until Mike & Molly bows on Nov. 4 on both City and CBS. When that happens, Package Deal is coming off Monday nights and sliding over to Thursdays, beginning Nov. 7, at 9:30 p.m. ET. Continue reading.
From First Weekend Club:
From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:
John Doyle demands a Canadian TV Inquest
Even when our cable or specialty channels invest in Canadian content, the result is “deflating and inadequate,” he finds. Hard to argue with that, although I’d say Slings & Arrows was a brilliant Canadian specialty show, and Less Than Kind punched above its weight. These shows, however, rarely earn their keep in Canada. If CBC managed its appropriation right, it could indulge in a loss leader or two to distinguish its brand. A Haddock hour, drawing 300,000 a week, would give a CBC schedule a golden sheen you could not find on the private channels. Continue reading.
From Etan Vlessing of The Hollywood Reporter:
Don Carmody Television Hires ‘Stargate’s’ Carl Binder for ‘Echoes’ Pilot
Echoes is set in the year 2021 and follows the journey of Sonya, a young woman trying to survive after two warring extra-terrestrial species bring their intergalactic battle to Earth. The sci-fi series is being shopped this week to international buyers at MIPCOM and is understood to already be parked for development with a Canadian broadcaster. Continue reading.
