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Call Me Fitz

Call Me Fitz faces fatherhood

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From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

Father knows less on Call Me Fitz
Richard Fitzpatrick remains an a-hole. After three seasons in which the used car salesman played by Jason Priestley was governed entirely by his remarkably unstrained id, where he drank, lied, cheated, swilled, swindled, fornicated and betrayed with abandon, the fourth season of Call Me Fitz had the potential for a watershed moment: the anti-hero was now a father. Continue reading.

From Melissa Hank of Postmedia:

Jason Priestley relishes bad-boy role on Call Me Fitz
Jason Priestley laughs as he remembers the time he had sex with a nun in a church. Ditto the time he let an HIV-infected baboon run wild, the primate all hopped up on erectile dysfunction meds. Knee-slapper stories, both of them. Continue reading.

From Chloe Tejada of Huffington Post Canada:

Jason Priestley On ‘Call Me Fitz’ Season 4: He Wants You To Watch It (Even If You’ve Never Heard Of It)
Chances are you haven’t heard of the TV show “Call Me Fitz,” even though the series airs in multiple countries around the world, including Canada. Continue reading.

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Murdoch Mysteries

Murdoch Mysteries sold to US

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From a media release:

DETECTIVE MURDOCH FINDS A HOME IN THE U.S. ON OVATION

Shaftesbury and ITV Studios Global Entertainment today announced that Detective William Murdoch has found a home in the U.S. on Ovation, America’s only arts network, which has launched his popular mystery series as The Artful Detective. All seven seasons of the one-hour drama (96 episodes) have been acquired by Ovation, which is currently airing back-to-back episodes on Saturdays at 8pm ET, starting with season one. The series has already been licensed to broadcasters in more than 100 territories worldwide.

Based on Canadian author Maureen Jennings’s popular Detective Murdoch novels set in late 1890s Toronto, The Artful Detective explores the intriguing turn-of-the-century world of William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson; Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye), a detective who pioneers innovative forensic techniques and inventions in his quest to solve some of the city’s most gruesome murders. Murdoch’s colleagues are coroner Dr. Julia Ogden (Hélène Joy, Durham County), a staunch ally who shares the detective’s fascination for forensic science; Constable George Crabtree (Jonny Harris, Hatching, Matching, Dispatching), Murdoch’s eager but sometimes naïve right-hand man; and Inspector Brackenreid (Thomas Craig, Coronation Street), Murdoch’s skeptical yet reluctantly supportive boss.

Known as Murdoch Mysteries in Canada and international territories, the series is produced by Shaftesbury in association with ITV Studios Global Entertainment, UKTV’s Alibi, Citytv (Seasons 1 – 5) and CBC (Seasons 6 – 7), and with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit and the COGECO Program Development Fund.

Season 7, which is currently in production in Toronto and Southern Ontario, premiered on CBC in Canada on September 30, 2013 to a series-high rating of 1.4 million. Season six completed its run in May 2013 as Canada’s top-rated homegrown drama and CBC’s most-watched scripted program for the winter season, with an average television viewership of 1.2 million.

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Package Deal

Package Deal’s Julia Voth is the whole package

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From Gord Craig of the Leader-Post:

Saskatchewan’s Julia Voth takes the next step in Package Deal
Saskatchewan’s Julia Voth is the whole package. Model, video game character, actress, singer, poet — she even has designs on moving to the other side of the camera. “There’s a lot of really talented people here in L.A.,” Voth said from her residence in Los Angeles. “You either have to be really, really great at just one thing or you have to be just good at everything. You have to be a jack of all trades down here.” Continue reading.

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