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TV, eh? podcast episode 150 – “Non-Controversial Fish in the Universe of the World”

It’s a light news episode post-vacation, with babble on the lost Rick Mercer interview, Seed’s pickup by The CW, production starting on 19-2 and Motive’s second season, Craig Olejnik’s guest starring turn on Haven, and Blackstone’s September 25 premiere.

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Motive

Motive season 2 in production

From a media release:

Production Begins on Season 2 of CTV’s Hit Cop Drama MOTIVE

  • Kristin Lehman returns to lead ensemble cast including Gemini Award-winner Louis Ferreira, Brendan Penny, Lauren Holly, and Roger Cross
  • Warren Christie (below left)  joins the MOTIVE cast for Season 2 as a new detective on the team

Production has begun on Season 2 of original Canadian cop drama MOTIVE. The #1 new Canadian scripted series of the 2012/2013 TV season*, MOTIVE wrapped its first season with an average audience of 1.1 million viewers. The 13-episode, one-hour drama starring Kristin Lehman as Detective Angie Flynn, shoots in and around Vancouver through January 2014, leading up to its mid-season debut on CTV.

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When viewers last saw Angie (Kristin Lehman, THE KILLING) in the dramatic Season 1 finale, she was pushed to make an irreversible decision during a psychological murder investigation, while also coming to terms with her son Manny (Cameron Bright, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2) heading off to college. The gripping second season picks up four months later, with a new face at the station – one that Angie is not too pleased to see. A confident new detective (Warren Christie, ALPHAS, Apollo 18) joins the homicide department as Team Commander, revealing a mysterious link to Angie’s past.

MOTIVE stars Kristin Lehman as spirited Detective Angie Flynn, Louis Ferreira (SGU STARGATE UNIVERSE) as her thoughtful and patient partner, Detective Oscar Vega, and Lauren Holly (NCIS) as the team’s lead medical examiner, Dr. Betty Rogers. The series also stars Brendan Penny (THE ASSISTANTS) as the team’s eager young Detective Brian Lucas; Roger Cross (ARROW) as Staff Sergeant Boyd Bloom; Cameron Bright as Angie’s teenage son, Manny Flynn; and new to the series this season are Warren Christie as a Detective and Team Commander, and Valerie Tian (ARROW, 21 Jump Street) as a new rookie Officer.

Motive2MOTIVE is produced by Foundation Features and Lark Production in association with Bell Media. Executive Producers are Daniel Cerone (DEXTER, THE MENTALIST), Louise Clark (CORNER GAS, THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF VANCOUVER), Rob Merilees (Capote, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus), Erin Haskett (THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF VANCOUVER), Rob LaBelle (MENTAL), Lindsay Macadam (Battle in Seattle), James Thorpe (LOST GIRL), and Dennis Heaton (CALL ME FITZ, Fido). Showrunners for Season 2 are James Thorpe and Dennis Heaton. Daniel Cerone is the series creator. The series is distributed internationally by NBC Universal International and the first season has just completed airing on ABC in the U.S.

Trish Williams and Rebecca DiPasquale are Production Executives, Bell Media. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. Mike Cosentino is Senior Vice-President, Programming, CTV Networks. Phil King is President, CTV Programming and Sports.

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Haven

The Listener’s Craig Olejnik to guest star on Haven

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From a media release:

Craig Olejnik to Guest Star on Showcase’s Haven

  • Season 4 of Haven Premieres Sunday, December 1 at 9 P.M. ET/PT

Showcase’s Haven adds Craig Olejnik (The Listener) to its list of guest stars when the hit series returns for its fourth season on Sunday, December 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Olejnik joins previously announced guest stars Emma Lahana and Christian Camargo, and Colin Ferguson.

Olejnik portrays Aiden Driscoll, a handsome and kind young man with a baby on the way. Nephew to Haven’s prominent Reverend Ed Driscoll (Stephen McHattie), Aiden is the better of the two Driscoll brothers – until he finds himself at the centre of events that could completely destroy the town of Haven. Olejnik appears in episode 408.

Season 4 of Haven picks up six months after the devastating events of the season three cliffhanger in which the town was pummeled by a violent meteor storm. Audrey (Emily Rose) and Duke (Eric Balfour) vanished into thin air leaving an injured Nathan (Lucas Bryant) marooned in Haven.

Haven, based on the novella, The Colorado Kid, from renowned author Stephen King, follows former FBI agent Audrey Parker, who becomes a cop in the small town of Haven, Maine, and soon discovers the town’s many secrets – which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.

From leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne), Haven is co-commissioned by Shaw Media in Canada and globally via Universal Networks International (UNI).

The creative team behind Haven includes executive producers John Morayniss (Klondike, Rogue) from eOne Television and David MacLeod (Legends of the Fall, The Ray Bradbury Theater) of Big Motion Pictures, who are joined by Lloyd Segan, Shawn Piller, Scott Shepherd (Stephen King’s The Dead Zone, Greek) of Piller/Segan/Shepherd and Matt McGuinness (Journeyman, Dark Blue) as well as Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn (Stephen King’s The Dead Zone), who also developed the series.

Haven is produced by Entertainment One and Big Motion Pictures in association with Piller/Segan/Shepherd and airs on Showcase in Canada, Syfy in the US and internationally on UNI’s multiple Syfy Universal channels. Entertainment One controls the worldwide distribution rights to the one-hour series and concluded a deal with Germany’s Tele München Group (TMG) for the television rights in Continental Europe.

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19-2

Production begins on Bravo’s 19-2

From a media release:

Production Begins in Montréal on Bravo’s New Original Drama 19-2

  • English adaptation of French-Canadian series to premiere in 2014 on Bravo
  • 19-2 is co-produced by Montréal’s Sphere Media Plus and Echo Media
  • Additional casting announced including Benz Antoine, reprising his role from the original Québec series
  • Louis Choquette (Rumours) and Érik Canuel (Bon Cop, Bad Cop) slated to direct

Bravo announced today that production has begun on its new original drama series 19-2. Set to premiere on Bravo in 2014, 19-2 films on location in Montréal throughout the fall. Bravo announced its order of the English-language adaptation of the award-winning Québec series at the Banff World Media Festival in June. Among the writing team are Bruce Smith (PLAYED) and Jesse McKeown (ROGUE), while Louis Choquette (Rumours, Mirador, Le Gentleman) and Érik Canuel (Bon Cop, Bad Cop, Big Wolf on Campus) are set to direct the ten-episode first season of the hour-long drama.

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It was also announced today that Benz Antoine will reprise his role as Officer Tyler Joseph from the original Québec series, joining previously announced cast members Adrian Holmes (ARROW) and Jared Keeso (FALLING SKIES), who star as Nick Barron and Ben Chartier respectively. Maxim Roy (HEARTLAND) joins the cast as Nick’s estranged wife and fellow district detective, Isabelle Latendresse and Laurence Leboeuf (DURHAM COUNTY) joins as Audrey Pouliot, a fellow uniformed cop who is attracted to her colleague Nick. Additional cast announced today include Dan Petronijevic (SAVING HOPE) as angry beat cop J.M. Brouillard, Mylène Dinh-Robic (THE LISTENER) as Tyler’s no-nonsense partner Béatrice Hamelin, Conrad Pla (THE LISTENER) as straight-shooting Sergeant Julien Houle, and Bruce Robert Ramsay (CONTINUUM) as the manipulative District Commander Marcel Gendron.

A richly-nuanced human drama, 19-2 follows the lives of patrol officers Ben Chartier (Keeso) and Nick Barron (Holmes). Nick is a veteran on Montréal’s urban police force and has just returned from a three-month leave following the traumatic shooting of his partner. On his first day back, he is unhappy to learn he has been partnered with Ben, who has just transferred from a small town to restart his life in the big city. Both men are good cops who deeply care about the job, yet struggle to move beyond painful events in their past. Ben and Nick must attempt to put their differences aside as their lives further intertwine, both professionally and personally, and continue to take surprising and dramatic turns.

19-2 is co-produced by Sphère Média Plus and Echo Media in association with Bell Media. Executive producers are Jocelyn Deschênes and Carolyn Newman from Sphère Média Plus and Luc Châtelain from Echo Media. 19-2 is an English-adaptation of the hit Québec series from the creators and stars of the original, Réal Bossé and Claude Legault and director Podz. Executive Producer Bruce Smith (DURHAM COUNTY) also acts as writer, with Jesse Mckeown (DAVINCI’S INQUEST, ROGUE) and Virginia Rankin as co-executive producers. Directors are Louis Choquette, who also directed the series’ pilot episode, and Érik Canuel. Production Executives for Bell Media are Gosia Kamela and Tom Hastings. Trish Williams is Director, Independent Production, Bell Media. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. Catherine MacLeod is Senior Vice-President, Specialty Channels, Bell Media. Rick Brace is President, Specialty Channels and CTV Production. Phil King is President, CTV Programming and Sports.

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