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Wednesday: Mr. D, Ron James, Arctic Air

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Mr. D, CBC – “Poker Night”
Gerry orchestrates a staff poker night. Robert’s mentor is brought in to substitute a class. While Dwyers’s music classroom is under renovation, he is forced to share Gerry’s classroom.

Ron James Show, CBC – “Consumerism”
Ron tees off on our culture of CONSUMERISM, and one thing’s for sure — what he has to say is not available in stores! Special Guests: Kevin McDonald, Linda Kash, Jonas Chernick, Sam Kalilieh.

Arctic Air, CBC – “Hell Hath No Fury”
Troubled rock star, Delilah Fury, embarks on the northern leg of her comeback tour, and Bobby must keep her – and the tour – from falling apart.

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Hugh Dillon multi-tasks in Vancouver

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From Glen Schaefer of The Province:

Hugh Dillon, man of many hats
Actor Hugh Dillon scrolls through his iPhone, looking for a particular photo as he takes a break in his trailer from one of two acting roles he’s playing this day. He finds what he’s looking for — a piece of the artwork for the new album Love and Fury, the upcoming release from his longtime band, The Headstones. The photo is a band’s-eye view of rapturous crowd inside Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom as seen from the stage. Read more.

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TV, eh? podcast episode 127 – “A Corus of Forward-Looking Statements”

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Diane and Anthony do a quick podcast that’s as long as their other podcasts as they rant and talk about such topics as Mike Holmes, Bomb Girls returning, Motive’s new timeslot ratings, Mark McKinney‘s new development deal (and he’s on the Flying Bellevilles podcast), Seed’s new contest (and old failings), the CRTC plays hardball with Oprah, not like the Competition Bureau with Corus, and comedy is hard and stuff.

Episode 127: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

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Tuesday: Cracked, Rick Mercer Report, 22 Minutes

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Rick Mercer Report, CBC
Tonight Rick is at the Labrador Winter Games where he participates in many traditional events involving hunting, trapping, dog-sledding, and snow-shoeing skills.

22 Minutes, CBC
Mark Critch hits it out of the park at the Blue Jays spring training camp, famous Canadian celebrities audition to host The View, world renowned fiddler, Ashley MacIsaac, re-jigs the 22 MInutes theme song.

Cracked, CBC – “Cherry Blossums”
A high school girl’s dramatic and macabre suicide leads the Psych Crimes team into the heartbreaking world of bullying, and the dark and tangled web of teen girl social dynamics.

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Orphan Black at Toronto ComiCon

From W. Andrew Powell of The Gate:

Video: ‘Orphan Black’ panel at Toronto ComiCon
Ahead of the series debut on Space Saturday, March 30, Orphan Black stars Tatiana Maslany and Jordan Gavaris stopped by Toronto ComiCon last weekend to talk with InnerSpace host Teddy Wilson about the show, their characters, and what it took to make the dark drama, which follows Maslany as a woman who discovers she may in fact be a clone. Read more.

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