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TV, eh? podcast episode 126 – “Even Nichier”

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(Screen capture by Jason Wagar)

Diane and Anthony talk Canadian TV news (and talk and talk):

Motive moves to Thursdays, Linda Hamilton guests on Lost Girl and Hugh Dillon on Continuum, Laura Vandervoort will star in Bitten, CTV orders Spun Out, Best Laid Plans is coming to CBC, YTV renews The Next Star, CBC plugs the wrong Jack, Canadian broadcasters want a piece of foreign distribution money, Bell wants a giant piece of the Canadian TV industry, and the Toronto Star makes an unarguable argument that Canadian TV is superior to Canadian movies.

Episode 126: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

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Motive moves to Thursdays

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From a media release:

CTV Promotes MOTIVE to Thursdays at 10 p.m., Beginning March 14

It’s a dramatic one-two punch Thursdays on CTV as the network’s new original crime drama is promoted to the most-watched night on television. Beginning this week, MOTIVE moves to Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, joining the night’s stellar primetime lineup following fan-favourite GREY’S ANATOMY in most of the country. Averaging 1.04 million viewers each week and winning its previous Sunday night timeslot*, the #1 new Canadian series of the season with total viewers and all key demos settles into the former FLASHPOINT timeslot with an all-new episode this Thursday, March 14.

On the next episode of MOTIVE, entitled “Detour” (Thursday, March 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV), Detectives Flynn (Kristin Lehman) and Vega (Louis Ferreira) investigate the death of a mortgage broker who was found strangled in his office parking lot. Their initial examination of evidence leads them to a disgruntled ex-wife as well as a petty thief, but neither lead pans out. A composite police sketch and a stubborn refusal to follow orders leads Flynn to a man whose desire to make amends with his family, coupled with a lapse in sobriety, has led to tragic results. Guest stars include Aidan Devine (A History of Violence), Tammy Gillis (LESS THAN KIND), and Gemini Award-winner David Julian Hirsh (WEEDS).

An encore presentation of Thursday night’s episode will air Sunday, March 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV, and on Monday, March 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Two, with both episodes in simulcast on CTV Mobile. MOTIVE is also currently available on demand across CTV’s digital platforms: CTV.ca, the CTV App, and through video on demand partners.

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Linda Hamilton to guest star on Lost Girl

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Golden Globe®-nominated Linda Hamilton (The Terminator) will guest star on an upcoming episode of Showcase’s hit series Lost Girl airing Sunday, March 24 at 9PM ET/PT.

In the episode titled “Delinquents,” Hamilton portrays Acacia, a tough, sexy and ruthless assassin who has resurfaced from Tamsin’s (Rachel Skarsten) secretive past. Her arrival spells trouble for Bo (Anna Silk), Kenzi (Ksenia Solo) and Dyson (Kris Holden-Ried), who are undercover at an urban camp to catch a serial killer Fae preying on at-risk youth.

The hit Showcase original series’ third season will finale on Sunday, April 14. Rounding out the season three cast are Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland and K.C. Collins.

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