Video: Adam Korson of Seed
Seed reviews and interviews
From Bill Harris of the Toronto Sun:
- New sitcom ‘Seed’ has promise
Do you find Harry adorable? I should throw in that Harry is a typical TV bachelor bartender, the sort of underachieving late-20s slacker slob that you see a lot of these days. But do you think he’s dreamy? If you do, then you probably will like Seed, which debuts Monday, Feb. 4 on City. Read more.
From Bill Brioux of the Canadian Press:
- Adam Korson is DNA dad to many in edgy new City comedy Seed premiering Monday
When casting the lead on a new sitcom, nothing is left to chance. There’s a careful screening process involving many auditions and callbacks. Everybody has to sign off on the deal. It’s sort of like choosing a donor from a sperm bank. Read more.
From Andrea Nemetz of the Chronicle Herald:
- Stars of Seed share chemistry, camaraderie
Finding Mr. — or Ms. — Right is all about chemistry. Carrie-Lynn Neales and Adam Korson discovered that undefinable “it†on their first read-through for the new Halifax-shot sitcom Seed. “Adam was the first person of three I tested with and instantly, in the waiting room, we just clicked, there was this chemistry,†says Neales by phone from her Toronto home. Read more.
From Glen Schaefer of The Province:
- Mother and son duo grow in sitcom Seed
The mother and son acting duo of Nicole Oliver and William Ainscough were juggling jobs for much of last fall, as nine-year-old William scored a lead role in the new Halifax-filmed TV comedy series Seed. Read more.
From Gloria Martin of 680 News:
- ‘Seed’ interviews: Adam Korson, Mark Farrell and Carrie Lyn Neals
680 Showbiz Editor Gloria Martin was on set in Halifax to speak to actor Adam Korson who plays “Harry,†producer and show runner Mark Farrell and actor Carrie Lyn Neals who plays “Rose.†View interviews.
From Jamie Hall of the Edmonton Journal:
- Edmonton actor goes to Seed
Matt Baram’s starring role in the new TV series Seed is a far cry from his beginnings with Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre improv troupe more than 20 years ago. But it’s even farther from his first acting gig in elementary school, when he shambled awkwardly onto the stage in a costume fashioned entirely out of cardboard. Read more.
Motive reviews and interviews
From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:
- Motive: A police procedural whose intentions are fuzzy at best
As it turns out, Motive is slick, a bit silly, very stylish and disappointingly predictable. All that promotional money has been spent on a middling-good network-style series that is just a shade shy of a total misfire. Read more.
From Alex Strachan of Postmedia News:
- TV weekend: Motive, Ripper Street
It is drizzly and grey on a high-school football field in Vancouver when Motive begins. The stands are packed with cheering supporters, and the players are running their patterns on the field, blocking and tackling to waves of raucous applause. A high-school marching band waits its cue, and the drummer — the de facto loser — is pressed up against the stands at the back, where he’s being showered with abuse from drunken louts in the crowd. The picture freezes and a caption appears: “The Killer.†Read more.
From the Toronto Star:
- TV Tonight: Five worth watching Sunday, Feb. 3
Speaking of detectives and post-Super Bowl slots, CTV debuts its new crime drama Motive. Viewers learn at the start of each episode whodunit, but gritty Det. Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman) and her partner Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira) must piece together the why. New Kid on the Block Joey McIntyre guests in the premiere as a high school teacher found murdered (CTV at 10). Read more.
From Murtz and Inside Pulse:
Interview With Motive‘s Kristin Lehman & Lauren Holly
Rick Mercer brings politics to primetime
From Laura Stone of iPolitics:
- Rick Mercer: In primetime, with something to say
It’s the week after Kathleen Wynne was chosen to lead the Liberals. Talk inevitably turns to the new Ontario premier, because Mercer is a self-described political junkie who attends conventions at 7 a.m. for the fun of it (“it’s just my baseballâ€), but also because the television host is gay, and has spoken out about the need for gay public figures — and Wynne is both the province’s first female leader and the country’s first openly gay premier. Read more.
Sunday: Motive
Motive, CTV – “Creeping Tom”
Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman) is introduced as a street-smart, intuitive homicide detective whose teenaged son, Manny (Cameron Bright), looks out for her as much as she takes care of him. MOTIVE’s first victim is a well-liked, karaoke-singing, high school science teacher (Joey McIntyre, DANCING WITH THE STARS) who is found murdered in his bedroom. A home invasion gone wrong seems too perfect for Detective Flynn and her partner, Detective Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira). They follow a plausible lead to an adulterous wife and the motive of a crime of passion, but Angie’s second sense points her in the direction of one of the dead teacher’s students, a serial thief known only as “The Creeperâ€.
