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TV, eh? podcast episode 112 – “Say No To Horse Lust”

Sick Anthony and pitying Diane talk about the CBC winter season, their request to the CRTC to loosen regulations, the new Bell/Astral merger proposal, plus various premieres and show news.

Episode 112: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

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New tonight: Bachelor Canada, Avoiding Apocalypse, Match Game

The Bachelor Canada, Citytv
A whirlwind of romances has brought Brad and the bachelorettes across the country and around the world, but now, Brad must face the most important decision of his life as the first-ever season of The Bachelor Canada comes to its shocking and tearful conclusion.

Avoiding Apocalypse, Discovery Science – “To The Last Drop”
More than ever, humanity is dependent on fossil fuels, with world consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal rising a little every year. Inevitably, reserves are going to give out, and humanity isn’t ready. But scientists are already working to find substitutes, such as power plants in space and on the ground, thermal energy from oceans, generators on giant kites, fuel from algae, fusion energy, underwater windmills, and wave generators.

Match Game, Comedy
It’s a match made in heaven with guest panellists Janeane Garofalo (Wet Hot American Summer), Robin Dunne (SANCTUARY), Steve Patterson (DAN FOR MAYOR), and Emma Hunter (THE L.A. COMPLEX).

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New tonight: Primeval, Murdoch Mysteries, Match Game

Primeval

Primeval: New World, Space – “Angry Birds”
Evan and Dylan are taken hostage by two drug dealers while investigating an anomaly in a vintage train yard.

Murdoch Mysteries, CBC – “Invention Convention – Invention Convention”
After a ruthless inventor is killed at a convention, Murdoch’s investigation is assisted by his idol, Alexander Graham Bell. Special Guest Star: Arlene Dickinson (Dragons’ Den).

Canada’s Worst Driver, Discovery – “Look Out!”
With Rehab well under way, our remaining 6 delinquent drivers are all attempting to get their licenses back and return to the public roads.

Match Game, Comedy
Tonight, guest stars Susie Essman (CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM), Robin Dunne (SANCTUARY), Ron Josol (COMEDY NOW!), and Emma Hunter (THE L.A. COMPLEX) cure everyone’s case of ‘the Mondays.’

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The Phantoms revisits Bathurst tragedy

From Bill Brioux of the Canadian Press:

From Karissa Donkin of the Toronto Star:

  • The Phantoms movie: Bathurst, N.B. moms criticize basketball movie for exploiting sons’ deaths
    Marcella Kelly doesn’t read newspapers or listen to the radio much these days. When she goes out in the small city of Bathurst, in northern New Brunswick, she does only what she needs to do and comes home again. Tuning out is how she gets through living what has become her nightmare. Kelly lost her 15-year-old son Nikki in a bus crash that’s the basis for a new movie showing Sunday at 8 p.m. on CBC called The Phantoms. Read more.

From CBC:

From Reuben Villagracia of the Chronicle Journal:

  • Telling the Phantoms story
    Alex Robichaud is confident the producers of a CBC movie based on a tragedy that he was involved in will be handled with care when it premieres this weekend. The first-year Lakehead Thunderwolves guard was a prominent member of the Bathurst, N.B., Phantoms high school senior boys basketball team that helped a town heal from its grief following a road accident in January 2008. Read more.
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