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Awards, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

New tonight: Rick Mercer Report, 22 Minutes, Giller Prize, Highway Thru Hell

Rick Mercer Report, CBC
Rick is in Ontario’s Algonquin Park for a kayaking lesson from Olympic champ Adam van Koeverden and then he’s off to the Rockton World’s Fair for the small car roll-over competition.

22 Minutes, CBC
Mark Critch battles the REAL Barry Weiss (Storage Wars star) over a storage unit stuffed with Canadian content; 22 Minutes travels to Victoria to drill into the Northern Gateway Pipeline protest; the hit movie “Paranormal Activity” gets a Canadian-style remake perfect for the faint of heart with the release of “Normal Activity”; and a job posting for the new Ontario Premier is announced.

Giller Prize, CBC
Canada’s most distinguished literary prize awards $50,000 annually to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English. The award was established in 1994 by Toronto businessman Jack Rabinovitch in honour of his late wife, literary journalist Doris Giller.

Highway Thru Hell: After The Crash, Discovery
HIGHWAY THRU HELL: AFTER THE CRASH joins series producer and host of the one-hour special, Mark Miller, as he takes viewers to the legendary “Barn” in Hope, BC, to join Jamie Davis and his crew for a season wrap-up “Beer O’clock.” Here, no topic is off limits as Jamie, Adam, Kevin, Bruce, and Samy trade stories from this season of working on the mountain.

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Murdoch Mysteries, Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

New tonight: Primeval: New World, Canada’s Worst Driver, Over The Rainbow, WDYTYA, Murdoch Mysteries

Primeval

Primeval: New World, Space – series premiere
While investigating temporal anomalies, a Special Projects Group battles prehistoric creatures. Led by Evan Cross (Matter), an enterprising inventor and visionary hero, the team is comprised of predator attack expert and specialist in animal behaviour Dylan Weir (Canning), security specialist Mac Rendell (Danny Rahim, EAST ENDERS), and physics prodigy Toby Nance (Crystal Lowe, SMALLVILLE). Ange Finch (Miranda Frigon, HEARTLAND), Evan’s oldest friend and business partner, keeps things afloat while Evan and his group track the escapee dinosaurs, with the overeager help of Lieutenant Ken Leeds (Geoff Gustafson, Hot Tub Time Machine), head of the government’s decommissioned department for investigating alien life and other mysteries.

Canada’s Worst Driver, Discovery – season premiere
CANADA’S WORST DRIVER 8 follows eight drivers, each nominated by a friend or family member, as they are put through their paces in a controlled driving environment and evaluated by a panel of driving experts. Each episode features tried-and-tested challenges with an urban driving-themed twist, designed to push the drivers to their limits and teach them crucial safe driving skills. Each driver must master basic training and more advanced techniques for dealing with Canada’s trickiest city driving situations before graduating from rehab. Can their bad behind-the-wheel behaviours be curbed?

Over the Rainbow Results, CBC – “Results #7”
The bottom two competitors are announced and will face off to determine who will be eliminated from the show by the judges.

Who Do You Think You Are?, CBC – “Chantal Kreviazuk”
Manitoban-born singer songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk traces her Ukrainian roots.

Murdoch Mysteries, CBC – “Stroll on the Wild Side (Part 1)”
Detective Murdoch’s investigation into the disappearance of a quiet librarian leads to a reunion with former love Anna Fulford (Lisa Faulkner)and the discovery of a seamy underworld. Meanwhile, he reconnects with Dr. Ogden (Hélène Joy) after she’s arrested for her progressive ideas.

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Primeval: New World premieres Monday

From Glen Schaefer of The Province:

From the Victoria Times Colonist:

  • Sci-fi simply entertaining
    The homegrown spin-off Primeval: New World, set and filmed in Vancouver, debuts tonight on Space. The good news is that it’s a rousing, rip-roaring adventure yarn, worthy of the original, that manages to pique one’s interest without taking itself too seriously. The better news is that it’s slick and professional to look at. Read more.
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