Rick Mercer Report, CBC – Season premiere
Rick experiences thrilling water adventures Flyboarding in Sylvan Lake, Alberta and later visits Science World in Vancouver.
22 Minutes, CBC – Season premiere
Mrs Enid ponders 50 Shades of Grey, Don Cherry (Mark Critch) takes shots at the NHL, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Shaun Majumder) laments Canada’s sudden breakup with Iran, and Susan Kent holds court with Canadian tennis star, Milos Raonic.
From a media release
Kristin Lehman Cast as Series Lead in MOTIVE, CTV’s New One-Hour Original Drama Series
CTV announced today that Kristin Lehman, hot off the heels of her role in THE KILLING, has been cast as the lead of CTV’s crime drama MOTIVE. Additional principal casting has also been completed and production begins today, September 17 in Vancouver. From acclaimed executive producer Daniel Cerone (THE MENTALIST, DEXTER), CTV’s new original series will star Lehman (THE KILLING, The Sentinel) as the drama’s feisty lead detective Angie Flynn, a detective on a backwards chase for clues to a killer that has already been revealed to viewers. This cat-and-mouse series with a twist on the everyday whodunit, will also star Gemini Award-winning actor Louis Ferreira (DURHAM COUNTY, SGU STARGATE UNIVERSE, SAW IV), Brendan Penny (WHISTLER, STARGATE: ATLANTIS), and Lauren Holly (NCIS). MOTIVE is produced by Vancouver-based Foundation Features and Lark Productions, with 13 episodes of the one-hour drama set to air early 2013 on CTV and be internationally distributed by NBC Universal International.
No stranger to the dark and adrenaline-pumping world of crime dramas, series lead Kristin Lehman joins the cast of MOTIVE, fresh off the heels of a co-starring role in the critically-acclaimed crime drama THE KILLING. Born in Toronto and raised in Vancouver, Lehman trained in classical ballet at the Canadian Royal Academy of Dance before establishing her career in television. In addition to many other breakout and defining roles, Lehman has starred in POLTERGEIST: THE LEGACY, FELICITY, THE OUTER LIMITS, JUDGING AMY, G-SPOT, and DRIVE. Her guest role on ANDROMEDA earned her a Gemini nomination and was an early springboard for memorable guest spots on PRISON BREAK, CASTLE and THE LISTENER.
Rounding out the MOTIVE principal cast is; Gemini Award-winning actor Louis Ferreira (DURHAM COUNTY, SGU STARGATE UNIVERSE, SAW IV) as Angie’s partner, Detective Oscar Vega, Brendan Penny (WHISTLER, STARGATE: ATLANTIS) as Detective Brian Lucas and Lauren Holly (NCIS, CHICAGO HOPE, PICKET FENCES) as the brash and sexy Dr. Betty Pryce. The vastly accomplished actress lends her talents to the role as the medical examiner that positions her as an ally to Angie in the male-dominated field of law enforcement as she works closely with Detective Flynn and the team on their murder cases.
MOTIVE will also feature guest stars throughout the series. In the series pilot, singer-songwriter and former New Kids On The Block Joey McIntyre has been cast as a guest star.
MOTIVE is an unconventional way to watch a crime unfold. Each episode begins by revealing to the audience, not only the victim, but the killer as well. The homicide detective then begins to piece together clues. How did they do it? How are the victim and killer connected? What’s the motive? As the mystery unfolds, the audience navigates the twisted and complicated maze of each murder and solves the puzzle alongside detective Angie Flynn and her team.
MOTIVE is developed for television by award winning producer Rob Merilees (Sleepwalking, Stone of Destiny), Rob LaBelle (MENTAL), Lindsay Macadam (The Entitled, Personal Effects), Emmy®-nominated producer Louise Clark (CORNER GAS, WHISTLER, THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF VANCOUVER), and Erin Haskett (THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF VANCOUVER).
MOTIVE is produced by Foundation Features and Lark Productions in association with Bell Media and will be distributed internationally by NBCUniversal International. Executive producers are Daniel Cerone, Louise Clark, Rob Merilees, Erin Haskett, Rob LaBelle, Lindsay Macadam, and James Thorpe (Lost Girl). Showrunner is James Thorpe. Daniel Cerone wrote the pilot. Trish Williams and Rebecca DiPasquale are the Production Executives from Bell Media, Trish Williams is Director, Independent Production, Bell Media. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. Mike Cosentino is Senior Vice-President, Programming, CTV Networks. Phil King is President, CTV Programming and Sports.
From a media release:
GEORGE STROUMBOULOPOULOS TONIGHT BRINGS MORE PERSONALITY TO PRIMETIME
GEORGE STROUMBOULOPOULOS TONIGHT debuts in its new primetime time-slot on Monday, September 17 at 7 p.m. (7:30 NT) on CBC Television. George and his team continue the evolution of talk television with an action-packed, 30-minute format, featuring a witty comedy panel segment entitled “3 Things†and a brand new set – while continuing to provide viewers with direct access to top celebrities and news-makers through George’s signature interviews.
During the premiere week of GEORGE STROUMBOULOPOULOS TONIGHT Canadian comedic icon, Rick Mercer (Monday), movie superstar and martial arts master, Jackie Chan (Tuesday), one of the leading humanitarians of our time, Jane Goodall (Wednesday), and Canada’s talented film and TV megastar, Joshua Jackson (Thursday) will sit down in the red chair for thought-provoking interviews; providing a unique take on the most buzzed-about culture, news and politics through George‘s inimitable lens. Premiere week will also welcome special “3 Things†panel guests Colin Mochrie, Chuck Hughes, Amanda Lang and Ron James. Every Friday, GEORGE STROUMBOULOPOULOS TONIGHT will feature the best of the week, a curated collection of notable moments and interesting conversations to get viewers caught up on what they might have missed.
Throughout the upcoming new season, viewers can look forward to interviews with: Academy Award- winning actors Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men, Biutiful, and the upcoming documentary Sons of Clouds: The Last Colony) and Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler, The Ides of March and the upcoming film Inescapable); comedian and Saturday Night Live veteran; David Spade; acclaimed writer-director Spike Lee (Summer of Sam, Malcolm X); Musician and Haitian political activist, Wyclef Jean; Documentary Director and Producer Ken Burns; literary great Salman Rushdie (Midnight’s Children) singer, song-writer and Glee actor, Darren Criss; writer, director and award-winning Inglorious Bastards actor Eli Roth.
GEORGE STROUMBOULOPOULOS TONIGHT airs Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. (7:30 NT), with an encore airing at 11:30 p.m. (12:00 NT). The show is taped daily in front of a live studio audience at the CBC Headquarters in Toronto. Tania Natscheff is Executive Producer and Dan Hughes is Senior Producer. George Stroumboulopoulos is Co-Executive Producer and Host.
From a media release:
THERE ARE BOMBS WHERE?!
With World Wars I and II taking place far from home, it is hard to imagine a 20th century legacy of these conflicts appearing on Canadian soil. But with its vast landmass and distance from the fighting in Europe, Canada emerged as an ideal training camp for allied armed forces from all over the world. Millions of munitions were fired and tested in fields and lakes across the country, and the land still holds evidence of these tests today: Unexploded Explosive Ordnance (UXO) can be found at specific sites across the country. These locations are where the Bomb Hunters clock into work every day.
Through the UXO and Legacy Sites Program, the Department of National Defence engages these contractors to carry out the work needed to reduce safety risks posed by UXO across Canada.
Season one of HISTORY’s Bomb Hunters explores missions to find and destroy UXO in the following locations in Canada.
Ostrander Point (Ontario)
From 1952 through 1957, pilots training at the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Station Trenton dropped potentially thousands of bombs on this site. This is one of Canada’s most punishing bomb hunting sites; a location where munitions debris are tangled with thick brush and poison ivy. Below the ground, everything from 60 pound bombs to “Mighty Mouse†rockets may be lying in wait.
Melbourne (Ontario)
Melbourne was a crucial bombing range during World War II, but now its thousands of practice bombs, buried just below the surface, present a potential hazard to the Chippewas First Nations town just meters away, and locals are literally finding bombs in their backyard. The local community is eager to reclaim this land for economic development and anxiously await the UXO work to be completed. As the crew starts digging, they find bomb after bomb and realize how complex the site may be.
McGivney (New Brunswick)
A trapper stumbled across this dump site in the woods of New Brunswick, still littered with bomb casings and anti-tank mines. When the authorities were alerted, the Department of National Defense stepped in. Hidden in the thick woods of New Brunswick, this former munitions depot is strewn with bomb casings, rocket parts and practice anti-tank mines – and that’s just on the surface. Since the public has also dumped their trash here for 40 years, no one knows what may lie under the decades of garbage and vegetation.
Lac St. Pierre (Quebec)
This is one of the most dangerous lakes in Canada. Its southern shore is home to DND’s Munitions Experimental Test Center, where munitions are subjected to compliance testing. Between 1952 and 2000, the center used the lake as one of its main ranges. Nearly 300,000 rounds now rest on the lake bed, as many as 3,000 of which are believed to be explosive. Since 2000, to safeguard the local community and in an effort to sustain the fragile ecosystem, the practice of firing munitions into the lake was stopped. This is a dangerous place to work and for the Canadian UXO industry represents a challenge that must be overcome. Tragically, one local man died along with 9 others injured in the same accident when a round detonated in a campfire. Consequently, survey and clearance activities of the high risk areas are a priority.
Niagara-on-the-Lake (Ontario)
Niagara-on-the-Lake is steeped in over 200 years of military history. Because of its age, there is a staggering range of possible UXO here, with over 30 types of UXO having been discovered in past operations.
Thiepval (British Columbia)
This wreck lies at the bottom of a channel off the coast of British Columbia, in an area called “the graveyard of the Pacific†because of its treacherous waters. The HMCS Thiepval has a fascinating history as part of the Canadian Navy and was involved in daring rescues, espionage, international diplomacy, world record attempts and chasing rum runners. Crumbling since the day she sank in 1930, the wreck has become popular with recreational divers – but inside her fragile hull may be a deadly cargo of live bombs. And unlike practice ranges, UXOs found here are guaranteed to be High Explosive and live.
The Department of National Defense’s UXO program has provided a primer on the kinds of UXO’s that the Bomb Hunters’ are searching for across Canada.
For more information on the Bomb Hunters locations, please visit www.bombhunters.ca
For more information on the Department of National Defence’s UXO Legacy Program, please visit: www.uxocanada.forces.gc.ca
Bomb Hunters airs Mondays at 10pm on HISTORY.
From a media release:
SPACE, BBC America, and Temple Street Productions Announce Canadian-Born Actor Tatiana Maslany as the Lead in New Original Series ORPHAN BLACK
Bell Media’s SPACE, BBC America, and Temple Street Productions today announced that rising star and Canadian-born actor Tatiana Maslany (Cas & Dylan, Picture Day, The Vow, and FLASHPOINT) is set to star in the new original series ORPHAN BLACK, produced by Temple Street Productions for SPACE and BBC America. The announcement was made as Maslany was feted for her starring role in the feature Picture Day, which received its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival® (TIFF). The Genie and Gemini-nominated actor, who received the 2010 Sundance special jury prize for Grown Up Movie Star, is capturing the increasing attention of fans and industry elite alike, including recent critical acclaim from The Globe and Mail, Toronto Sun, and NOW Magazine. Set to begin production in Toronto this October, additional casting for the 10 episode series will be announced soon.
In ORPHAN BLACK, Maslany stars as Sarah, an outsider, orphan, and street-wise chameleon who has a murky past and tenuous future after she witnesses a woman’s suicide. After deciding to assume the identity of the dead stranger who looks just like her, Sarah learns the dizzying truth – that she and the dead woman are clones. As Sarah searches for answers, she discovers another chilling fact: there are more clones out there. They are all genetically identical individuals who were planted in unsuspecting birth parents and nurtured in completely different circumstances. They have no idea who created them – or why – but they need to discover the reason in a hurry. An assassin is killing them, one by one.
About Tatiana Maslany
A Regina, Saskatchewan-born actor now living in Toronto, Maslany is a rising star who has been acting for over 15 years in film, television, theatre, and radio. In that time, she has amassed an incredibly impressive resume with leading roles in many features. Her starring role in Grown Up Movie Star opposite Shawn Doyle competed at Sundance 2010 and garnered her the special jury prize for ‘Breakout Star’ at the festival as well as a Genie Award nomination. Her recent feature credits include The Vow, opposite Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum; Geoffrey Fletcher’s directorial debut Violet And Daisy, opposite Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel, which premiered at TIFF 2011; a lead role in Sean Garrity’s improvisational feature Blood Pressure opposite Jake Epstein; and Entitled with Ray Liotta, Victor Garber, and Kevin Zegers. Some of Maslany’s television credits include WORLD WITHOUT END, based on the novel by Ken Follett; her Gemini Award-nominated performance in NATIVITY, directed by Coky Giedroyc; CERTAIN PREY opposite Mark Harmon; as well as her Gemini Award-winning performances on BLOODLETTING AND MIRACULOUS CURES and FLASHPOINT.
ORPHAN BLACK is executive produced by Ivan Schneeberg and David Fortier (Being Erica), Graeme Manson (Cube, FLASHPOINT) and John Fawcett (SPARTACUS, THE SECRET CIRCLE). The series is co-created by Manson and Fawcett, with Manson also serving as writer and Fawcett as director. BBC Worldwide will distribute the series internationally.
ORPHAN BLACK is produced by Temple Street Productions in association with Bell Media and BBC America. Production Executives are Trish Williams and Gosia Kamela. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. Catherine MacLeod is Vice-President, Specialty Channels, Bell Media. Rick Brace is President, Specialty Channels and CTV Production. Phil King is President, CTV Programming and Sports.
