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Dramas and Comedies

Jennifer Siddle joins Mr. Young writers

From the Vancouver Film School blog:

Writing grad on hit kids’ TV show Mr. Young
When Mr. Young debuted in 2011, it was the first multi-camera sitcom produced in Vancouver. The family comedy has since become a bonafide hit on Canada’s YTV and Disney XD in the US and around the world and was just nominated for Programa Favorito at the 2012 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Mexico. Mr. Young is already shooting its third season – and Writing for Film & Television alum Jennifer Siddle has joined the show’s writers’ room as an Intern Writer. Read more.

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Saving Hope

New tonight: Saving Hope – “Blindness”

Saving Hope, CTV – “Blindness”
Alex (Erica Durance) is riding high after her comatose fiancé Charlie’s (Michael Shanks) hand moved. She’s convinced he’s coming back and she begins to consider taking time off to spend with her recovering fiancé. Then, a roof collapse brings two brothers into the ER in critical condition – one of them beyond saving. The surviving brother’s leg has been crushed and if there’s any hope of him regaining function, Joel (Daniel Gillies) must perform a rare surgery that flies in the face of Dr. Dana Kinney’s (Wendy Crewson) policy to avoid high-risk and litigation at all costs.(Encore episode airing on Sunday, June 24 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV)

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Uncategorized

Corner Gas’s “universal appeal”

From Fish Griwkowsky of the Edmonton Journal:

  • Brent Butt touts his universal appeal
    “Thing is,” Butt notes, “I’ve had people born and raised in Toronto who say, ‘My father is exactly like Oscar’,” referring to actor Eric Peterson’s curmudgeonly portrayal of his dad on the show. Apparently, senile old men complain about paying taxes around the world. “If you get past the blue sky and flat landscape, the show was never about Saskatchewan; it was never about Canada. There’s value added if you’re from a small rural centre, but my goal was always to make a show that happened to be in this environment. If it was exactly Saskatchewan-specific, we wouldn’t have people from Australia and Sweden saying, ‘That’s exactly like where I grew up’.” Read more.
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Dramas and Comedies

Who should play Jack Layton?

From Rachel Phan of the National Post:

  • Who should play Jack Layton in CBC’s upcoming biopic?
    CBC has greenlit the production of a new biopic on the life of late New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton. The movie, titled Smilin’ Jack: The Jack Layton Story, will be set against the backdrop of the 2011 federal election and the weeks that followed, as well as Layton’s rise and his love story with Olivia Chow. Production on the made-for-TV movie will begin this August in Winnipeg, and the casting of the titular part will be announced “very soon.” Read more.
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Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

Reality TV’s cookie cutter approach

From Simon Houpt of the Globe and Mail:

  • Why the cookie-cutter approach to reality-TV may spread
    For producers, “the best way to protect yourself is to get to market quickly, to execute better,” argues John Brunton, the chairman and CEO of Insight Productions. The Toronto-based production company’s reality shows include CBC’s Battle of the Blades, Global’s Canada Sings, and CTV’s Canadian Idol. Read more.
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