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Call Me Fitz

New tonight: Call Me Fitz finale on HBO Canada – “What the F*ck is a Beaver Moon?”

I have no episode description but Bill Brioux has a Jason Priestley interview on TV Feeds My Family:

  • Sunday: Call Me Fitz’s 2nd season finale
    Call Me Fitz winds down its second season tonight at 8:30 p.m. on HBO Canada. Had a great chat with star/director/producer Jason Priestley last September over lunch in Toronto and he was still pumped from all those Gemini nominations and wins for the series. Read more.
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A Bitchin’ Kitchen takes on Christmas cooking

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From Bill Brioux of the Canadian Press:

  • ‘A Bitchin’ Kitchen’ special gives a new twist to Christmas cooking
    Ready to say, “fugetaboutit” to traditional cooking shows? Tie on you edgiest apron and get set for “A Bitchin’ Kitchen Christmas.” The hour-long special premieres Saturday at 7 p.m. on Food Network Canada. A wild mash-up of cooking and comedy, the special and the series stars Nadia Giosia, better known to her fans as Nadia G. Read more.
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This Hour Has 22 Minutes

On set with the 22 Minutes of Christmas

From Tara Bradbury of the St. John’s Telegram:

  • Part 1: ‘22 Minutes’ in the life
    A frenzy of activity goes into every episode of CBC TV’s long-running show. The Telegram’s Tara Bradbury jumped into the whirlwind that makes up the cast’s upcoming hour-long Christmas special. Read more.
  • Part 2: The ’22 Minutes’ of Christmas
    Nothing says Christmas like Mark Critch in a sequined blouse. Unless it’s Cathy Jones as a drunken, burping Queen Elizabeth, Gordon Pinsent as an emphysema-suffering “Bad Santa” type, shopping at Zellers, or Kevin O’Leary in the role he was born to play – Ebenezer Scrooge. Read more.
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Arctic Air

More on the question: What do we want from the CBC?

From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

  • The CBC’s conundrum: Change isn’t easy, but the public broadcaster needs to try
    “What Canada needs is a show that speaks volumes about what it is to be Canadian,” said (Adam) Beach, the Manitoba-born actor who has appeared in Hollywood films such as Flags of Our Fathers. “[Arctic Air] brings the inheritance of the landscape, the connection to the Dene language and people, but it also incorporates a community and an enterprise that integrates the multicultural diversity of Canadian-ness.” Read more.
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Call Me Fitz

Interview with Call Me Fitz creator Sheri Elwood

From the show’s official blog:

  • Interview with Call Me Fitz creator Sheri Elwood
    With CALL ME FITZ, I set out to ponder the notion “can a man change”? The show looks at good vs. bad, right vs. wrong, and – this is where the comedy kicks in – all the gray areas in between. We really try to spin each episode around one aspect of Richard Fitzpatrick’s psychological make-up, so the stories are really about something. Then we mix in a triple shot of bourbon, a few hookers, and watch the wreckage fall where it may… Read more.
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