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Interview: Brendan Meyer of Mr. Young

September 19, 2011 Diane Wild

From KidzWorld:

Brendan Meyer Q&A
Teen actor Brendan Meyer has been a hit on TV in Canada, and now Disney XD is bringing his show Mr.Young to a brand new audience in the U.S.! Brendan plays Adam Young, a kid so brilliant that he zooms ahead of his classmates, only to return as a teacher! Find out more in his Kidzworld Q&A. Read more.

Battle of the Blades, Heartland, Ratings

Ratings: Battle of the Blades, Cover Me Canada, Heartland

September 19, 2011 Diane Wild

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:

Emmy doubles Blades, buries Cover Me
That blunted CBC’s Battle of the Blades (1,195,000) but didn’t knock the third season premiere (or competitors Tessa Bonhomme and David Pelletier, right) off the ice. More rocked was CBC’s new talent reality series Cover Me Canada, which managed 591,000 viewers opposite the Emmys. Read more.

Flashpoint in the US

September 19, 2011 Diane Wild

From TV Series Finale:

Flashpoint: Not Returning to CBS Butâ€¦
On the downside, season four of Flashpoint averaged a 1.1 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.25 million viewers on CBS. That made it the weakest original programming on the network. It wonâ€™t be back. On the positive side of things, the ION cable channel has licensed the first four seasons of Flashpoint and is ready to start airing them. Thatâ€™s 62 episodes, including 11 installments that CBS didnâ€™t purchase the rights to run. They begin airing on Tuesday, October 18th. Read more.

Battle of the Blades

Sad start for Battle of the Blades

September 19, 2011 Diane Wild

From Debra Yeo of the Toronto Star:

Battle of the Blades: A sad beginning
It was impossible to watch the Season 3 premiere of Battle of the Blades, “Game On,” and not feel the loss of Wade Belak. But to its credit, the show didn’t get maudlin about the death of the former NHL enforcer, one of eight hockey players who’d agreed to don figure skates for this edition of Blades. Read more.

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Call Me Fitz’s Fitz a hard guy to like

September 19, 2011 Diane Wild

From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

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Putting on the Fitz
“I love Richard Fitzpatrick,” says Jason Priestley, the man who plays him on the dark Canadian comedy Call Me Fitz. “He’s a tragic character,” he explains, one whose terrible childhood is to blame for the man he has become. “He’s really tragically flawed. Poor Fitz, man, he never stood a chance.” Read more.