Uncategorized

Brent Butt looks to the future

May 25, 2011 Diane Wild

From Cassandra Szklarski of The Canadian Press:

Sitcom king Brent Butt eyes foray into comic crime genre as ‘Hiccups’ returns
Canada’s comedy king has his eye on crime. Brent Butt returns to the small screen Monday with the second season of “Hiccups,” but behind the scenes, the show creator is mulling over his next big TV series â€” an hour-long crime-of-the-week procedural. Read more.

Uncategorized

CBC orders Cracked pilot

May 24, 2011 Diane Wild

From the Hollywood Reporter:

CBC Gets Cracked Cop Drama To Pilot
It wonâ€™t be long before yet another Canadian police procedural is pitched to network execs in Los Angeles. The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. has put in a pilot order for Cracked, a character-driven police drama from indie producer White Pines Pictures written by Tracey Forbes (Flashpoint, The Bridge). Read more.

Uncategorized

Brent Butt living his dream with Hiccups

May 24, 2011 Diane Wild

From Bill Harris of QMI Agency:

Brent Butt is living his dream
“Without getting maudlin, this is what I wanted to do since I was a kid,” said Butt, the creator and co-star of Hiccups, which kicks off its second season Monday, May 30 on CTV. Read more.

Rookie Blue

Ben Bass of Rookie Blue

May 24, 2011 Diane Wild

From Zap2It:

‘Rookie Blue’: Ben Bass ready to spend Season 2 ‘pining away‘
The Baltimore-born, Vancouver-raised actor has gotten to know certain Toronto cops quite well in researching his role as sometimes smart-alecky training officer Sam Swarek on “Rookie Blue,” the Canadian-made drama series that starts its second ABC season Thursday, June 23. Bass reports he’s had more time to observe actual police work for the show’s sophomore round. Read more.

Podcast

TV, eh? podcast episode 44 – Transporter: CanCon in Disguise

May 24, 2011 Diane Wild

Episode 44: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

Nancy Robertson, star of Hiccups, is our guest to talk about the series’ return. First, Anthony and Diane talk about the new Transformer – The Series, summer series (Combat Hospital, Rookie Blue, The Kennedys, Canada Sings), and the financing of The Firm that makes it a Canadian series. Then we solve all the problems of the Canadian television industry in about 5 minutes flat. Or not.

Your hosts

Anthony Marco can be found at anthonymarco.com, and on Twitter here and here.
Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download