Episode 48: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed Our guests this week are Ryan and Jason Belleville, the brothers who co-created Almost Heroes, in which Ryan costars with Paul Campbell. Diane chats with them about her surprising love of the show, what it’s … Continue reading TV, eh? podcast episode 48 – Almost Checkmate
From Kate Taylor of the Globe and Mail: For Canadian TV, summer is the new growing season Unlike fall schedules driven by the likes of The Big Bang Theory and Glee, the summer of 2011 is starting to resemble something like a prime-time schedule established in Toronto rather than Los Angeles. There are cops: Flashpoint … Continue reading Canadian TV grows in summer
From a media release: SHAW MEDIA SETS NEW BENCHMARK FOR CANADIAN ORIGINAL DRAMAS 15 New Dramas Build On Record-Breaking 2010/11 Homegrown Lineup Illustrating its continuing commitment to the Canadian television production industry, Shaw Media announced today that it has 15 new scripted dramas planned for the next year – more than any other Canadian broadcaster. … Continue reading Shaw Media announces Canadian scripted dramas
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 … Continue reading TV, eh? podcast episode 44 – Transporter: CanCon in Disguise
From Jay Bobbin of Zap2It: ‘Flashpoint’s’ Enrico Colantoni: ‘We appreciate it when CBS can utilize us‘ ABC’s soon-to-return “Rookie Blue” and upcoming “Combat Hospital” also are results of the increase in American-Canadian series co-productions. “We’re very, very proud of that,” Colantoni says of the role “Flashpoint” has played in opening that door. “It was serendipitous … Continue reading Flashpoint’s Enrico Colantoni on Flashpoint’s US return