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Anna & Kristina’s Grocery Bag premieres March 1 on OWN

ANNA & KRISTINA GROCERY BAG
Premieres: Tuesday, March 1 at 10:30 a.m. ET (r) 2:30 p.m. ET (r) 6:30 p.m. ET
Airs: Monday to Friday at 10:30 a.m. ET (r) 2:30 p.m. ET (r) 6:30 p.m. ET

In Anna & Kristina’s Grocery Bag, the test-driving twosome narrow their focus to the kitchen and put cookbooks to the test – from the grocery store to the dinner plate. In each episode, Anna and Kristina try out and review recipes, ingredients, appliances and food prep techniques to see if the average cook can re-create the beautifully photographed meals. At the end of the show, a guest chef or food expert will give a final evaluation of the meal and decide if the cookbook delivers the goods.

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MuchMusic announces bands set to be Discovered

From a media release:

Six Bands get the Chance of a Lifetime on MuchMusic’s DISCOVERED

  • Re-imagined docu-series DISCOVERED (formerly DISBAND) returns to MuchMusic later this year

brett(1)MuchMusic announced today the six new Canadian bands who are set to appear on the newly revamped series DISCOVERED. The ups and downs of the Canadian music biz are revealed through the eyes of these bands as MuchMusic cameras follow these artists on the rise. Formerly called DISBAND, DISCOVERED returns in a new, docu-series format which gives viewers an up close and personal look at the life of these young bands trying to make it in the music industry. Filming, already underway, culminates this month with the show’s premiere set for later this year on MuchMusic.

The bands set to make their mark on the upcoming season of DISCOVERED are:

  • Soulful pop/rock singer-songwriter Brett Boivin – pictured (Winnipeg, MB)
  • Pop-rock quartet Brighter Brightest (Aurora, ON)
  • Pop-funk group Colorsound (Montreal, QC)
  • Hard hitting pop-punkers For The Weekend (Calgary, AB)
  • Synth-rock band Nightbox (Toronto, ON)
  • High energy pop-rockers Slow Motion Victory (Brantford, ON)

In each episode of MuchOriginal series DISCOVERED, cameras follow the lives of six bands experiencing the ups and downs of trying to make it in the notoriously demanding music biz. From landing gigs to landing record deals, viewers are given a complete all-access, behind-the-scenes pass into the real lives, struggles, and triumphs of these Canadian bands, including a showcase in front of the biggest music execs in the country. Musician, producer, artist, and DISCOVERED Mentor Greig Nori guides the artists through the brutal, but exciting music industry.

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The Listener returns tonight

From Amber Dowling of TV Guide Canada:

From Bruce DeMara of the Toronto Star:

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TV, eh? podcast episode 29 – One for The Listeners



Episode 29: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

Craig Olejnik and Ennis Esmer of The ListenerThis week we have interviews with Craig Olejnik (Toby, left) and Ennis Esmer (Oz, right) of The Listener, and Ennis talks about his hosting gig on the upcoming Wipeout Canada as well. The Listener season two premieres tonight.

Anthony and Diane chat about Jim Henshaw’s Super Bowl conspiracy – did Rogers and Shaw “forget” to substitute the Fox feed with their own to thumb their noses at the CRTC?

We puzzle about why neither Flashpoint nor Glee saw a post-Super Bowl ratings boost in Canada – Flashpoint actually got fewer viewers than usual.

And we riff on the CBC’s new five year plan and whether it might one day be a real public broadcaster.

Your hosts

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New tonight: The Listener on CTV – “Lady in the Lake”

SEASON PREMIERE
Toby Logan (Craig Olejnik) – still haunted by guilt over the murder of his friend Detective Charlie Marks and the disappearance of his mother – has resolved to stop fighting against his mysterious gift and use his telepathic abilities to help others. When he revives a woman (Rekha Sharma, V) who nearly drowned her amnesia gives him the perfect opportunity. But unbeknownst to him, she’s tangled in a case of corporate espionage and murder, and she might not be the victim he presumes. As he sets out to help her remember her past, she’s also being investigated by Sgt. Michelle McCluskey (Lauren Lee Smith) of the IIB, who has taken a special interest in Toby’s connection to the woman and uncovered his more than coincidental history with a number of major criminal cases in the past.

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