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Ratings: New shows tumble in week 2

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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

  • New CBC shows take tumble in Week Two
    Monday to Monday, Little Mosque went from 593,000 viewers to 477,000 according to overnight estimates. 18 to Life slipped from 436,000 to 386,000. Village on a Diet shrunk from 514,000 to 376,000. The Tuesday to Tuesday CBC tally followed the same trend. The new spy comedy InSecurity lost close to 200,000 viewers in Week Two, dropping from 724,000 to 526,000. The epic miniseries Pillars of the Earth had a similar slide, from 951,000 viewers on opening week to 762,000. Read more.
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Awards

Maury Chaykin among ACTRA award nominees

From The Canadian Press:

  • Late Maury Chaykin up for ACTRA award
    The late character actor Maury Chaykin is among the nominees for the ninth annual ACTRA Awards.Chaykin, who starred in the TV comedy series Less Than Kind, is up for outstanding male performance. Others in the category include Mark McKinney of Death Comes to Town, Noah Reid from the film Score: A Hockey Musical, Nicholas Rose of New Year, and Chuck Shamata of Break a Leg. Read more.
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MuchMusic launches The Wedge, Rapcity, #Trending and New.Music.Live

From a media release:

MuchMusic Launches New Original Music Programming

  • THE WEDGE returns, hosted by F**ked Up’s Damian Abraham
  • RAPCITY returns, hosted by by1 Love T.O.’s Tyrone Edwards
  • Find out what is hot and talked about on new series #TRENDING
  • New daily flagship show NEW.MUSIC.LIVE. brings fans everything new in music live Monday – Friday at 5 p.m. ET/PT

If it’s happening in music in Canada, it’s happening on MuchMusic. Much plugs viewers in to new music across multiple genres as it unveils a slew of fresh and cutting edge music programming in January. The legendary series known for showcasing trendsetting indie music, THE WEDGE, returns Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT in an all-new primetime format hosted by the always-engaging, constantly-outspoken, musical almanac Damian Abraham, frontman of Polaris Prize-winning band F**ked Up. The iconic RAPCITY returns Thursday, Jan. 20 at 10 p.m. ET/PT in a revamped format, bringing viewers into the community of hip-hop and R&B music. Fans get a dose of the music, fashion and videos that everyone is talking about on #TRENDING, Much’s new viewer-driven series that delves into of-the-moment trends, premiering Friday, Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. ET/PT.

MuchMusic’s new original programming is anchored by flagship show NEW.MUSIC.LIVE. which brings viewers the newest in music, bands and videos, as well as interviews with and performances by the Canadian and international artists everyone needs to know and hear about. Broadcast live in front of a studio audience Monday – Friday at 5 p.m. ET/PT from Much’s newly renovated HD studio on Canada’s most famous music corner, Queen Street West and John Street in downtown Toronto, NEW.MUSIC.LIVE. deals in new music all week long. The week wraps up with two-hours of non-stop music videos, on a newly extended version of THE MUCHMUSIC COUNTDOWN, Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET.

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