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CBC renews Heartland for 5th season

From CBC:

The CBC television series Heartland, which wrapped its fourth season on Thursday, has been renewed for an 18-episode 5th Season.

Season 5 will begin filming in the spring of 2011 in time to start broadcasting in the fall.

The 2-hour holiday movie, A Heartland Christmas, premiered December 12 and pulled in 1,402,800 million viewers. It repeats on Christmas Day at 9:00pm.

There are still 9 remaining episodes of the 4th Season of Heartland to premiere at its regular timeslot – Sundays at 7:00pm. The new episodes resume on January 2nd.

The news was revealed by a fan on the CBC Heartland website, by solving a puzzle posted this morning.

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Ron James sets Twitter record

From a media release:

COMEDIAN RON JAMES SETS SINGLE DAY WORLD RECORD ON TWITTER

On Wednesday, December 15th, comedian Ron James, star of CBC Television’s The Ron James Show, set the world record for the most tweets in a single day by an individual. Ron posted an astounding 520 tweets between the hours of 7:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m., exceeding his original goal of 500 – a voracious number of tweets that have left his thumbs battered and bruised. Do the math – that’s nearly one message every 90 seconds in a 16 hour period!

Ron, a self-admitted technophobe, was accompanied by a crack squad of techno geeks who supported him in his quest for Twitter world domination. It was a day filled with twitter mayhem as Ron included the online world in everything from his morning shower, to picking up a Starbucks on the way to playing shinny, to Christmas shopping at his own peril, to hitting the office, dinner at Veritas restaurant, and ultimately ending his record breaking day by enjoying the iconic film “A Christmas Story” before signing off for the night.

Ron is the award-winning and celebrated comedian whose talents are showcased as the star of the weekly series, The Ron James Show, anchored by James’ hilarious and razor-sharp stand-up comedy. Be sure to tune in for Ron’s fifth annual New Year’s Eve Edition special on December 31 at 9:00 p.m. (9:30 NT).

In the spirit of the holiday season, Ron will be donating 1845 non-perishable food items to Food Banks Canada, corresponding with every mention of the official hashtag #RonJames and social sharing actions on both Twitter and Facebook. “In just one day Ron has made a valuable contribution, by providing much-needed food, and by informing thousands of Canadians about the work of food banks,” said Katharine Schmidt, Executive Director of Food Banks Canada.

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Kenny vs Spenny coming to an end

From the Toronto Star:

  • Kenny versus Spenny: TV’s final conflict
    “Their “friendly” feud has lasted six seasons — that’s 86 half-hours — on several different networks in Canada and the U.S., and syndicated and duplicated in another 150 countries. And now, in this season of goodwill toward men, it is over. The jolly fat guy has sung. No more ridiculous challenges, no more perverse humiliations. No more Kenny Vs. Spenny … except as competing stars of new solo shows.” Read more.
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North American version of Skins premieres January 17 on Movie Central/The Movie Network

From a media release:

SKINS, A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES FROM MOVIE CENTRAL AND THE MOVIE NETWORK, DEBUTS JANUARY 17

  • The North American adaptation of the groundbreaking U.K. series
    Premieres Monday, January 17, 2011 on Movie Central and The Movie Network
  • Featuring six Canadian lead cast members selected from open casting calls

This January, Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) are taking viewers inside the lives of a group of high school friends as they stumble through the mine field of adolescence, one raw, raunchy, wild step at a time. Skins, the North American adaptation of the edgy U.K. series, begins Monday, January 17 at 9 p.m. PT on Movie Central and 10 p.m. ET on The Movie Network.

The series is directed by Canadian directors Scott Smith (Call Me Fitz) and Samir Rehem (Testees), and features an ensemble cast that includes six Canadians in leading roles. Skins is produced as a Canada/UK co-venture from Entertainment One and Company Pictures, in association with Movie Central and The Movie Network and with MTV in the U.S. The series was shot in Toronto from August to December 2010, and is helmed by executive producer and showrunner Brian Elsley, creator of the original U.K. series. In addition to Elsley, Skins is executive produced by Laszlo Barna, Margaret O’Brien and Michael Rosenberg of Entertainment One and Charles Pattinson, George Faber, Matt Jones and Chris Clough of Company Pictures.

Set in an urban North American city, the 10-part, one-hour drama follows the lives of nine classmates and their complex relationships, the politics of friendship and the difficulties of everyday high school life. The group includes: Tony (James Newman), a good-looking, witty manipulator who wants everything and usually gets it; Eura (Eleanor Zichy), Tony’s younger sister who is mysterious, elusive, beautiful and completely in control, (while acting totally out of control); Tony’s girlfriend, Michelle (Rachel Thevenard), gorgeous and clever, just not clever enough to realize Tony may not be the right one for her; Tony’s best friend Stanley (Daniel Flaherty), who may just be the right one for Michelle; Cadie (Britne Oldford), possibly dysfunctional and stuck in a pretend relationship with Stanley; Chris (Jesse Carere) no drug is too obscure for him to try, no sexual mountain too high for him to climb; and Tea (Sofia Black-D’Elia), who complicates everyone’s life, and happens to like girls. Rounding out the group are Abbud (Ron Mustafaa), whose parents would prefer he be at a mosque rather than a rave, and Daisy (Camille Cresencia-Mills), the responsible one in the group just itching to break some rules of her own.

Skins is a high-definition production that will be simulcast on The Movie Network and Movie Central’s High Definition channels. All new episodes will be available on demand and on The Movie Network OnLine following the network premieres.

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