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TV, eh? podcast episode 16: The TV, eh? Spooktacular Hallowe’en Special

Episode 16: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed

It’s our trick or treat episode: Anthony and Diane trick you for 30 minutes for a 15 minute treat – an interview with Hugh Dillon of Durham County and Flashpoint, who also chats about music and Hard Core Logo.

Before the interview, we babble talk about Halloween themed TV and TV-related costumes, Come Dine With Me Canada, and the Being Erica and The Tudors magical timeslot switch.

Your hosts

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Battle of the Blades announces second chance week

From a media release:

BATTLE OF THE BLADES ANNOUNCES ‘SECOND CHANCE WEEK’

  • All four eliminated pairs will perform next Sunday for a second chance to return to the competition

Tonight's bottom two pairs on Battle of the BladesTrick or treat indeed! It was announced during tonight’s BATTLE OF THE BLADES results show that all four eliminated pairs will be given a second chance to return to the competition. This was a surprise relief for this week’s iced pair, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Patrice Brisebois who still have a chance to win the competition and a $100,000 donation to their chosen charity.

Next Sunday, October 31, at 8 p.m., the four iced pairs: Christine “Tuffy” Hough-Sweeney and Russ Courtnall, Anabelle Langlois and Georges Laraque, Violetta Afanasieva and P.J. Stock, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Patrice Brisebois will return to the ice for a Halloween-themed performance. The two pairs receiving the highest scores from the judges and the most audience votes will move on to Monday’s show where they will skate for the opportunity to get back in the battle. The judges will then decide which pair returns to the competition the following week.

The top four pairs will not be performing next week and will watch the show from the stands next week. They are: Isabelle Brasseur and Todd Warriner, Katia Gordeeva and Valeri Bure, Kyoko Ina and Kelly Chase, Jamie Salé and Theo Fleury.

Viewers can learn more about the competitors at www.cbc.ca/battle, the official online portal for the BATTLE OF THE BLADES. In addition to videos, blogs and behind-the-scene photos, the site offers viewers the opportunity to become fans of their favourite pair and track each participant’s activity as they strive to be the final pair remaining at the end of the series.

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New tonight: Men With Brooms on CBC – “Favour Math”

MWB set 02 hiThe matter of who owes whom is hotly contested as Gary finds himself in debt to April after she helps him with a tax emergency. Desperate to clear the slate, Gary offers to help April move, with disastrous results for April’s property – and for Gary’s escape from servitude. Meanwhile, Pramesh is less than thrilled to find out he’s been appointed Employee of the Month at the business he co-owns, and Bill finds himself yearning for lost youth when a typo in the local paper sends him into mid-life crisis mode.

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New tonight: Canada’s Worst Driver on Discovery Channel – season 6 premiere

g-128(1)CANADA’S WORST DRIVER 5: “Ready, Set, Go!”

Mon., Oct. 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT

Eight of the country’s most appalling drivers and their nominators begin their remedial treatment process by first driving to The Rehab Centre, situated at an undisclosed Ontario training location. A Basic Assessment Challenge reveals a dreadful lack of even the most fundamental driving abilities in all of the candidates. The experts consider this bunch to be the worst group of drivers ever sentenced to CWD Rehab – the collision course is set and it’s anybody’s guess as to who will ultimately be branded Canada’s Worst Driver.

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New tonight: Durham County on HBO Canada – season 3 premiere

DurhamCountySeason38Durham County

Premieres Monday, October 25 at 10 p.m.

Winner of five Gemini Awards, this one-hour Canadian original series from The Movie Network and Movie Central moves to HBO Canada for its third and final season. In the final season, Detective Mike Sweeney and his new task force are investigating the brutal murder of two young boys along a busy stretch of highway, while one of their own officers struggles to bury a dangerous secret. Meanwhile, Audrey and Sadie embark on a new chapter of their lives and Mike must push himself beyond his limits to overcome a sudden tragedy that may tear his family apart forever. Starring Hugh Dillon, Hélène Joy, Laurence Leboeuf, Greyston Holt and new cast member Michael Nardone,

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