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Haven

Haven renewed for season 2

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From a media release:

HAVEN RENEWED FOR SEASON TWO

Haven, Syfy’s original series from leading independent producer Entertainment One (eOne), has been renewed for season two. The 13-episode season will commence production on location in Nova Scotia in Spring 2011 with an eye towards a Summer 2011 premiere.

Haven, starring Emily Rose, is based on The Colorado Kid from renowned author Stephen King. The series follows FBI agent Audrey Parker (Rose), who takes up residence in the small town of Haven, Maine and soon discovers the town’s many secrets. A longtime refuge for people with an eclectic range of supernatural abilities, Haven also holds the key to unlocking the mysteries of Audrey’s lost past. Among the townspeople are local cop Nathan Wuornos (Lucas Bryant) and the mysterious and charming Duke Crocker (Eric Balfour).

The creative team behind Haven includes showrunner Scott Shepherd (Tru Calling, The Dead Zone) as well as his partners, executive producers Lloyd Segan and Shawn Piller (The Dead Zone, Wildfire, Greek) who are joined by eOne’s John Morayniss (Hung, Rookie Blue) Noreen Halpern (Hung, Rookie Blue) and Laszlo Barna (The Bridge, Call Me Fitz). The pilot was written by Sam Ernst & Jim Dunn (The Dead Zone) who also serve as executive producers on the series.

In Canada, Haven ranks as one of the top five series for Showcase in Adults 25-54.*

* Source:Canada: BBM-PPM Data – May 31 – August 29 2010

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Battle of the Blades

2nd pair eliminated from Battle of the Blades

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ANABELLE LANGLOIS AND GEORGES LARAQUE ARE THE SECOND ICED PAIR ON BATTLE OF THE BLADES

  • Isabelle Brasseur and Todd Warriner return for another week –

2AnabelleGeorgesOct11(1)Despite their best efforts in bringing sexy back, Anabelle Langlois and Georges Laraque were eliminated tonight on BATTLE OF THE BLADES. Isabelle Brasseur and Todd Warriner, who also found themselves in the bottom two, will remain in the game for another week maintaining their chance to win a $100,000 donation to their charity of choice.

Skating to Seal’s ‘Kiss From a Rose,’ Anabelle and Georges’ romantic performance earned them a total score of 17.0 from the judges. This week’s judging panel: Sandra Bezic, Jeremy Roenick and guest judge Marie-France Dubreuil praised tonight’s performances and were amazed by both pairs’ improvement from Sunday’s show. For their efforts, Hockey for Haiti – a charity that pairs the National Hockey League Players’ Association with World Vision Canada to help rebuild the Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince, Haiti – will receive a $25,000 donation in Anabelle and Georges’ honour.

The six pairs returning to compete on Sunday, October 17 are: Violetta Afanasieva and P.J. Stock, Shae-Lynn Bourne and Patrice Brisebois, 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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Haven

New tonight: Haven season finale on Showcase

Monday, October 11 at 10pm ET/PT

Audrey struggles with a shocking revelation in her investigation that the person she is searching for is not her mother, but actually herself. Meanwhile, a new mystery comes to town in the form of an enigmatic criminal with a past in Haven and ties to everyone from Duke, Vince and Dave, to Chief Wuornos and Nathan. Audrey and Nathan must act fast as the riddled mysteries that have been plaguing Haven suddenly grow worse, and they must connect the dots before the investigation falls apart.

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Hiccups season 2 in production

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From a media release:

Sparrow Media Company Inc. Announces Start of Production on Season 2 of the CTV/The Comedy Network Series HICCUPS

  • Season 1 of hit comedy series secures international distribution rights with Electus Distribution
  • Millie takes the Grumpaloos to Tinseltown in Season 2
  • Catch encore Season 1 episodes on The Comedy Network

image001Sparrow Media Company Inc., in association with CTV and The Comedy Network announce that production is underway on Season 2 of Brent Butt’s hit comedy series Hiccups. This season, Millie goes to Hollywood to firm up a Grumpaloo movie deal, Stan (Brent Butt) and Anna’s (Paula Rivera) life gets interrupted when Millie (Nancy Robertson) moves in, and Millie obsesses about the sound of her voice when a talking Missy Grumpaloo doll is introduced. On the heels of securing international distribution rights with Electus Distribution for Season 1, the 13-episode half-hour series will shoot its second season in Vancouver until December, 2010.

Ben Silverman, the award-winning producer and CEO of Electus, has secured the international distribution rights for the first season in a sub-distribution deal with Thunderbird Films through Electus Distribution.

Season 1 of Hiccups premiered to 1.9 million viewers on March 1, making it the most-watched premiere of any scripted Canadian series and the new #1 comedy program (Canadian or American) of the year.

Viewers can catch encore broadcasts of Season 1 on The Comedy Network Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/PT and on demand at watch.ctv.ca.

Hiccups stars Nancy Robertson (Corner Gas, Robson Arms) as Millie Upton, a successful children’s author who is socially unpredictable, except for being predictably inappropriate. She is prone to sudden outbursts of laughter, sadness and rage. All traits that her life coach Stan (Brent Butt) tries to subdue, her publisher Joyce (Laura Soltis, The Guard) fails to keep under wraps and her slick but useless agent Taylor (David Ingram, Queer As Folk) is too self-centred to notice. Meanwhile, Stan finds life-support in his wide-eyed and slightly bewildered wife, Anna (Paula Rivera, Flashpoint), who does her best to support his impractical dream of becoming a life coach. All observed by the sardonic eye of Joyce’s spoiled receptionist, Crystal (Emily Perkins, Gingersnaps).

Created, written and executive produced by Brent Butt (Corner Gas), Hiccups is also executive produced by Laura Lightbown (DaVinci’s Inquest, Intelligence) and David Storey (Corner Gas). Producers are Nancy Robertson (Corner Gas) and Arvi Liimatainen (Da Vinci’s Inquest, Intelligence) and supervising producer is Andrew Carr (Corner Gas).

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New tonight: Shattered on Global – “Sound of a Strap”

smallWednesday, September 29 – 10pm ET/PT

Ben, Lynch, Terry and Hall meet the coroner and a flurry of forensic technicians at a trailer park where five male teenagers have been discovered, all shot to death. Clues at the scene lead Ben to believe that the hit was gang-related and there may also be a witness. A search of the area uncovers a bruised, partially dressed and terrified girl, who claims not to remember anything.

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