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Stargate Universe S2 premieres October 1 on Space

From a media release:

STARGATE UNIVERSE Rockets Back onto SPACE for Season 2, Beginning October 1

  • Nine-time 2010 Gemini nominee returns for dramatic second season exclusively on SPACE
  • All-star cast starring Robert Carlyle, David Blue and Louis Ferreira

sgu 0171-poster web(2)SPACE’s most-watched series, STARGATE UNIVERSE (SGU), invites viewers to follow their “Destiny” when it blasts back onto the small screen Friday, Oct. 1 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. After a gripping Season 1 finale, control of the Destiny hangs in the balance as the battle continues between the crew and the Lucian Alliance. Shot in Vancouver, the nine-time 2010 Gemini nominated series is also available on demand at www.spacecast.com immediately following its television premiere.

SGU joins SPACE’s electric fall line-up including CAPRICA and SANCTUARY, as previously announced.

When it premiered last October on SPACE, SGU attracted a record-breaking audience for the channel with 624,000 viewers*, before going on to become a ratings juggernaut as one of the most-watched series on SPACE. The series is also critically acclaimed, and has already been nominated for 22 awards, including a 2010 Emmy® for “Outstanding Visual Effects”. SGU was recently nominated for nine Gemini Awards, including “Best Dramatic Series”, “Best Lead Actor” and “Best Director” among others. SGU is tied for second for most 2010 Gemini nominations for a drama behind CTV’s hit series FLASHPOINT.

SGU follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians, who must fend for themselves when their hidden base comes under attack. The desperate survivors emerge aboard the ancient ship Destiny, set on an unknown course and unable to return to Earth.

Season 1 left off with The Destiny crew fighting for their lives when members of the Lucian Alliance come through the Stargate, bent on taking the ship by force. In the Season 2 premiere, control of the Destiny hangs in the balance as the battle continues between the crew and the Lucian Alliance.

SGU stars Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting, The Full Monty) as Dr. Nicholas Rush, a brilliant scientific mind whose motives are not what they appear to be. The series also stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Ming-Na, David Blue, Jamil Walker Smith and Brian J. Smith and Canadian actors Louis Ferreira, Alaina Huffman, Elyse Levesque, and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman.

STARGATE UNIVERSE is written and executive produced by Brad Wright and Robert Cooper (STARGATE SG-1 and STARGATE ATLANTIS).

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Call Me Fitz

Jason Priestley gives used car salesmen a worse name in Call Me Fitz

From Ian Johnston of Metro Canada (bonus: play spot the typos in the headline!):

  • Priestley takes sleazy, morally bankrupt turn in Call Me Fitz
    “Jason Priestley gives used car salesmen an even badder name in the new comedy series Call Me Fitz. As the hard-drinking, embezzling, egomaniacal womanizer Richard Fitzpatrick, Priestley obliterates all lingering thoughts of him as likable teen Brandon Walsh on Beverly Hills 90201.” Read more.
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So You Think You Can Dance Canada: Now there are 14

From a media release:

JESSE Weafer and KIRSTEN Wicklund Take a Bow as They’re Eliminated From So You Think You Can Dance Canada, Leaving 14 to Dance for Canada

  • SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA moves to its new timeslot of Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET and Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET beginning Sept. 22

whl2485(1)It was announced live on CTV tonight that JESSE and KIRSTEN would be leaving the SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA stage. Host Leah Miller revealed the bottom three couples, who then had the chance to dance for their lives. After the judges deliberated, they revealed that JESSE Weafer, 25, a Contemporary dancer from Aurora, ON and KIRSTEN Wicklund, 20, a Contemporary Ballet dancer from Vancouver, BC would be leaving the competition. Fourteen dancers are now left in the running to be named Canada’s Favourite Dancer.

The bottom three couples who performed their solos for the country this week were AMANDA Cleghorn, 19, Mississauga, ON, and DENYS Drozdyuk, 25, Toronto, ON who danced an energetic House routine; CHARLENE Hart, 24, Abbotsford, BC, and JEFF Mortensen, 22, Edmonton, AB, who danced an acrobatic Jazz routine; plus eliminated couple JESSE and KIRSTEN who performed a passion-filled Rumba routine.

Kicking off the results show was a theatre routine created by Sergio Trujillo, the choreographer behind the smash-hit Broadway plays Jersey Boys and Memphis. With half the dancers costumed in zoot suits and flapper dresses, the other dancers went punk for a theatre hip-hop mash up routine. With impressive lifts and tricks, the dancers performed to “Sing Sing Sing Part 1,” a 81neutronz and Sergio Trujillo remix.

Currently averaging 1.11 million viewers per episode, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA moves to its new timeslot with Performance shows Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET and Results shows Thursdays at 8:30 p.m. ET on CTV.

Performing next week on Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. ET on CTV (go to ctv.ca to confirm local listings) in front of judge Jean Marc Genereux and Tré Armstrong as well as guest judges Mia Michaels and Sean Cheesman are:

1. Amanda Cleghorn, 19, a Contemporary dancer from Mississauga, ON
2. Charlene Hart, 24, a Contemporary Jazz dancer from Abbotsford, BC
3. CLAUDIA Primeau, 26, a Ballroom dancer from Montreal, QC
4. Danielle Gardner, 21, a Contemporary dancer from Surrey, BC
5. Denys Drozdyuk, 25, a Ballroom dancer from Toronto, ON
6. Edgar Gilbert-Reyes, 22, a Hip-Hop dancer from Calgary, AB
7. Janick Arseneau, 20, a Contemporary dancer from Bathurst, NB
8. Jeff Mortensen, 22, a Contemporary dancer from Edmonton, AB
9. Jonathan Arsenault, 26 Contemporary dancer from Kitchener, ON
10. Kloé Schultz, 20, a Lyrical-Jazz dancer from North Bay, ON
11. Mackenzie Green, 20, a Contemporary dancer from Regina, SK
12. Nathalie Heath, 23, a Contemporary dancer from Surrey, BC
13. Sebastian Mersch, 21, a Contemporary dancer from Toronto, ON
14. Shavar Blackwood, 25, a Hip-Hop dancer from Toronto, ON

Next week the Top 14 will take to the stage after working with returning choreographers Stacey Tookey, Melissa Williams, Sabrina Matthews, Gustavo Vargas and Danny Arbour, as well as judges Luther Brown and Blake McGrath.

An encore of the Top 16 Performance and Results episodes will air on MuchMusic Saturday, September 18 beginning at 5 p.m. ET (visit muchmusic.com to confirm local broadcast times), and highlights from the weekly SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA episodes, including performances, and behind-the-scenes interviews will be available on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca. For up-to-date information, visit the series’ official website, dance.ctv.ca which gets fans up close and personal with their favourite dancers, judges and choreographers through exclusive photo galleries and blogs, while also providing news, episode recaps, a music guide, quizzes, forums and more.

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Stock & Awe premieres Oct 7 on BNN

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From a media release:

New Original Investor Comedy STOCK & AWE Premieres Oct. 7 on BNN

  • Follow creator, writer and star Hilary Doyle from in debt, to in charge in half-hour comedy for virgin investors
  • Episodes available post-broadcast at BNN.ca

stockawe-212ed(1)There is a defining moment in every young professional’s life, when carefree living goes from charming and bohemian to just plain poor. BNN’s new original Canadian series STOCK & AWE charts the ascent of rogue business reporter, Hilary Doyle, from in debt to in charge. Premiering Thursday, October 7 at 8 p.m. ET on BNN, STOCK & AWE is the first financial news program of its kind in the world. With a gritty, cosmopolitan vibe, the half-hour scripted “comedy” is Markets 101 with attitude – the perfect primer for viewers who want to better understand the complicated world of finance, without sacrificing laughs while they learn.

As a reporter with World Business News, it’s become clear that “Hilary Doyle” preaches more than she practices. Unmasked by her best friend, Liza, as a profligate spender with no contingency plan, Hilary is tossed into the sea of personal finance and investment with no choice but to sink or swim. Armed with financial therapists and an army of experts, Hilary commits to changing her ways.

Calling on some of the brightest minds on Bay Street, Hilary sets forth with determination, a pre-dawn show, and a propensity for dance numbers, making sense of the markets, the indexes, stocks, bonds, diversification, RRSPs, TFSAs, mutual funds and ETFs, trading, timing, taxation, strategy, commodities, ethics, psychology, and everything else you’ve feared you might never really understand, but have promised your financial advisor you do.

Created and produced by Hilary Doyle and Lisa Robertson, STOCK & AWE is written by Hilary Doyle who also stars as the character “Hilary Doyle”. The series is directed by Lisa Robertson. Leanna Crouch is the Supervising Producer. Jack Fleischmann is Executive Producer.

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The Ron James Show

The Ron James Show premieres Sept 24 on CBC

From a media release:

NEW SEASON, NEW FEATURES, NEW LAUGHS: THE RON JAMES SHOW SEASON 2

  • Premieres on CBC-TV, Friday, September 24, at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT)

THE RON JAMES SHOW returns for a second season in its established and enviable timeslot of 8 p.m., on Friday, Sept. 24, on CBC Television. Eleven half-hour episodes will air consecutively throughout the fall, culminating with the annual one-hour New Year’s Eve special that will close the season in classic Ron James’ style.

This second season will see Ron continue to deliver the steady dose of hilarious stand-up and cutting field sketches that have made THE RON JAMES SHOW a coast-to-coast hit on CBC. Rich in satire and physical comedy, the new season will have lots of surprises as Ron introduces hysterical new regular segments to the show.

In the brand new ‘Odes to the Road’, Ron celebrates – in his own razor sharp way – the uniquely Canadian destinations that have made an impact on him during his many years of touring the country.

Also new is the deliciously twisted and MOSTLY imagined adventures of soft-spoken furniture salesman Larry Garibaldi. Fighting off a lifetime of repressed emotions, Larry’s fantasies visit sweet revenge upon exactly the kind people and places that deserve a good old-fashioned comeuppance. Watch every week to see what would happen if Larry Garibaldi ruled the world.

And of course, there’s a whole new season of L’il Ronnie, the beloved animated look at James’early childhood in Cape Breton

THE RON JAMES SHOW shoots in front of a live studio audience at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto. Executive Producers of THE RON JAMES SHOW are Ron James, Lynn Harvey and Garry Campbell. Producer is Lynn Harvey.

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