From CBC:
- Newfoundland TV hit to be shown in Australia
The Republic of Doyle, seen each Wednesday night on CBC, has been picked up by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Read more.
Australia to air Republic of Doyle
New tonight: So You Think You Can Dance Canada on CTV – season premiere
Summer’s hottest Canadian dance series is back! Hosted by Leah Miller, the Gemini Award-winning SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA returns and is cranking up the heat for Season 3, beginning with the Toronto auditions. Weighing in on whether or not Canada’s dancers have what it takes are judges Jean Marc Genereux (ballroom champion and guest judge/choreographer on the U.S. version of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE), Tré Armstrong (How She Move), Luther Brown (urban choreographer/Sean Combs) and guest judge Mary Murphy from the U.S. version of the hit series. Judge and choreographer Blake McGrath also returns to put the dancers through the paces during the feared Blake’s Boot Camp.
So You Think You Can Dance Canada season 3 tries to top 1st two
From Debra Yeo of the Toronto Star:
- Fresh legs and fresh moves
“Can So You Think You Can Dance Canada’s third season top the first two? Choreographers Stacey Tookey and Luther Brown think so.” Read more.
New tonight: Comedy Now on CTV – “Ivan Decker”
10 p.m.
Ivan Decker is one of Canada’s most promising young comedians. Decker has made a name for himself in Vancouver, where he won a city-wide contest to perform at Just for Laughs’ Homegrown Comedy Competition. Decker’s style of comedy appeals to any audience, from rural towns to city centers. His people-pleasing attitude translates from his personality to stage performance. In fact, Decker purposely avoids the use of profanity, sexual or drug-related material so that he can please everyone from mother to child.
Journalist not so sure she thinks she can dance
From Debra Yeo of the Toronto Star:
- So I think I can dance: Finding my feet
“As I walked into Bold Dance Studio in Mississauga, I was beginning to feel the folly of my quest: to learn short routines in three dance styles in honour of the new season of So You Think You Can Dance Canada.” Read more.