From Rob Salem of the Toronto Star:
From Bill Brioux in the Toronto Star:
10 p.m. – COMEDY NOW! – “Darcy Michael†– NEW EPISODE
Coming off a successful debut at the prestigious Just for Laughs festival in Montreal, the Montreal Gazette pegged Darcy Michael as one of their favourites. He has worked alongside the likes of Scott Thompson, Janeane Garafolo, Craig Robinson and Matthew Perry and has made appearances at the Global Comedy Festival, Halifax Comedy Festival, CBC Radio’s The Debaters and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
From a media release:
ROOKIE BLUE’S ARRESTING PREMIERE WINS THE NIGHT WITH 1.8 MILLION VIEWERS
Last night, Global Television’s homegrown drama Rookie Blue was a force to be reckoned with as 1.8 million (2+, national) Canadians tuned into the highly-anticipated series premiere. Airing in simulcast with ABC, the much buzzed-about episode won the night nationally and across all key markets.
South of the border, Rookie Blue was also a ratings success as over seven million viewers tuned into the broadcast on ABC. It was the top-rated scripted summer debut in over a year and easily won its 9pm ET/PT timeslot opposite well-established programs including So You Think You Can Dance (FOX) and CSI (CBS).
ROOKIE BLUE DATA HIGHLIGHTS (All data Adults 18- 49):
Viewers who missed last night’s episode can log onto GlobalTV.com to catch up on the premiere.
The drama continues next week in “Mercury Retrograde†(Thursday, July 1 – 9pm ET/PT), as Detective Sam Swarek (Ben Bass) drags Andy (Missy Peregrym) through his undercover haunts on a mission he won’t explain. At first, Andy assumes Swarek is a rogue cop trying to settle scores from his undercover days. Then she realizes two things: he’s actually trying to track down a missing informant whose life is in danger now that his cover has been blown; and that there is an undeniable attraction between them.
Source:
Canada: All data, as of August 31st 2009, BBM Canada PPM Overnight Data based on Adults 18-49 unless otherwise indicated. BBM NMR Data is used for dates prior to August 31st, 2009.
U.S.: Nielsen Media Research (Fast Affiliate, Live + Same Day Ratings), 6/24/10.
From a media release:
CANADIAN ORIGINAL DOCUSOAP GRIM SWEEPERS PREMIERES ON MYSTERY TV
Radar Station Pictures, in association with Mystery TV, presents the premiere of the one-hour docusoap Grim Sweepers, airing Sunday, July 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Mystery TV. The pilot episode follows Christian Cadieux and his company Crime & Trauma Scene Cleaners Inc. as they set out to clean and decontaminate multiple death and decomposition scenes.
Described as “CSI†meets “Trailer Park Boysâ€Â, Grim Sweepers tackles cleaning challenges left over from murders, suicides, drug labs, animal infestations and disease. The crew faces messes, odours, stains, larva and bodily fluid, all while balancing professional conflicts and personal relationships.
It takes a special kind of personality to head up Canada’s most colourful, quirky and eccentric cleaning business. With the stress of growing a revolutionary business and competition on the rise, there’s never a dull moment for Cadieux and the intriguing cast of employees he counts as friends.
Christian Cadieux is President of Crime & Trauma Scene Cleaners Inc. He and his employees offer nationwide service and training for the safe, effective, clean-up and removal of Biohazardous Infectious Materials.
Grim Sweepers is produced by Radar Station Pictures Inc. in association with Canwest Broadcasting with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit, and the Canadian Film and Video Production Tax Credit.