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In the news: Iceman meets Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures

From Bill Harris of QMI Agency:

  • Medical drama slices up dark humour
    “Shawn Ashmore was asked what would happen if Iceman walked into Mercy Hospital. Ashmore naturally would have the best take on that. Not only has he played Iceman in the X-Men movies, but the fictional Toronto Mercy Hospital is the setting for his new TV series Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, which debuts Sunday on HBO Canada.” Read more.
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Republic of Doyle

Review: Republic of Doyle pilot

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From Myles McNutt of Cultural Learnings:

  • Series Premiere: Republic of Doyle – “Pilot”
    “Doyle is not a terrible show, but what it struggles with is feeling like it actually knows what it is: numerous shots of the St. John’s harbour and the colourful houses of the downtown aren’t enough to give the show any sort of distinctive Newfoundland identity, and the show doesn’t bother to get onto its feet before throwing us into a bland procedural structure in order for us to come to care about these characters in any capacity.” Read more.
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Dragons' Den, Heartland, Ratings, Republic of Doyle

Ratings: Republic of Doyle, 18 to Life, Dragons’ Den, Heartland

From a media release:

CBC TV’S NEW SEASON OF CANADIAN PROGRAMMING DELIVERS PHENOMENAL RATINGS WITH A NEWFOUNDLAND-BASED P.I. SERIES AND A FRESH MONDAY NIGHT FAMILY COMEDY

After a strong fall season, CBC Television’s slate of new and returning Canadian programs for winter 2010 continues to connect with millions of Canadians, garnering blockbuster ratings for the debuts of 18 TO LIFE (779,000 viewers) and REPUBLIC OF DOYLE at just under one million viewers (969,000), plus outstanding showings for HEARTLAND (maintaining more than one million viewers each week) and DRAGONS’ DEN (1.9 million).

Still to come: the highly-anticipated return of THE KIDS IN THE HALL with their mystery comedy miniseries DEATH COMES TO TOWN, premiering January 12 and airing Tuesdays at 9 p.m.

*All numbers based on overnight unconfirmed PPM Data.

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In the news: Vincent Lam on Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures series

From Cassandra Szklarski of the Canadian Press:

  • ‘Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures’ hits small screen as racy medical miniseries
    “Sex, alcohol addiction and long-simmering emotional trauma – such is life in the Toronto-based medical drama Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures. Based on the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize-winning book by doctor/writer Vincent Lam, the racy TV miniseries picks up where Lam’s collection of short stories leaves off, with its tortured characters already well into the dysfunction that marked the surprise literary hit. Lam says it never occurred to him ‘in the slightest’ that his book would ever end up onscreen, but the soft-spoken author says he’s enjoyed being a consultant on the eight-part TV series, even though he doesn’t watch much TV himself.” Read more.
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