From Lindsey Ward of Sun Media:
From a media release:
Rookie pilots. Antique planes. Impossible jobs.
It’s the classic frontier story. Young pilots with a taste for adventure come to Yellowknife-based Buffalo Airways to earn their wings and fly the same vintage aircraft their grandfathers flew in WWII. But it’s a different war now: a war against bitter cold and frequent breakdowns, a war to haul people and supplies in the toughest conditions on Earth.
Continue reading Ice Pilots NWT premieres Nov. 18 on History Television
From Joe Warmington of the Toronto Sun:
From a media release:
SEX, GUNS, THE MOB AND MONEY. JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE INSURANCE BUSINESS
Showcase delves deep into the surprisingly dangerous and often unsavory world of insurance fraud and investigation with the launch of the new original dramatic series Cra$h & Burn. The 13 one-hour episodes will air Wednesdays at 9 pm ET/PT beginning November 18, 2009. This marks the first time a one-hour original drama has been solely commissioned by Showcase.
Cra$h & Burn follows streetwise insurance adjuster Jimmy Burn as he navigates the gritty city streets. He is squeezed between the cutthroat corporate culture that is big insurance, the con artists that make a living claim by claim and the city-wide infiltration of organized crime. Throughout the series, Jimmy must dodge shifty clients, crooked lawyers, backstabbing co-workers and the Russian mob as he fights to keep his job. All the while, fighting to make a life for himself and struggling to grab a piece of the middle-class dream – home, family and security.
Continue reading Crash & Burn premieres Nov. 18 on Showcase
On October 26, it’s probably best to leave your car in the driveway and just stay home. Why? With a whole new gang of motor-challenged participants, Discovery Channel revs up a brand new season of CANADA’S WORST DRIVER, premiering Monday, October 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
