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Being Erica, Ratings, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Ratings: Wild Roses premiere

From Marise Strauss of Media in Canada:

  • Wild Roses debut beat Being Erica numbers
    “The soapy Roses managed a slightly higher 627,000 viewers the following night at 9 pm, beating the debut of last year’s jPod in the same timeslot by some 150,000 viewers. The Alberta-set drama had help from a strong lead-in by the Rick Mercer Report with nearly one million, followed by This Hour Has 22 Minutes with 650,000.” Read more.

From Craig Takeuchi of the Georgia Straight:

  • Alberta’s Wild Roses outperforms 90210
    “The debut of CBC’s new Tuesday night drama Wild Roses, in which a matriarchal family struggles to maintain ownership over land desired by the former owner’s son, attracted 627,000 viewers, according to Playback Daily. In comparison, the teen soap 90210 averaged 467,000 viewers.” Read more.
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Flashpoint

In the news: The stars of Flashpoint

From Bruce Demara of the Toronto Star:

  • No local flash in the pan
    “It must be some kind of record – roles in four TV series lasting longer than one season in the past 14 years – but hometown boy Enrico Colantoni shrugs it off expansively.” Read more.

From the Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star:

  • Strike has given ‘Flashpoint’ a shot
    “BECAUSE she was a young acting and singing heartthrob early in her career, actress Amy Jo Johnson drew lots of attention when “Flashpoint” premiered last summer on CBS. The show, which kicks off a second season of sorts tonight on the same network, has a solid cast.” Read more.
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Canada's Next Top Model

Canada’s Next Top Model casting tour

From a media release:

Strike A Pose! CTV Announces First-Ever CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL Nation-Wide Casting Tour

  • Five-city casting tour begins January 16 in Vancouver with stops in Edmonton, Halifax, Montreal, and Toronto

Dream of strutting on the runway? The chance is closer than ever as CTV brings the catwalk to malls across the country in a CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL first. CTV announced today details for the first-ever, regional open casting tour. Girls with hopes of jumpstarting their modelling career have another great opportunity to prove they have what it takes to be Canada’s next ‘IT” girl. Set to strut from coast-to-coast, the five-city tour hits malls nationwide beginning Friday, January 16 at the Brentwood Town Centre in Vancouver. As announced last night on ETALK, the tour also includes stops in Edmonton, Halifax and Montreal, before concluding in Toronto on January 23. Nearly 4,000 applications from across the country have already been submitted to date online (another TOP MODEL first) and by mail. Now, even more will throw their hat into the ring. But in the end, only 10 women will be chosen to compete on-air.

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