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TV,eh? What's up in Canadian television

Flashpoint, The Listener

In the news: Flurry of Canadian dramas

December 6, 2008 Diane Wild

From Kate Taylor of the Globe and Mail:

Have unapologetic Cancon, will travel
“Cops will be chasing robbers and medics will be saving lives across North American television screens in 2009. What’s new is that these dramas will unfold not only in New York and Los Angeles but also on the mean streets of Toronto.” Read more.

Trailer Park Boys

In the news: John Doyle interviews Mike Clattenburg

December 6, 2008 Diane Wild

From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

‘I learned that a show doesn’t have to be derivative to succeed’
“Some people never grasped why Trailer Park Boys was that rare Canadian thing – a pop-culture phenomenon, a TV hit with legions of devoted fans. Most famously, Jim Shaw, top honcho at Shaw Communications, used Trailer Park Boys to attack the genre of TV shows made with the help of the Canadian Television Fund.” Read more.

In the news: Slings and Arrows revisited

December 5, 2008 Diane Wild

From Susan Stewart of the New York Times:

Players Plying Their Love’s Labors
“WHAT can you say about a television series that opens with a handsome actor describing the storm in The Tempest while gesticulating with a toilet plunger? Slings & Arrows begins as it means to go on: simultaneously celebrating the highs and mocking the lows of the New Burbage Theater Festival in New Burbage, Ontario.” Read more.

Uncategorized

In the news: CBC’s reality – I mean, factual entertainment – shows

December 5, 2008 Diane Wild

From Brendan Kelly of Variety:

Canadian network shifts ‘reality’
“Reality is the hot thing at Canuck pubcaster CBC. Just don’t use the dreaded R word around execs at CBC’s Toronto headquarters. That’s because they prefer to call reality fare ‘factual entertainment’ to differentiate their shows from the Survivors and Apprentices of the commercial TV world.” Read more.

Dragons' Den, Ratings, Rick Mercer Report

Ratings: Nov. 24-30

December 5, 2008 Diane Wild

From BBM Canada:

Top Programs â€“ Total Canada
So You Think You Can Dance Canada (1.246 million)
Corner Gas (1.231 million)
Rick Mercer Report (1.138 million)
Dragons’ Den (971,000)