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Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… Announces Guest Line-up For September

From a media release:

eltonjohn theo 10727374 max[1] (2) thumbThe final set of guests to appear on Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… was announced today. The new talk/performance series is set to premiere later this year on CTV in Canada, Sundance Channel in the U.S. and Channel 4 in the U.K., with FremantleMedia Enterprises launching the series for international sale at MIPCOM in Cannes, France, in October 2008.

Confirmed guests for episodes taping over the next two weeks at Harlem’s world famous Apollo Theater in New York City are: iconic American singer-songwriter James Taylor; jazz legend, and winner of this year’s Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Herbie Hancock; one of the most acclaimed new artists of the past decade, Canadian Rufus Wainwright; the brilliant singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash; actor/singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson; jazz superstar Diana Krall; recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee John Mellencamp; singer-songwriter Jakob Dylan; indie duo She & Him, comprised of actress Zooey Deschanel and musician M. Ward; international sensation Norah Jones; singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis; and from the world of opera, the renowned American soprano Renée Fleming.

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Sanctuary premieres Oct. 3

From a media release:

THE MOVIE NETWORK AND MOVIE CENTRAL’S NEW ORIGINAL SERIES SANCTUARY EXPLORES THE EXTRAORDINARY USING CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY

  • A series from some of the innovative talents behind Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis
  • Sanctuary premieres Friday, October 3 on The Movie Network and Movie Central, day-and-date with SCI FI Channel in the U.S.

Astral Media’s The Movie Network (eastern Canada) and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (western Canada) delve deep into an incredible and breathtaking new world in Sanctuary, a new original drama that is one of the first ever television series to be conceived from an Internet-based concept. Premiering day-and-date with SCI FI Channel, Sanctuary debuts with a two-hour premiere on Friday, October 3 at 9 p.m. ET on The Movie Network and 8 p.m. PT on Movie Central. Subsequent episodes of the series will air at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT.

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So You Think You Can Dance Canada debuts

From CTV:

Thursday, September 11
8 p.m. So You Think You Can Dance Canada TWO-HOUR SERIES PREMIERE
dsg 9770(1) thumbHosted by MuchMusic’s Leah Miller, So You Think You Can Dance Canada kicks off its inaugural season for the search of Canada’s favourite dancer at the Toronto auditions. Judging whether the dancers have what it takes are permanent judges Tre Armstrong (How She Move) and Jean Marc Genereux (ballroom champion and guest judge/choreographer on the U.S. version of So You Think You Can Dance), alternating third judge Luther Brown (urban choreographer/Sean Combs) and special guest judge Mary Murphy from the U.S. version of the hit series.

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New Flashpoint tonight

From CTV:

Thursday, September 11
10 p.m. Flashpoint
“Never Kissed A Girl” ALL-NEW EPISODE
When a young man holds a courtroom hostage in an attempt to clear his name for a crime he didn?t commit, an SRU team member is in the wrong place at the wrong time and must find a way to safely defuse a critical situation. Mpho Koaho (Doomstown) guest stars.

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