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TV,eh? What's up in Canadian television

In the news: Nicholas Campbell on Da Vinci

June 12, 2008 Diane Wild

From Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service:

Actor reprises Da Vinci in made-for-TV movie
“Dominic Da Vinci, the fictional mayor of Vancouver in Da Vinci’s City Hall and one-time crusading coroner of Da Vinci’s Inquest, may be world-weary, but there’s nothing old about the man himself, says the actor who has given Da Vinci life since Da Vinci’s Inquest first aired on CBC in 1998.” Read more.

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In the news: Robson Arms cancellation

June 12, 2008 Diane Wild

From Craig Takeuchi of the Georgia Straight:

CTV evicts Robson Arms
“Executive producers Brian Hamilton and Susin Nielsen told the Straight in a conference call that they were saddened by the recent cancellation of Robson Arms.” Read more.

Little Mosque on the Prairie

In the news: From Little Mosque to Othello

June 12, 2008 Diane Wild

From the Canadian Press:

‘Little Mosque’ stars stretch wings for TV adaptation of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’
“Zaib Shaikh, who plays the affable and occasionally rattled imam on Little Mosque on the Prairie, was itching to do something darker during a break from shooting the popular CBC comedy late last year. He found himself pondering a television adaptation of Othello: The Tragedy of the Moor with his Little Mosque co-star, Carlo Rota, in the title role. Rota, too, was keen to ‘stretch his wings.'” Read more.

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In the news: Brent Butt of Corner Gas

June 10, 2008 Diane Wild

From Stephen Hunt of the Calgary Herald

Gassed up and ready to go: Butt has cornered the market on clean comedy
“Brent Butt, the comedy kingpin behind Corner Gas–its star, director and writer–was, as fate would have it, born the same day (August 3, 1966) a comedy legend, Lenny Bruce, died. One (Bruce) famously profane, groundbreaking comic left us, and a kinder, gentler funnyman, who was honoured Monday at the Banff Television Festival for his career in comedy, arrived.” Read more.

Degrassi, Flashpoint, Little Mosque on the Prairie

In the news: Toronto TV production picks up

June 10, 2008 Diane Wild

From Rob Salem of the Toronto Star:

Everything the traffic will allow: It’s show business again everywhere in Toronto, and most of the new TV production is Canadian
“Production in town has picked up considerably, and for a change it’s almost entirely our own. … CTV’s Flashpoint and The Listener are out there, fighting crime in the streets of Toronto â€“ which is, at long last, actually Toronto, and not some generic American city, which will no doubt confuse the hell out of the Americans who will be watching. (Both shows have already been sold for export.)” Read more.