From BBM Canada, Canadian Idol at #3 (1.379 million), Corner Gas at #22 (672,000), How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria at #26 (590,000):
Ratings: June 9-15
In the news: CBC not wrong on MVP
From Bill Harris of Sun Media:
- At least this time, CBC got it right
” A “gotcha” mentality has crept into most conversations about MVP, the cancelled CBC series that gets a crack on ABC tonight. But even though this will make us even more unpopular among our colleagues, we have to defend CBC on this one.” Read more.
Upcoming TV, eh? Blogtalkradio show: Directors David Winning and Martin Wood
This Sunday is another TV, eh? show on Blogtalkradio, and it’s a Banff World Television Festival director extravaganza. First up is director David Winning, who has directed numerous television and film projects on both sides of the border. Call in at 646-200-4063, 11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern, to talk about his adventures on shows such as Blood Ties, Andromeda, Earth: Final Conflict, Dinotopia, Dinosapien, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Sweet Valley High, and many more.
Following that live discussion, I’ll play an excerpt of the interview I did with executive producer and director Martin Wood of Sanctuary, Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. It includes material that didn’t make it into my article , such as more on Sanctuary’s innovative filming process and a solid answer to the elusive question I’ve been asked more than once: Why is Vancouver such a hotbed of science fiction filming?
Tune in to TV, eh? on Blogtalkradio Sunday, June 22 at 11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern or listen to the podcast later.
In the news: MVP premiere on SOAPnet
From Buddy TV:
- ‘MVP’ Starts Tonight
“Here’s one made just right for me – at least on paper. SOAPnet unveils its latest sizzling new baby, when MVP – about the Canadian Mustangs hockey team – premieres tonight at 11. This is right up my alley for the simple reason that ice hockey is my sport of choice to follow.” Read more.
From the New York Daily News:
- ‘MVP’ is everyone’s favorite sport, plus hockey
“The Mustangs are an unusual hockey team. They only seem to recruit players who look like their previous experience came in a Calvin Klein ad. They also don’t seem to play any hockey – or at least we never see any hockey on opening night of SoapNet’s latest steamy drama, MVP.” Read more.
In the news: MVP in the NYT
From Ginia Bellafante of the New York Times:
- For a Hockey Player’s Workouts Off the Ice, Go Straight to the Videocam
“Within the first few minutes of MVP, a new drama — and I use that term as one might call Big Momma’s House a film — a young woman barely out of her teens is straddling a guy upstairs during a party at her parents’ Disney World castle of a house, and making royal demands: ‘You work for me now. Take your pants off.’ More trousers tumble, going forward: off the hips of a practically mute underwear model as well as a coke-addicted hobby pornographer, who secretly shoots his one-night stands from the vantage point of what appears to be a stuffed-donkey cam. He’s not a Democrat; he’s Canadian, and a hockey player. When he picks up a new conquest at his team captain’s funeral, he labels the tape of their lascivious efforts at mourning Funeral Chick. MVP, which begins Thursday on SoapNet, is itself a Canadian import, and it forces us to ask: Really, what has Nafta wrought?” Read more.
