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In the news: Sophie’s success

March 13, 2008 Diane Wild

From Brendan Kelly of Canwest News Service:

CBC has a hit with Sophie
“Well two months in, Sophie is doing just fine, thank you very much. The comedy about a stressed-out young mother running a talent agency regularly pulls-in just under 600,000 viewers, which is a highly-respectable performance for a show on our national public broadcaster. It is even more notable given that the local laugher goes head-to-head with ratings juggernaut American Idol on rival CTV.” Read more.

Little Mosque on the Prairie

In the news: Ratings last week

March 12, 2008 Diane Wild 3 Comments

From Media in Canada:

Englishman weathers Oprah
“CanWest’s E! network debuted its own homegrown sitcom, About a Girl, on Sunday, March 2 at 7:30 pm to 26,000 viewers in Ontario and 4,000 in BC. Those numbers dropped significantly the following week to 19,000 and 400, respectively. The series follows a college sophomore who decides to move in with four male roommates.” Read more.

Degrassi

In the news: Degrassi’s family focus

March 12, 2008 Diane Wild

From The Suburban:

Degrassi’s focus on family issues
“Few Canadian dramatic TV programs share the success of the Degrassi franchise. When the original Kids of Degrassi hit the small screen 27 years ago, few could have predicted that it would morph into four spinoffs, with the latest, Degrassi: The Next Generation, in its seventh season on CTV.” Read more.

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Due South fan convention

March 12, 2008 Diane Wild

cast ‘RCW139: Toronto Holiday’ is the 2008 return of the world’s biggest Due South convention, which will take place August 15-17 at the Toronto Bloor Yorkville Mariott hotel. The conventions ran during the mid-late nineties when Due South aired, and proved to be incredibly successful attracting hundreds of fans from across the globe and special guests including Paul Gross, David Marciano, Callum Keith Rennie and many others.

This event promises to be the biggest yet with members of the cast due to attend, and fans from across the world purchasing tickets to attend and take part in many activities including a gala dinner, guest talks, and shooting location tours. More information about the event and how to purchase tickets/accomodation etc can be found at www.rcw139.org, or email us at info@rcw139.org

Heartland

In the news: MVP axed, Heartland continues

March 11, 2008 Diane Wild

From Kathy Rumleski of Sun Media:

‘MVP’ benched after one season
“MVP didn’t score with enough viewers so CBC cancelled the highly touted, steamy show — filmed mainly in London — about hockey players’ private lives. Its last episode airs tonight.” Read more.