TV, eh? podcast: X-Weighted, Rent-a-Goalie, CaptioningSUCKS.com

The latest TV, eh? podcast is now available.

At the top of the show: X-Weighted contestant Gaia joined us to talk about her experience on the Slice network’s weight-loss reality show.
15 minutes past the hour: Christopher Bolton, creator and star of Showcase’s Rent-a-Goalie, talked about the show and the season one DVD release in conversation with Denis McGrath.
50 minutes past the hour: Accessibility advocate Joe Clark chatted about his recently launched website, CaptioningSUCKS.com, which takes aim at crappy closed captioning.

Listen in the player below, visit the show site, orÂ subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

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In the news: Gabrielle Miller of Robson Arms, Corner Gas

From Bill Harris in the Sarnia Observer:

It’s Miller time for TV viewers; actress loves CTV programs
“Filming for the third season of Robson Arms, which debuts Monday on CTV, has been completed. But in mid-May Miller will be back in Saskatchewan taping the sixth and final season of CTV’s Corner Gas. The fifth season of Corner Gas, meanwhile, just aired its fifth-season finale last week. Are you following this?” Read more.

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From Glen Schaefer of the Vancouver Province:

Castmates can always come ‘home’
“The loose, shifting company of players who make up the Robson Arms cast are back on screen again, four years and three seasons after the comic-drama series started as a way of giving new directors and writers a first shot at small-screen fiction.” Read more.

From Elizabeth Withey of the Edmonton Journal:

Calgarians clean up at Rosies
“The television docudrama Mayerthorpe won three Alberta Film and Television Awards at the gala Saturday night, including best made-for-TV movie/mini-series. Calgary also produced several big winners, including the CBC drama Heartland, produced by the city’s Seven24 Films, which won best dramatic series.” Read more.

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Amber Marshall stars as Amy Fleming in Heartland on CBC Television.

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From Stephen Hunt of the Calgary Herald:

CBC’s Intelligence creator looking south
“Since his critically acclaimed CBC series Intelligence was cancelled in March, Vancouver’s Chris Haddock could use new employment. And he’s got at least one dream job in his sights: running the same network that cancelled his show.” Read more.

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Intelligence creator Chris Haddock on set with Matt Frewer as agent Ted Altman.