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In the news: Robson Arms’ renovation

From Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service:

  • One roof, different worlds
    “Smells like – old paint. The building in Robson Arms may be old, but starting today, the episodes are new. And CTV’s eccentric, slice-of-life anthology series about the wacky, sad and occasionally lonely residents of a low-rise apartment block in Vancouver’s West End will maintain its frisky joie de vivre, insist the show’s creators, Susin Nielsen and Gary Harvey.” Read more.
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In the news: Alisen Down of Robson Arms

From Yvonne Zacharias of the Vancouver Sun:

  • Actress finds comfort in Robson Arms character
    “Actress Alisen Down is going on to her third season playing Sault Ste. Marie, the accident-prone, angst-ridden Bridget Jones-type character of Robson Arms. The series’ third season debuts tonight. Down feels she is getting closer all the time to a character who she describes as ‘everyone’s most embarrassing moment.'” Read more.
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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, or  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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