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TV,eh? What's up in Canadian television

In the news: Campaign to save jPod

From Rob Salem of the Toronto Star:

  • Hot Box, TV worth talking about
    “Pod People: As aggressively un-Canadian as this may seem, a fan campaign has been launched to convince the CBC to resurrect the cancelled jPod. Find out more at savejpod.ca. (The intriguing notion of drowning the network in cough syrup, à la the Jericho fans’ peanut campaign, has been deemed too messy and expensive.)” Read more.

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jPod Podsters (counter clock-wise) Steph Song as Bree, David Kopp as Ethan Jarleswski, Emilie Ullerup as Kaitlin, Ben Ayres as Cowboy, Torrance Coombs as John Doe.

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In the news: 22 Minutes’ Strombeshi

From Robert Cushman of the National Post:

  • This Hour has 60 minutes
    “Recently, This Hour took on The Hour, and you can still see the results on YouTube. This Hour Has 22 Minutes aired a sketch entitled “Strombeshi,” in which an actor impersonating George Stroumboulopoulos gets together with an actor impersonating Jian Ghomeshi for a half-imaginary TV show in which “we talk about ourselves.” It’s a love-in between two guys congratulating themselves on being what it’s probably no longer cool to call cool: on being young and successful and having daily or nightly shows of their own. (“You’re great.” “No, you’re great”.) It’s pretty funny, especially when faux-Jian congratulates faux-George on the number of bands he wears on his wrist to signify his devotion to various charitable causes, one of them being “rubber depletion due to excessive wristbands.” George also spends a lot of time expecting a text-message from Bono, which impresses Jian even when no message arrives.” Read more.

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Durham County comes to Global

From a Global media release:

durhamDurham County, the emotionally powerful Canadian Original drama series makes its Global debut Monday, May 19 – 10pm ET/PT. Starring Hugh Dillon (Trailer Park Boys: The Movie), Durham County revolves around Detective Mike Sweeney and his family as he hunts a serial killer he’s certain is the guy across the street. As Sweeney hunts down his murderous neighbour, the differences between the cop and the killer become blurry. With a shared history that goes all the way back to high school, Sweeney learns you can’t always leave your past behind. Durham County also stars Justin Louis (Saw IV), Helene Joy (ReGenesis) and Greyston Holt.

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