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Podcast

jPod podcast

January 25, 2008 Diane Wild

From Judith Klassen:

jPod judecast
“Jude chats with writer / director Dennis Heaton (Blood Ties, Fido, jPod), Film and TV editor Daria Ellerman (The Collector, Blood Ties, jPod), and long-time podster Doran Aisenstat about the new CBC series jPod and all things Douglas Coupland.” Listen here.

Little Mosque on the Prairie, Ratings

Ratings: Jan. 14-20

January 25, 2008 Diane Wild

From BBM Canada, Corner Gas at #20 (1.163 million), Little Mosque on the Prairie at #29 (910,000):

Top programs – Total Canada

Little Mosque on the Prairie, Ratings

In the news: CBC’s successes

January 25, 2008 Diane Wild

From Brendan Kelly of Variety:

CBC warms up to winter
“Canuck pubcaster CBC’s strategy of preeming top series in January rather than in the fall appears to be paying off, with good ratings for its ambitious slate of new homegrown series. The Canadian network’s market share has increased to 8.1, up from 7.5 last January, and several of the new offerings are among the top-rated Canadian TV shows.” Read more.

Rick Mercer Report

In the news: Rick Mercer Report in Thunder Bay

January 25, 2008 Diane Wild

From the Thunder Bay Source:

Mercer trip free advert
“They say any publicity is good publicity, and Thunder Bay is in for a nationwide dose of it on Tuesday night. Rick Mercer, the man who showed the world that George W. Bush knows nothing about Canada, who convinced Green Party Leader Elizabeth May to cut a tree down and who most recently proved his winter mettle with a chilly polar bear club dip, showed up in Thunder Bay last weekend to shoot a scene for his hilarious CBC show, The Rick Mercer Report.” Read more.

In the news: The Family Restaurant picks a new family

January 25, 2008 Diane Wild

From Shannon Montgomery of the Canadian Press:

‘Family Restaurant’ goes Chinese
“The family dynamics of the entire Quon clan will be served up on television screens across the country next year as they become the new face of “The Family Restaurant” on the Food Network. They take over from another family – the Psalios – who run a chain of Greek restaurants in Edmonton and starred in the show’s first two seasons.” Read more.