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In the news: ‘Fresh’ new CBC season

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Jason Chow of the Ottawa Citizen:

  • New CBC shows are something to write home about
    “The usually staid, boring and risk-averse CBC launched four new midseason series last week — The Border, jPod, Sophie and MVP. It’s unlikely the CBC will undo Canada’s addiction to hammy David Caruso anytime soon (CSI: Miami remains the country’s top-ranked show and routinely pulls in more than two-million viewers each week) but the network has finally created a primetime schedule that is actually watchable, and at times fresh and slightly sexy — adjectives that have rarely been associated with the network in recent years.” Read more.
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The Red Green Show 1999 on DVD

Acorn Media announces the February 26, 2008 DVD release of The Red Green Show: 1999 Season, the crowd-pleasing Canadian comedy and PBS hit still running in syndication.

Armed with power tools, off-kilter advice, and preposterous inventions, Red Green and his pals from Possum Lodge amassed a giant fan base during the show’s 15-year run, which ended in April 2006 with exactly 300 episodes. Creator and star Steve Smith features north-of-the-border handyman humor in the vein of Home Improvement, which also debuted on television in 1991.

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Slings and Arrows Complete DVD set

Acorn Media announces the February 5, 2008 DVD release of Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection, the 7-volume discounted collector’s set features all 18 episodes plus a bonus disc with all new extras. The universally acclaimed, hit series stars Paul Gross (Due South), Don McKellar, Martha Burns, and Mark McKinney (Saturday Night Live, Kids in the Hall), who also co-created and co-wrote it. Winner of eight Geminis for the first two seasons, Slings & Arrows final season swept the major 2007 awards, winning Best Dramatic Series, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Writing, and Best Supporting Actor.

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In the news: CBC’s cliched comedy

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From Bill Brownstein of the Montreal Gazette:

  • Radical rethink at CBC coughs up some seriously clichéd comedy
    “Audacious, yes, and for that we give the CBC bonus points. But coherent, clever, comic? Not so much. And let’s just say jPod stars Alan Thicke (yes, that Alan Thicke) and Carol Jarlewski will never be confused for Californication’s David Duchovny and Weeds’s Mary-Louise Parker, although they are cast in similar roles. And that Natalie Brown, playing the mercurial talent agent in Sophie, will never, ever make us forget the most fab Jeremy Piven, playing the mercurial talent agent in Entourage.” Read more.
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