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Awards

Shaw Rocket Prize finalists announced

From a media release:

THREE OUTSTANDING CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS SELECTED AS FINALISTS FOR THE 2008 SHAW ROCKET PRIZE

The best in children’s television will contend for $50,000 prize
with the winner decided by a 700-member National Student Jury

The Shaw Rocket Prize is pleased to announce its three finalists for this year’s $50,000 winner-takes-all prize. The Shaw Rocket Prize recognises this year’s best Canadian television programming targeted for children 12 and under.

An international jury of highly esteemed industry experts in children’s television and media selected the finalists for the Shaw Rocket Prize. Jury members Adina Pitt, Vice President, Content Acquisitions and Co-Productions, Cartoon Network and Boomerang; Finn Arnesen, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Original Series and International Development, Turner Broadcasting; Frank Dietz, Head Acquisitions & Co-Productions, Super RTL; Marc Buhaj, Senior Vice President of Programming, Jetix Europe; and Michael Carrington, Controller, CBeebies BBC Children’s, made the announcement at a reception held today during the 9th Annual KidScreen Summit in New York City.

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Ratings

MVP, The Border sinking in ratings

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From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

  • MVP Needs Performance Enhancement
    “CBC’s sexy new hockey wives drama is simply not scoring with viewers. MVP’s second Tuesday outing netted just 221,000 viewers, down from last Tuesday and down from the sorry numbers in its original Friday night timeslot. … The numbers are also starting to tilt the wrong way on Monday nights for another new CBC drama, The Border, down to 494,000 this week, despite an incredibly timely episode about illegal organ harvesting. … The new CBC reality show The Week The Women Went drew 687,000 the same night, remarkable when you consider it has now officially become THE DULLEST TV SHOW EVER MADE. … Global’s The Guard held steady at 538,000 Tuesday.” Read more.
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In the news: McGill conference on ‘Are We American?’

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From Peggy Curran of the National Post:

  • Road to fame in Canada often takes a detour through Hollywood
    “Montreal actor David Julian Hirsh has a theory about Canadian stars-in-waiting: The best way to make it here is by making it somewhere else first. ‘I get hired in Canada because I’m in Los Angeles,’ said Hirsh, who starred in the Showcase series Naked Josh for three seasons before landing the role of Jake in the CBC mini-series St. Urbain’s Horseman.” Read more.
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In the news: Project X, Triple Sensation

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From Yvonne Zacharias of the Vancouver Sun:

  • Hollywood North: How do you make science sexy?
    “CBC TV thinks it has come up with the right chemistry. A slick, fun, fast-paced half-hour weekly show called Project X. The scientific sleuths on the show take viewers into swamps, garbage dumps, university labs, test facilities, underground tunnels, shooting ranges, kitchens, hardware stores, salvage yards and elsewhere to unearth solutions to probing scientific questions.” Read more.
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Overruled! coming to Family Channel

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From Broadcaster Magazine:

  • Shaftesbury Films’ Begins Production on Series for Family Channel
    “Shaftesbury Films, the producers of the hit comedy series Life with Derek and Family Channel, an Astral Media Television Network, partner on the new half-hour teen comedy series OVERRULED! Filming of the first 13 episodes runs until February 27 in Toronto. Commissioned by Family Channel, OVERRULED! is scheduled to air later this year on Family Channel in Canada and Disney Channel in the U.S.” Read more.
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