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TV,eh? What's up in Canadian television

In the news: Graham Abbey of The Border

Kate Taylor of the Globe and Mail interviews Graham Abbey of The Border:

  • theborder5From the Bard to Border guard
    “Abbey plays agent Gray Jackson, the action man at Immigration and Customs Security, and can be seen wrestling suspected terrorists to the ground and threatening peddlers of fake passports when the show makes its debut Monday night.” Read more.

Detective Sergeant Gray Jackson (Graham Abbey) in The Border

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In the news: The Border, MVP among worthy series

John Doyle of the Globe and Mail lists what’s worthy on TV:

  • There’s good news this month (just watch out for the fall)
    The Border, CBC, starts Monday: Worth your attention not because it’s brilliant – it isn’t – but because it is anchored in highly charged, headline-grabbing Canadian issues. Outrageously melodramatic at times, it deals with big, big political and social matters in a big, broad manner. MVP, CBC, starts Friday: CBC’s new soap isn’t so much about professional hockey as it is about the bedrooms of the players and the boardrooms of the teams. Sexy, funny and fresh, it’s a gloriously entertaining series.” Read more.

The Mustangs of MVP

The Mustangs of MVP

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In the news: CBC’s sexy new shows

Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail

  • This is not your mother’s CBC
    “This week, the public broadcaster unveils a slew of new shows – including the prime-time soap opera MVP, which focuses on the off-ice antics of hunky hockey players and their bored, bodacious wives, who flash more boob and bottom than ever before seen on our once-staid public broadcaster. With such bold dramas as The Border and jPod, and the single-mom sitcom Sophie rounding out the list of new CBC offerings, it would seem [Richard] Stursberg has made good on his word.” Read more.
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In the news: Canadian shows may benefit from strike

From Andrew Ryan of the Globe and Mail:

  • U.S. strike may deliver Canadian TV homeruns
    “The bill for the U.S. TV writers’ strike finally arrived. In this country, we’ll barely feel the pinch. Viewers will experience some changes in the weeks ahead, but any reduction in service will seem less pronounced on Canadian screens, where the winter forecast includes both frantic U.S.-network strike programming and worthy homegrown programs. Think of it as having the best of both worlds.” Read more.

Plus, Andrew Ryan takes questions live online Monday.

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