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Triple Sensation National Open Call Auditions Announced

From a media release:

Triple Sensation’s Executive Producer and Show Creator Garth Drabinsky today announced national open call auditions for the ground-breaking performing arts television series.

The popular CBC series, hailed as “the talent equivalent of a perfect storm… remarkable,” by Liz Nicholls in the Edmonton Journal, showcases a national search for young Canadians aged 16-26 who share a passion for the performing arts and whose combined talent in the acting, singing and dance disciplines is formidable.

Pre-registration for Open Call auditions begins today online at www.triplesensation.ca.

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NBC Picks Up CTV’s The Listener For U.S. Broadcast

The official announcement via a media release:

  • Shaftesbury Films production becomes second CTV series this week to be picked up by major U.S. network

The Listener (working title), a new CTV Original drama from Shaftesbury Films, will also air on NBC in the United States, it was confirmed today. It’s the second time this week a CTV-developed Canadian series has been picked up for broadcast on a major U.S. network in primetime.

Produced by Toronto’s Shaftesbury films, The Listener tells the story of a young man who can read people’s thoughts, and acts on them. It’s the first drama series from Shaftesbury Films to be broadcast in primetime on American network television. NBC has ordered 13 episodes of the one-hour drama series, which was green-lit by CTV last December. Set in Toronto, The Listener is currently in pre-production with shooting set to begin this spring.

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