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In the news: New mid-season shows

Joel Rubinoff of the Waterloo Record lists what’s coming up on TV, including Canadian fare:

  • TV’s Mid-winter Blitz: Reality, replacement and Canadian newbies launch over next 12 weeks
    “Some are midseason replacement series sitting in storage for months, some are in-the-can cable shows airing here well after their U.S. playdates, some are reality shows that, because they’re unscripted, escape the scrutiny of the powerful writers’ union and some are — gasp — Canadian, which may be one of the few times living north of the 49th parallel holds an advantage in terms of TV programming.” Read more.
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In the news: Gamers on TV in jPod

Yvonne Zacharias of the Vancouver Sun interviews some jPodders:

  • Gamers rule the screen in new series
    “Someone had to write a television series based on a group of video game designers. And what better place for that story to be set than in Vancouver, one of the video game capitals of North America? CBC Television’s jPod, a 13-part series, has all the requisite hyper characters and hyped-up plot to reflect the adrenaline-driven and eclectic world of gamers.” Read more.
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In the news: jPod comes to more than just your TV

Marke Andrews of the Vancouver Sun reports on the ancilliary activities around CBC’s new series jPod:

  • jPod – CBC wants you to see the show, read the blogs, play the game
    “When the Vancouver-shot series – based on Vancouver author Douglas Coupland’s novel set at a huge video game corporation – debuts Tuesday, potential viewers can have a jump on it through the show’s website at www.cbc.ca/jpod. There they’ll find virtual sets, blogs of the fictional characters, jPod video games, and an eBay “jPod neighbourhood” where any consumer product directly or even faintly related to the show can be viewed and purchased.” Read more.

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David Kopp as Ethan Jarlewski.

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Upcoming series: True Pulp Murder, Global, Jan. 5

True Crime Documentary Series Debuting

Saturday, January 5 at 10:30 P.M. ET/PT on Global Television

Canada’s leading homicide investigators and crime novelists agree on one thing: Fact is stranger than fiction. The truth is at its most chilling and compelling in TRUE PULP MURDER, a new original series from Make Believe Media, debuting Saturday January 5, 2008 at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Global Television.

Each episode of TRUE PULP MURDER pairs a homicide investigator with one real life author and our fictional graphic novelist. Together they dissect and bring to audiences an assortment of real life murders and their resolutions. Drawn from the case files of the actual cops who solved the mysteries, each episode unravels one macabre mystery in this 13 x 30 series.

TRUE PULP MURDER marries graphic novel stylings with commentary by crime writers. It allows viewers to see the actual events from the point of view of detectives who worked the case, fiction writers who wrote similar stories and a sexy, film noir-ish narrator. It is one part documentary, one part graphic novel, and one part hard-bitten detective drama.

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CTV Announces Canadian Idol Season 6 Audition Tour Stops

From a CTV media release:

CTV has announced details of the sixth cross-country audition tour for Canada’s No. 1 Summer Series, beginning this month, as the 2008 Audition Tour gets set to kick off Saturday, January 26 at the West Edmonton Mall in Edmonton. As announced last night on eTalk, the 10-city tour will cross the country, hitting malls in nine more cities through mid-April. In a Canadian Idol first, the hometown of reigning Idol Brian Melo – Hamilton, Ontario – has been added as a stop on the 2008 Audition Tour.

CTV also announced today that due to the success of the addition of
musical instruments last season – a North American first for Idol which will
now be seen in the upcoming season of American Idol on CTV – all
singer/musicians are once again welcome to audition for Canadian Idol with
instruments in 2008.

In 2007, a whopping 42% of gold ticket winners in Season 5 played a musical instrument. “When CTV announced the addition of musical instruments last year, I knew I had to try out,” said Season 5 champion Brian Melo. “I am so grateful that I did! It has changed my life forever. “

“Canadian Idol continues to defy expectations,” said Susanne Boyce, President, Creative, Content and Channels, CTV Inc. “This show has established itself as the place to be for undiscovered Canadian talent and guest stars alike. We look forward to meeting a new crop of hidden talent this year.”

Auditions will be held in the following 10 cities on the dates listed below. The first four audition venues have been announced; the remaining six venues will be revealed at later dates (all information subject to change).

City Dates Venues
Edmonton, AB January 26/27 West Edmonton Mall
Calgary, AB February 2/3 Sunridge Mall
Vancouver, BC February 9/10 Metropolis at Metrotown
Winnipeg, MB February 23/24 St. Vital Centre
Hamilton, ON March 1/2 To Be Announced
Ottawa, ON March 8/9 To Be Announced
Montreal, QC March 15/16 To Be Announced
Halifax, NS March 29/30 To Be Announced
St. John’s, NL April 12 To Be Announced
Toronto, ON April 19-20 To Be Announced

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