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TV,eh? What's up in Canadian television

In the news: The world of The Border

Vinay Menon of the Toronto Star reviews the new CBC show:

  • theborder12Border between thought and action
    “As seen through the gleaming glass walls of ICS headquarters, the world is indeed turbulent and crackling with menace. But it is also shot through with political expediency, rushes to judgment and internecine squabbles over jurisdiction and accountability, all of which propel the narrative as much as the criminal schemes and misdeeds.” Read more.

Detective Sergeant Gray Jackson (Graham Abbey)

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In the news: Steph Song of jPod

Guy Dixon of the Globe and Mail interviews the jPod actress:

  • Give her a role she can really sink her background into
    “Steph Song was once voted the world’s sexiest woman of 2006 by the readers of the Asian edition of the lad magazine FHM, for which she posed for a few cover shots in bikinis or wisps of camisoles. It was an image detour from her workaday acting background in Asia and the smart, if sexy image she’s now cultivating in Canada – most recently as a playfully edgy digital-effects artist burdened by the expectations of her Chinese parents in the CBC Television series jPod, premiering tomorrow.” Read more.

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Steph Song as Bree in jPod

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In the news: James McGowan of The Border

James McGowan writes a diary for the National Post:

  • My fiery flashbacks
    “I have spent months creating, grounding, fleshing out Major Mike Kessler, Head of ICS–Immigration and Custom Security. I live and breathe him in 2007. But today, we are flashing back in time 14 years to an event and the start of a relationship that defines his life, and it occurs to me, for the first time in five months of shooting, I’m anxious about my scenes.” Read more.

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James McGowan as Major Mike Kessler

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In the news: The Border showcases Canadian border security

From the Associated Press:

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In the news: Sophie premieres Wednesday

Nelson Wyatt of the Canadian Press is charmed by CBC’s upcoming Sophie:

  • Debut of ‘Sophie’ takes the chill off January
    “[Natalie] Brown will soon be lighting up the screen as the star of “Sophie,” a smart and sexy CBC-TV show that chronicles the misadventures of a single mom who’s having the worst year of her life. The dialogue crackles out of the mouths of the show’s top-notch cast, while the rich look of the 30-minute sitcom belies the fact that a good chunk is shot in a warehouse in Repentigny, Que., near Montreal.” Read more.

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Natalie Brown is Sophie. Photo by Dustin Rabon.

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