From BBM Canada, Little Mosque on the Prairie at #27 (880,000), Corner Gas at #30 (828,000):
Ratings: Dec. 10-16
Upcoming series: The Rig: Oil Sands, OLN, Dec. 26
From a media release:
Alberta’s Booming Oil Industry Takes the Spotlight When The Rig: Oil Sands Premieres December 26 on OLN
Climb into the middle of an amazing crew of oil workers when The Rig: Oil Sands premieres Wed., Dec. 26 at 9 p.m. ET/11 p.m. PT on OLN. The second season reunites us with 31-year-old Donny MacPhee, the tough-minded, straight-shooting rig manager from season one. After months at home, stranded by an industry-wide slowdown, MacPhee is chomping at the bit. He leaps at a job offer from emerging oil company Bronco Energy, which has just inked a groundbreaking new partnership with the Bigstone Cree First Nation in Wabasca, Alberta. MacPhee’s task? Build a new rig, assemble a new crew, get the untested rig into the field and drill a series of wells – in five short months – in Wabasca’s intensely demanding environment.
Continue reading Upcoming series: The Rig: Oil Sands, OLN, Dec. 26
January return dates for Corner Gas, Degrassi
From a CTV media release:
In all, CTV’s schedule will see the influx of eight series new to the schedule next month, joining Top 10 favourite The Amazing Race and Canada’s No.1 comedy series Corner Gas which continues with new episodes throughout the month.
Monday nights on CTV features the hot new series Dance War: Bruno vs.
Carrie Ann (Jan. 7) at 8 p.m., followed by the return of Corner Gas (Jan. 14) with new episodes at 9:30 p.m. Bookending the all-new Monday night line-up is Season 7 of Degrassi: The Next Generation at 7:30 p.m. and the return of Top 20 hit Medium (Jan. 7) at 10 p.m.
- Degrassi: The Next Generation: Mondays at 7:30 p.m. beginning January 14 (Season Premiere on Thursday, Jan. 10 from 8-9 p.m.
- Corner Gas: Continues Mondays at 9:30 beginning January 14
In the news: Intelligence’s future
Ilona Beiks of Media in Canada reports on the prospects for Intelligence:
Intelligence faces uncertain future
“CBC insists it hasn’t yet made a decision about Intelligence, and media buyers remain upbeat about Chris Haddock’s beleaguered series, despite its weakening ratings. But word from the set is that there won’t be a third season of the series.” Read more.
Photo: Klea Scott as Mary Spalding
In the news: The year in television
John Doyle of the Globe and Mail looks back at the year in television, who mentions Little Mosque on the Prairie, Corner Gas, Intelligence, and Durham County:
Strikes, flops, angst, egos – and some great TV
“The attention given to Little Mosque caused Canadian-made TV to be newsworthy; the CBC show even poached several writers from CTV’s Corner Gas to help with its second season. Regrettably, Little Mosque has largely failed to find the right degree of memorable comedy in its second season. But Corner Gas has managed to be vastly entertaining, week after week.” Read more.
Photo: Rayaan (Sitara Hewitt, right) and Sarah (Sheila McCarthy) of Little Mosque on the Prairie
