Jim Bawden of the Toronto Star interviews screenwriter Joe Wiesenfeld of St. Urbain’s Horseman:
From a CTV media release:
The denizens of Dog River, Saskatchewan just got a whole lot more famous. Corner Gas invaded television screens across the United States this week after the series premiered Monday night on Superstation WGN, which reaches more than 70 million US homes. Early reviews of Corner Gas, which airs weeknights following Scrubs on WGN, have been overwhelmingly positive with American critics drawing parallels between Corner Gas and classic comedies such as Northern Exposure and Seinfeld. The acclaims comes just days before Corner Gas makes its fifth season premiere in Canada on Monday, Sept. 24 at 9:30 p.m. ET following Dancing with the Stars on CTV.
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Bill Harris of Sun Media report that Royal Canadian Air Farce will now be known as Air Farce Live.
Jim Bawden of the Toronto Star makes the case for more Canadian drama series:
Rob Salem of the Toronto Star gives the lineup of new and returning shows this fall, with blurbs from Jim Bawden about Canadian content relegated to its own little listing ghetto within: