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In the news: Community papers support local Canadian Idol contenders

From the Abbotsford News:

  • Jepsen, Neufeld our Idol qualifiers
    “Mission’s Carly Jepsen will join 10 other female finalists and Abbotsford’s Greg Neufeld will battle it out with 10 male finalists to see who will be the 2007 Idol winner.”
  • Idols need our support to survive
    “Once again, the Fraser Valley is responsible for producing not one, but two top-22 finalists about to compete on the popular television show. That makes five finalists in five years. Pretty impressive when you consider the size of the Fraser Valley in comparison to the rest of the country. “

From the Mission City Record:

  • Jepsen makes Canadian Idol Top 22
    “‘Surreal’ was how Carly Jepsen described standing in front of the Canadian Idol judges, admits the Mission woman who earned a coveted spot as one of the show’s Top 22 finalists.”

From the London Free Press:

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Interview with TV producer Al Magee

Will Dixon at Uninflected Images Juxtaposed interviews the prolific and respected producer/creative consultant involved with The Smart Woman Survival Guide, Trailer Park Boys, Slings and Arrows, Rent a Goalie and many more:

  • Me and Al(ly) Magee Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI
    “Can we get a one hour series that takes off the way our half hours like Corner Gas and Little Mosque can? Maybe, and maybe if the one-hours follow a similar route as the half hour hits – authentically Canadian, not pretending or aspiring to a US primetime aesthetic, and giving the audience something accessible that is not available on a network simulcast.”
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In the news: The Best Years reviews

The show is debuting in the US this week but airs on Global Tuesdays at 10 p.m.

Jacqueline Cutler of the New Jersey Star-Ledger relates to it:

  • charityshea2Mom’s TV log: A week’s worth of family viewing
    “All too often, teen dramas are too sexy or just laughable. But this one, from “Degrassi” writer Aaron Martin, captivates because it is different and honest. As someone who almost lost my chance because of the dreaded mandatory meal ticket, I related to it. More shocking, my daughter, who won’t have to finagle her way out of said meal ticket, also loved it.”

Rich Heldenfels of the Ohio Beacon Journal isn’t as impressed:

  • These aren’t `Best Years’
    “If The Best Years was a little better acted, a little more dramatic, a little more carefully thought out — a little more something, then I might have forgiven the many clunks and creaks in the premiere.”
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