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Zixx returning in Summer 2008

From Thunderbird Films:

Production completed on third season of Popular Live-Action/CG Animated YTV series Zixx: Level Three

Thunderbird Films announced that the third season of the half-hour children’s series Zixx has completed live action production in Vancouver. The series will premiere on YTV as Zixx: Level Three in Summer 2008.

“We’ve been deeply involved in Zixx from the earliest stages of development, and are very proud to continue to support this popular and original show”, said Bonita Siegel, Director, Original Productions YTV.

Zixx: Level Three is the third season of the half-hour offering that blends live action with animation following the journey of Zixx Phunkee Zee (Barbara Mamabolo) as she tries to save the universe from evil aliens with the help of her team of human teens.

Season three continues the show’s successful meld of sci-fi thrills traveling through both a real-world setting and an original computer-generated animated world. The stakes are higher this season for the band of young allies – their enemies are stronger, their challenges greater and their quest more dangerous.

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Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

In the news: Canadian comedy ’soft’

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John Doyle of the Globe and Mail is back with his take on TV satire, like the Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and Royal Canadian Air Farce:

  •  There’s just too much love in Canadian comedy
    “The Rick Mercer Report (CBC, 8 p.m.) and This Hour Has 22 Minutes (CBC, 8:30 p.m.) are at the core of our TV satire. Both shows can be amusing and Mercer is undoubtedly clever, but both shows are essentially soft. When they mock our politicians and other leaders and celebrities, they do it with love. They don’t mock in rage, they don’t attack and put forward skepticism about the powerful on our behalf. They cozy up, crack a few jokes and make sure that nobody actually gets hurt. There’s too much love and not enough loathing.”
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This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Upcoming episode: This Hour Has 22 Minutes, CBC, April 2

From Halifax Film:

This week on 22 Minutes …

This Hour Has 22 Minutes welcomes guest Geri Hall joining audience favorites Cathy Jones, Gavin Crawford and Mark Critch.

This week on 22 Minutes an interview with a Sasquatch and Gunter Wilson (Gavin Crawford) of Computer Corner invites you to join Facebook.

This Hour Has 22 Minutes airs on Tuesday, April 03 at 8:30 pm on CBC Television. www.cbc.ca/22minutes

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