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Corner Gas: One Step Ahead of Prison Break

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From CTV:

Last night at 8 p.m., more Canadians chose CTV’s Corner Gas, than an all-new simulcast episode of Prison Break on Fox/Global. Corner Gas reeled in 1.5 million viewers vs 1.45 million watching Prison Break.

When measuring the half hour only (8-8:30 p.m), Corner Gas was unbeatable, with 6 per cent more total viewers head to head.

In all, CTV had Monday night’s top 3 most watched programs of the night (CSI: Miami, CTV Evening News, Corner Gas).

All audience figures are courtesy of BBM Nielsen Media Research and represent a nation-wide picture of television viewing in Canada.

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Little Mosque on the Prairie

In the news: Dealing with race in comedy

From the Toronto Star, touches on Little Mosque on the Prairie:

  • How comedy struggles with being race-y
    “When you’re trying to make light of racial stereotypes or religion, you’d best be sure you’re doing it in a way that doesn’t leave the audience stonefaced instead of laughing as if they’re stoned. If you’re doing satire on terrorism, you’re dancing a fine line between being edgy and bombing, yourself.”
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In the news: Canadian Television Fund in danger

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From Antonia Zerbisias of the Toronto Star:

  • Shaw could kill TV fund
    “That could mean that independent producers of programs such as Degrassi: The Next Generation, Trailer Park Boys, Little Mosque on the Prairie and most documentaries won’t have the financing they need.” She concludes that it might be time, however, to take a long, hard look at the fund.

From the Canadian Press:

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