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TV, eh? podcast episode 210 — One Step Up from Tang

Note: This podcast is a re-post of the original, which was published earlier this month and lost during a website crash.

Diane’s still in Rio, so Anthony and Greg look forward to the upcoming weeks via the calendar, production beginning on History’s Hunting Nazi Treasure, CraveTV ordering a third season of Letterkenny, financial issues at Super Channel that have put three series in limbo and the cancellation of Houdini & Doyle.

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TV, eh? podcast episode 209 — Blame it on Rio

Note: This podcast is a re-post of the original, which was published earlier this month and lost during a website crash.

Diane is off to the Summer Olympics in Rio, leaving Greg and Anthony to chat amongst themselves. Among the topics covered this week: a relatively slow calendar, our newest poll, Wynonna Earp‘s Season 2 renewal, Discovery Canada’s ambitious fall lineup and whether Train 48 should return to Canadian TV.

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Killjoys

Link: Killjoys: Michelle Lovretta talks “How to Kill Friends and Influence People”

From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:

Link: Killjoys: Michelle Lovretta talks “How to Kill Friends and Influence People”
“Early on in my career–particularly in Canada–you weren’t really given permission to do serialization outside of romance, everything was fully episodic. Things have changed now and the fans have changed, so the industry now encourages and even expects you to do an overarching mytharc. For me, the fun of a show like Killjoys is coming up with a fresh angle or brand new section of the mytharc to explore every season, while still keeping them all related.” Continue reading. 

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Dark Matter

Link: Dark Matter: Joseph Mallozzi talks “Take the Shot”

From Kelly Townsend of The TV Junkies:

Link: Dark Matter: Joseph Mallozzi talks “Take the Shot”
“It always comes back to the same thing with Two. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. She has this empathetic connection with the crew members on a one-to-one basis, but on the other hand she is the leader. She has to make the hard decisions. I find it interesting to put her in a situation where she has to weigh her emotional connection with her duties as a leader.” Continue reading.

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Bellevue

Link: Former Corner Brook resident is the writer of a new CBC TV series

From Gary Kean of The Western Star:

Link: Former Corner Brook resident is the writer of a new CBC TV series
When Jane Maggs finished studying film writing at the Canadian Film Centre in Ontario, she had an idea for a television series.

She also knew she wanted to work with the same folks who had produced “Durham County,” a series on The Movie Network of which she was a big fan. Continue reading.

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