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Awards, Flashpoint, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

WGC Screenwriting Award nominations announced

From a media release:

Outstanding list of finalists announced for the 2009 WGC Screenwriting Awards

The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) will celebrate the winning words of 2008 on April 20 at the 13th Annual WGC Screenwriting Awards, honouring excellence in screenwriting. More than 150 scripts vied for the judges’ attentions this year. The entries have been narrowed to 37 finalist scripts across 11 categories, including screenwriting for feature film, episodic half-hours and one-hours, documentary film and more. In all, 51 screenwriters are up for awards. Several special awards, including the WGC Showrunner Award, will also be handed out at the event. Click here for a full list of nominees.

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Little Mosque on the Prairie, Ratings, Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Ratings so far this week

From Bill Brioux at TV Feeds My Family:

  • Ratings: Rick Mercer Gets High With Hazel
    “Hurricane Hazel McCallion helped storm the Rick Mercer Report to a seasonal high, scoring 1,289,000 viewers last night.” Read more.
  • House keeps Global Alive on Monday
    “CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie (560,000) and especially Sophie (205,000, with just 93,000 25-54-year-old viewers according to BBM NMR overnight estimates) are down week to week. Just For Laughs (315,000) is pulling half what Being Erica was averaging on Monday night before it was moved–unsuccessfully, so far–to Wednesdays.” Read more.
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Corner Gas celebrates 100 episodes

gasFrom a media release:

CORNER GAS Unplugged: It’s “Turn Off Your TV Week” in Dog River as CORNER GAS Celebrates Its 100th Episode, March 2 on CTV

  • Milestone 100th episode kicks off seven-episode countdown to the finale
  • Fans are encouraged to participate in CORNER GAS send-off by signing the guest book at cornergas.com
  • Michael Bublé guest stars in landmark CORNER GAS episode

Dog River gets set to unplug their TVs for a week in a town-wide celebration of “Turn Off Your TV Week.” How will Dog Riverites make out without television 40 kilometers from no where? Canada’s #1 original comedy series CORNER GAS commemorates its 100th milestone episode in “TV Free Dog River”, premiering Monday, March 2 at 9:30 p.m. ET, once again rounding off CTV’s two-hour Monday night comedy block. The history making episode kicks off the series’ final victory lap, with seven episodes left until Dog River says good-bye forever. The episode also airs Saturday, March 8 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The Comedy Network, on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca, and on the go at iTunes.

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