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Global summer lineup includes Durham County

From a media release:

DURHAM COUNTY, the emotionally powerful Canadian Original drama series makes its Global debut Monday, May 19 – 10pm ET/PT. Starring Hugh Dillon (Trailer Park Boys: The Movie), Durham County revolves around Detective Mike Sweeney and his family as he hunts a serial killer he’s certain is the guy across the street. As Sweeney hunts down his murderous neighbour, the differences between the cop and the killer become blurry. With a shared history that goes all the way back to high school, Sweeney learns you can’t always leave your past behind. Durham County also stars Justin Louis (Saw IV), Helene Joy (ReGenesis) and Greyston Holt.

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Listen now: Durham County, This is Emily Yeung, and the CRTC hearings

Find out why suburbia is evil, letting a preschooler make you sushi is a good idea, and how two TV writers can be backing opposite sides in the CRTC hearings and still fundamentally agree on how the Canadian industry needs to change. Oh, and why trying to connect a three-way phone call in the middle of a broadcast is a bad idea.

  • Durham County is making the move to Global television on Monday, May 19 at 10 pm, and the co-creators, writer Laurie Finstad Knizhnik and director Adrienne Mitchell, are first up on the program. [0:02]
  • Mark Bishop, executive producer of popular kids’ show This is Emily Yeung, chats about that show’s DVD release as well as This is Daniel Cook, The Adrenaline Project, and more [0:30]
  • TV writers Jim Henshaw and Denis McGrath debate the recent CRTC hearings [0:45]

Listen in the player below, visit the show site, or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed.

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Durham County, My Messy Life, This is Emily Yeung, CRTC on TV, eh? Blogtalkradio

This Sunday’s TV, eh? Blogtalkradio show is wall-to-wall with great guests.

The critically acclaimed Durham County is making the move to Global television on Monday, May 19 at 10 pm, and the co-creators, writer Laurie Finstad-Knizhnik and director Adrienne Mitchell, are first up on the program.

Then, Montreal Gazette columnist and filmmaker Josh Freed will tell us about his hilarious documentary My Messy Life, airing Saturday, May 17 at 7 pm on CTV. The film “examines the war between the Messy and the Neat, arriving at some surprising conclusions.”

Mark Bishop, executive producer of popular kids’ show This is Emily Yeung, will chat about that show’s DVD release.

Finally, industry insiders and bloggers Jim Henshaw and Denis McGrath are ready to rumble – they’ll debate the recent CRTC hearings.

Listen live this Sunday, May 11, at 11 am Pacific/2 pm Eastern — and feel free to call in at 646-200-4063 with your questions or opinions — or listen to the archived podcast later.

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In the news: Durham County coming to Global

From Sandy Caetano at Metro:

  • Mystery swirls in Durham County
    “In the quiet town of Durham County, everyone knows one another and assumes they live in a world where nothing bad can happen. Of course, that’s not the case. Here, danger lurks where you least expect to find it. This Canadian original drama is set to make its series debut on Global on May 19 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The story revolves around Det. Mike Sweeney (Hugh Dillon) and his family as he hunts down a serial killer who may just end up being the guy who lives across the street.” Read more.
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