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In the news: Intelligence on DVD, waiting on FOX

From Blogcritics, based on the TV, eh? Blogtalkradio interview with creator Chris Haddock:

  • Intelligence Comes To DVD While Awaiting FOX Fate
    ” ‘The cumulative effect of watching this show is powerful. So I’m hoping everyone will run out and buy it. I just want people to watch it, so I don’t care if people steal it, quite frankly. I’m not encouraging it, but I just want people to watch this thing because it’s so much fun.’ ” Read more.

 

 

 

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In the news: Intelligence DVD review

From Ralph Lucas at Northern Stars:

  • Get Some Intelligence
    “Missing your weekly fix of Intelligence? We do. There are still days when we wander around the office trying to figure out what blue-suited Ceeb built the case against this critically acclaimed drama series that cut its life short. If international distribution is any measure of success, the gritty series was running in several dozen countries, and the US Fox Network was looking at a remake by moving the action south of the border. So when we heard that the first season was soon going to be available on DVD, we circled the release date on our calendar.” Read more.
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Podcast: The scoop on Air Farce, Intelligence, and TV myths

Don’t miss a fun TV, eh? podcast, with Roger Abbott of Royal Canadian Air Farce talking to Bill Brioux about that show’s long run and final season coming up. Then Bill shares some famous television myths from his book Truth and Rumours: The Reality Behind TV’s Most Famous Myths, along with a bonus Canadian truth about Pierre Berton, Bruno Gerussi, and a bloody finger. Chris Haddock, creator of Da Vinci’s Inquest and Intelligence, chats about the Intelligence season one DVD release, the FOX pilot version of that show, John Wells, and Haddock’s plans to take Richard Stursberg’s job. The last part of the podcast is me sitting back and staying out of the way while two of CBC’s biggest personalities – Haddock and Roger Abbott of Royal Canadian Air Farce – survey the state of the CBC.

The rundown follows, with approximate start times in brackets:

  • Roger Abbott of Royal Canadian Air Farce on that show’s long history and not-so-long future [:02]
  • Bill Brioux, author of Truth and Rumours: The Reality Behind TV’s Most Famous Myths [:30]
  • Creator Chris Haddock of Intelligence and Da Vinci’s Inquest [: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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