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In the news: MVP made NHL nervous

Lee-Anne Goodman of the Canadian Press interviews MVP executive producer Mary Young Leckie:

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  • CBC’s ‘MVP’ a steamy nighttime soap that had NHL brass nervous
    “I am now the world’s expert on dealing with legal issues because of the Conrad Black movie, and we had the same lawyers who worked on ‘Conrad Black’ working on this. From the beginning, they went through every single story outline because we knew the NHL could get litigious if it wanted to.” Read more.

Dillon Casey as Trevor in MVP

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In the news: Golden age for Canadian TV

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From Agora Vox:

  • The new golden age of Canadian television?
    “This time, though, things promise to be quite different. With all the U.S. shows out of commission for the time being, the CBC does not have to contend with the usual competition on U.S. networks and the simultaneous re-broadcast of U.S. shows on Canada’s commercial TV networks. As a result, the national broadcaster has advertised the living hell out of its new shows, which all premiere this week, including glossy mini-magazine inserts in newspapers and magazines. What is more, this renaissance of Canadian television seems to indicate that the usual talent drain (from Canada to Hollywood) may be slowing down, with some Canadian, and even U.S. talent, being attracted northwards.” Read more.
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In the news: MVP promos provoke CRTC

Martin Knelman of the Toronto Star reports on the CBC reprimand:

  • MVP promo too racy for CRTC
    “For once, the CBC is aggressively pushing its new shows, including the steamy soap where the desperate housewives are married to hockey players. It debuts Friday. One of the provocative ads (aired early on a Hockey Night in Canada broadcast) led to a reprimand from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission which, in response to a viewer’s complaint, found it too smutty to air before 9 p.m. ” Read more.
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In the news: The Border, MVP among worthy series

John Doyle of the Globe and Mail lists what’s worthy on TV:

  • There’s good news this month (just watch out for the fall)
    “The Border, CBC, starts Monday: Worth your attention not because it’s brilliant – it isn’t – but because it is anchored in highly charged, headline-grabbing Canadian issues. Outrageously melodramatic at times, it deals with big, big political and social matters in a big, broad manner. MVP, CBC, starts Friday: CBC’s new soap isn’t so much about professional hockey as it is about the bedrooms of the players and the boardrooms of the teams. Sexy, funny and fresh, it’s a gloriously entertaining series.” Read more.

The Mustangs of MVP

The Mustangs of MVP

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In the news: CBC’s sexy new shows

Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail

  • This is not your mother’s CBC
    “This week, the public broadcaster unveils a slew of new shows – including the prime-time soap opera MVP, which focuses on the off-ice antics of hunky hockey players and their bored, bodacious wives, who flash more boob and bottom than ever before seen on our once-staid public broadcaster. With such bold dramas as The Border and jPod, and the single-mom sitcom Sophie rounding out the list of new CBC offerings, it would seem [Richard] Stursberg has made good on his word.” Read more.
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