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CBC’s fall schedule

A media release from CBC:

CBC Television today announced its fall 2007 television schedule, featuring new home-grown drama, a riveting historical epic, a strengthened sports offer, great new reality shows, as well as the return of the best shows from last year.

Among the many new shows that Canadian viewers can look forward to: the much-anticipated, sweeping and sexy historical miniseries The Tudors, which documents the life of a young Henry VIII and stars Jonathan Rhys-Myers and Henry Czerny; veteran TV personality Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race gives Canadians the chance to ditch the excuses, face their fears and seize a life-changing experience in No Opportunity Wasted (NOW); Heartland, a gripping family drama set in the Alberta Rockies; Mordecai Richler’s St. Urbain’s Horseman, the first television miniseries of a Richler book, starring David Julian Hirsh, Elliott Gould and Andrea Martin; Triple Sensation, a nation-wide search for Canada’s next stars – the most promising young performers from 16 to 26 who can act, sing and dance; and a groundbreaking documentary series on the geology of Canada from The Nature of Things – Geologic Journey.

Following last season’s smash success, international sensation Little Mosque on the Prairie returns for a second season and 20 episodes, with the residents of Mercy in a whole new set of hilarious situations. Chris Haddock’s critically acclaimed and gripping drama series Intelligence also returns with stars Ian Tracey and Klea Scott. After a successful 2006 fall-season debut, Dragons’ Den returns with 10 new one-hour episodes, giving aspiring entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their ideas to a panel of wealthy business people – the Dragons. A feisty new Dragon, Arlene Dickinson, President and CEO of Calgary-based Venture Communications, joins the panel this season. The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos also returns for a new season of guest interviews, musical performances and news served straight up.

“We’ve built a schedule that delivers something for everyone,” said Kirstine Layfield, executive director of network programming, CBC Television. “From Little Mosque on the Prairie to Test the Nation, from our all-new reality show No Opportunity Wasted to long-standing favourites like Rick Mercer Report, we’re really excited about what’s coming this Fall.”

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In the news: No Opportunity Wasted

Dana Gee of the Vancouver Province interviews host Phil Keoghan:

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In the news: No Opportunity Wasted recruitment

Bill Harris of Sun Media talks to Phil Keoghan about goofy pitches and recruitment for the Canadian version of the reality show:

  • Reality show wants to help Canucks
    “Phil Keoghan was asked to identify the goofiest pitch he ever has received for his TV show No Opportunity Wasted. ‘We had a guy who wanted to climb a Mayan pyramid in high heels, dressed in drag, and scream at the top of his lungs, “I am woman, hear me roar,”‘  said Keoghan, best known as host of The Amazing Race.”
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In the news: Interview with Phil Keoghan of No Opportunity Wasted

R.M. Vaughan of the Globe and Mail talks to the host of the upcoming Canadian version of No Opportunity Wasted:

  • The next pit stop: your dreams
    “Despite his much-publicized adventures – stunts that range from mile-high bungee jumping to serving dinner at the mouth of an erupting volcano – Keoghan is at pains to prove he’s really a therapist in Indiana Jones drag.”
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