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In the news: Interview with James McGowan of The Border

From Brendan Kelly of the Montreal Gazette:

  • Nice work now that he gets it
    “This is a big break for McGowan, who, until now, has never had a recurring role in a TV series. He has spent the past 12 years in Toronto toiling as an actor in the Canadian TV biz, building up a résumé that includes roles in a slew of movies and episodic fare. But all that pales compared with snaring the lead role in one of the most talked-about homegrown drama series of the year.” Read more.

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In the news: CBC’s new shows attractive to advertisers

From Andrew Ryan of the Globe and Mail:

  • The Border, Sophie and jPod back CBC’s bet on home-grown TV
    “As expected, the flashy law-enforcement drama The Border was the most popular: The show’s debut two Mondays back drew an impressive 710,000 total viewers. The following night, jPod attracted 472,000 total viewers. The numbers went up again that Wednesday when the single-gal sitcom Sophie found its way to 630,000 viewers. Friday yielded the only disappointment – the desperate-hockey-wives comedy-soap MVP, with a first-night audience of only 383,000 total viewers.” Read more.

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Feeling confident, Sophie (Natalie Brown) brings her newborn to a restaurant to eat by herself, only to run into the two people she really doesn’t want to see. SOPHIE telecasts on CBC Television, Wednesday, January 22 at 8:30 p.m.

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In the news: The Border’s saving grace

From Joel Rubinoff of the Waterloo Record:

  • The Border is imbued with a Canadian sensibility
    “These Dirty Harry styled interactions, juvenile as they are, are the crux — and saving grace — of a series that could otherwise be written off as yet another dour Canadian drama so densely plotted and stuffed with acronyms you’d need a translator to figure out what’s going on.” Read more.

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Leading man James McGowan stars as Major Mike Kessler, the head of Toronto’s elite ICS Immigration and Customs Security unit. Sofia Milos (Agent Bianca LaGarda) is seen in the background.

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