From Maria Kubacki of Canwest News Service:

• Wild Roses depicts Alberta as land of oil and seduction
  “There’s something strangely familiar about Wild Roses, the new 13-part series debuting on CBC Jan. 6. It’s set in the heart of oil and cattle country and features a wealthy family, headed by a greedy oil man who’s always scheming against a rival, debt-ridden family. There’s a great, big, over-the-top mansion and lots of hottie ranch hands. Everyone is busy screwing everyone — oh, and there’s plenty of sex, too.” Read more.

From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

• A drama with all the subtlety of a chuck-wagon race
  “Wild Roses is by, for and about women. Oh, there are men in it and some if them even speak and do stuff, but it’s all about women. It’s a sort of Sex and the City of Calgary (and surrounding ranchlands). Such is the ferocity of its adherence to the template for chick flicks that it even announces, within minutes, one of the cardinal rules of chick-flick stuff – the skinny little blonde is a bitch.” Read more.

From Bill Brioux in the Toronto Star:

• Would Wild Roses, by any other name, smell like a hit?
  “How would a show called Cowgirls have fared? We’ll never know now that CBC, after testing the title, decided to rebrand it as Wild Roses. The Calgary-based drama begins tonight at 9 on CBC.” Read more.

Premiering Tuesday, January 6 at 9 pm on CBC:

From Eric Volmers of Canwest News Service:

• Wild Roses Country
  “It was roughly a month ago that Toronto-based actor Steve Byers found himself frantically riding a horse through the picturesque backdrop of Springbank in a very expensive business suit.” Read more.

Photo: Steve Byers, Gary Hudson, Adam MacDonald