Yearly Archives: 2012

Degrassi

Degrassi season 12 premieres July 16 on MuchMusic

From a media release:

Canada’s #1 Summer Series DEGRASSI Returns to MuchMusic With Season 12 Premiere, July 16

  • Emmy®-nominated, Much original series returns, with all new episodes Monday – Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET
  • Fans can get schooled on past episodes on www.muchmusic.com

Summer school sucks, unless it’s DEGRASSI summer school! Fans won’t want to miss the highly anticipated return of DEGRASSI to MuchMusic, with the Season 12 premiere, Monday July 16 at 10 p.m. ET. The latest season of DEGRASSI is sure to bring on the heat with new storylines and students. Viewers can watch full episodes on muchmusic.com after the broadcast.

Season 11 of DEGRASSI ranked as the #1 Canadian series on MuchMusic for the broadcast year, among total viewers and among teens 12-17, people 12-34, adults 18-34 and 18-49 and female viewers aged 12-34, 12-17, 18-34, and 18-49. In the dramatic season finale, Fiona and Imogen shared their first kiss and the will-they-won’t-they couple of the century, Eli and Clare, indulged in a not-so first kiss. With the premiere episode, “Say It Right”, (Part 1), the halls of Degrassi are full of fresh faces and returning favourites, ready for a whole new year of drama.

This year, with MuchCloser, the exclusive MuchMusic social rewards and loyalty program, fans of the series can watch DEGRASSI and then log on to muchmusic.com where they can earn points and rewards by interacting with the site- sharing, exploring, commenting and much more.

In the premiere episode, Drew (Luke Bilyk) is ready to break-up with Katie (Chloe Rose) for Bianca (Alicia Josipovic) but dreads the drama and looks to some liquid courage to get the job done. Clare (Aislinn Paul) wants to be with Eli (Munro Chambers) but worries that he doesn’t feel the same way. Plus, complicating life for the crew is the arrival of a dozen hotties, as Degrassi welcomes players from a junior hockey team to the school. Encore episodes air Saturdays (2 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET) and Sundays from (8 p.m. – 10 p.m. ET) so fans can catch up on the week’s action.

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Call Me Fitz, Less Than Kind

Movie Central and The Movie Network announce 2012-13 original series

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From a media release:

Movie Central and The Movie Network Announce 2012-2013 Original Production Slate

Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) are pleased to unveil the original series, miniseries, specials and documentaries that have been greenlit for production in 2012/2013. The line-up includes: returning comedy favourites Call Me Fitz, Less Than Kind and Funny as Hell; prominent international co-productions The Heretics and Rogue; and documentaries and special presentations Altman, In Studio, the David Steinberg Documentary, The Reelside, Revolution: Sharkwater 2, Vincent Goes to Hell: An Alice Cooper Doc Opera and Water.

New and returning series and miniseries greenlit for 2012/2013 include:

Call Me Fitz (Season 4)
Call Me Fitz returns for a fourth season. Comedy’s favourite dysfunctional family blows up the themes of identity as the Fitz family find themselves living back at home with mom. Call Me Fitz is produced by Entertainment One, Amaze Film + Television, Big Motion Pictures. The fourth season will begin filming in New Minas, Nova Scotia in Fall 2012, when the third season is scheduled to premiere.

Funny As Hell (Season 3)
Produced by Just for Laughs Television, Funny As Hell is back for a hell of a third season. The half-hour comedy series mixes daring stand-up featuring some of the funniest rising stars in comedy, with musical comedy and digital shorts. Hosted by Jon Dore, Season 3 will be filmed during the 2012 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal.

The Heretics
Set in 13th Century France, The Heretics portrays the story of the Cathars and the powerful force that was so threatened by their peaceful and egalitarian society, it had to wipe them off the face of the earth. The Heretics is a Canada/France co-production between The Movie Network, Movie Central, Shaw Media and Sienna Films in Canada and Breakout Films, Arte and France 2 in France. The 10-episode, miniseries is currently in production in Romania and the South of France.

Less Than Kind (Season 4)
Gemini® trifecta winner for Best Comedy, Best Acting, and Best Writing, Less Than Kind’s fourth and final season returns to Winnipeg during the short summer months. The series stars Wendel Meldrum, Jesse Camacho, Benjamin Arthur, Nancy Sorel, Brooke Palsson, Tyler Johnston and joining the cast, veteran Canadian actor, Nicholas Campbell. Less Than Kind is produced by Breakthrough Film & Televistion and Buffalo Gal Pictures, principal photography runs from May 28-July 10 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Rogue
A 10-episode drama, Rogue follows a morally and emotionally conflicted cop, Grace, who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. Rogue stars award-winning actress Thandie Newton (Mission Impossible 2, Crash) and is produced by Entertainment One Television (eOne) and Greenroom Entertainment. The series will air on DirecTV in the U.S. and production is slated to begin in August 2012 in Vancouver.

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New tonight: Good God season finale

Good God, Movie Central/The Movie Network – season finale
All hell breaks loose when George is left to look after the pet dog of an old fling and daughter of his media baron boss, Virginia Hailwood. The season finale premieres Monday, June 11 at 8:30 p.m. PT on Movie Central.

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Continuum

New tonight: Continuum

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Continuum, Showcase – “Wasting Time”
Kiera and Carlos investigate a series of mysterious murders in which victims have been drained of endocrine fluid only to discover that the crimes were committed by Liber8 in an effort to save Travis, their leader. Kellog tries to make a truce with Kiera by delivering her a gift,one that could cost her and Carlos their lives and will lead to Kellog’s expulsion from Liber8.
Director: David Frazee | Writer: Simon Barry

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Ratings, Saving Hope

Saving Hope debuts with 1.53 million viewers

From a media release:

The Prognosis is In: SAVING HOPE Debuts #1 in Canada with 1.52 Million Viewers on CTV

  • Ranks as #1 Canadian series premiere of the 2011/2012 season
  • #1 summer premiere, U.S. or Canadian 

Just what the doctor ordered! The series premiere of CTV’s new original series SAVING HOPE debuted #1 last night with 1.52 million viewers on CTV. The series now ranks as the highest rated series premiere for an original Canadian series for the 2011/2012 season* and is the highest premiere of any summer series this season, U.S. or Canadian. SAVING HOPE also finished #1 last night with A18-34, A18-49 and the key female demos nationally and ranked #1 in key market of Toronto with 2+, A18-49 and A25-54.

An encore of the SAVING HOPE series premiere airs Sunday, June 10 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast listings). New episodes of SAVING HOPE and the original digital-only series ASK GAVIN are available on demand following the CTV television broadcast at CTV.ca/SavingHope, on the CTV App and the CTV Mobile Channel available on Bell Mobile TV. SAVING HOPE is also available to stream live on CTV Mobile Channel available on Bell Mobile TV. 

In Episode 2 of SAVING HOPE (June 14 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV), titled “Contact,” Dr. Alex Reid (Erica Durance) treats a young boy with mysterious symptoms while dealing with the arrival of Charlie’s (Michael Shanks) ex-wife. Elsewhere in the hospital, Joel (Daniel Gillies) and Maggie (Julia Taylor Ross) try to help a patient who refuses life-saving treatment on religious grounds. Plus, Dr. Dana Kinney (Wendy Crewson) scrubs in as interim Chief of Surgery and challenges Alex on her ability to be a doctor while attending to her comatose fiancé.

Starring Erica Durance (SMALLVILLE), Michael Shanks (STARGATE ATLANTIS), Daniel Gillies (THE VAMPIRE DIARIES), Wendy Crewson (Away From Her), Huse Madhavji (CALL ME FITZ), Julia Taylor-Ross (ROOKIE BLUE), and Kristopher Turner (THE LISTENER), SAVING HOPE is from acclaimed Gemini award-winning producers Ilana Frank and David Wellington (THE ELEVENTH HOUR, WOULD BE KINGS, ROOKIE BLUE). Executive Producers and Showrunners are Morwyn Brebner (ROOKIE BLUE) and Aaron Martin (BEING ERICA). The series was created by Malcolm MacRury (CRASH AND BURN, REPUBLIC OF DOYLE) and Morwyn Brebner.

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