The Firm, Global – “Chapter 10 – Having a Little Faith”
Mitch takes on a high-profiled case defending a woman accused of kidnapping a baby. Meanwhile, Abby agonizes over what to do about a student she suspects is being abused, and Ray and Tammy discover helpful information involving the Sarah Holt case.
Next on our Canada In Development roster is Spun Out, a multi-cam, half hour sitcom from the minds of Jeff Biederman, Brian K. Roberts and Brent Piaskoski. In development with CTV and the Comedy Network, Spun Out follows a writer who falls victim to a disastrous PR scandal and lands a job at the PR firm that worked to salvage his career from the rubble. The unofficial logline is “To err is human, to spin divine.â€
The series is being produced by Andrew Barnsley with Project 10 and currently has a pilot script as well as four episodes written. Right now they are awaiting the decisionthat will take them either to pilot, production or back to the drawing board.
Brent Piaskoski says: “We are looking to be a show that you can put on after an American sitcom like The Big Bang Theory. The plan is to tape it in front of a live studio audience, so it is comedy-heavy and more theatrical than your standard single-cam comedy. If I was to compare it to any workplace comedy I would have to say NewsRadio.â€
Decisions on Spun Out should be made by mid-April.
If you have a project in development with a Canadian broadcaster or production company, let TV, eh? know.
From a media release:
SHAW MEDIA ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH LEADING SOCIAL TELEVISION PLATFORM GETGLUE
Shaw Media is proud to announce that it has entered into an exclusive partnership with GetGlue, a leading social networking platform for entertainment in North America. By providing users with the ability to “check-in†to their favourite television shows, the partnership offers Canadians a first-ever opportunity to connect with some of Shaw Media’s most popular domestic programming, starting with the season premiere of Top Chef Canada on Monday March 12th at 10pm et/pt.
Through its website and mobile application, GetGlue offers users the opportunity to share details about the entertainment they consume, and discuss their tastes with friends and other fans. The more users check-in, the more GetGlue can recommend additional entertainment options they might be interested in. With each check-in, users will be able to unlock and display exclusive sticker rewards for tuning in to selected Shaw Media shows. This spring and summer, viewers can use GetGlue to connect with popular Shaw Media series including, Top Chef Canada; Real Housewives of Vancouver; Continuum; Lost Girl; and Canada Sings.
From a media release:
Million Dollar Neighbourhood Renewed for a Second Season on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada)Â
Corus Entertainment’s OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada) is pleased to announce that Million Dollar Neighbourhood has been greenlit for a second season which is slated to air in 2013. The series, produced by Force Four Entertainment Inc. in association with OWN (Canada), follows 100 families in one community as they attempt to raise their collective net worth by $1 million in only 10 weeks.
 “Million Dollar Neighourhood has been a huge success for the network and is one of the highest rated series on OWN (Canada),†said Vibika Bianchi, Vice President, Original Programming, Lifestyle, Reality, Factual Entertainment, Corus Entertainment. “We’re delighted that Canadians have embraced the show and that it has inspired people to take action in their own communities.â€Â Â
Force Four Entertainment Inc. and OWN (Canada) are searching for the next adventurous community to take part in Season Two of Million Dollar Neighborhood. Communities who are interested in participating in the inspiring movement that’s sweeping the nation can click here for details on the application process. Applicants are also encouraged to champion their hometown on Facebook at Facebook.com/MillionDollarNeighbourhood.
Audiences won’t want to miss the dramatic final three episodes of Season One beginning this Sunday, as the families in Aldergrove, British Columbia learn once and for all whether they have reached their million dollar goal. Viewers can join the families on the final leg of their journey as they take on their biggest and most grueling tasks yet, complete with shocking twists – from a colossal renovating challenge in episode eight to the final challenge beginning in episode nine where the neighbourhood is shocked to learn they are on their own, without the help of experts Bruce Sellery and Dr. Joti Samra, forcing them to scramble to earn every last dollar they can. Will they prevail and become the Million Dollar Neighbourhood? V
iewers will have to tune in to the finale on Sunday, March 25 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, where one lucky participant may walk away with a life changing prize of $100,000, if Aldergrove was successful at achieving the Million Dollar target. For more information about the series, please click here. Viewers will have an opportunity catch up on the entire first season of Million Dollar Neighbourhood when all 10 episodes air back-to-back on Good Friday (Friday, April 6), beginning at 9 a.m. ET/ 6 a.m.PT.
Marketplace, CBC – “Tripped Up!”
When you go on vacation, will that travel health insurance you bought really be there for you if you end up sick or hurt? In Tripped Up!, Friday, March 9 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC-TV, MARKETPLACE takes on convoluted medical questionnaires, travel agents (caught on camera) giving dangerous advice, and travellers left on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Watch what happens when Erica Johnson goes looking for answers from a multi-million-dollar industry that “regrets your claim is denied.â€
The Fifth Estate, CBC – “Time Bomb”
It was touted as a miracle pill: a narcotic pain reliever that could change the lives of people suffering from chronic pain, but with little—so its maker claimed, and thousands of doctors believed—risk of addiction. Since OxyContin was introduced in 1996, Canada has recorded the second-highest number of prescription opioid painkiller addictions—and the world’s second-highest death rate from overdoses. Time Bomb airs Friday, March 9 at 9 p.m. (9:30 p.m.) on CBC News’s the fifth estate on CBC Television.
