New tonight: Primeval, Murdoch Mysteries, Match Game

Primeval

Primeval: New World, Space – “Angry Birds”
Evan and Dylan are taken hostage by two drug dealers while investigating an anomaly in a vintage train yard.

Murdoch Mysteries, CBC – “Invention Convention – Invention Convention”
After a ruthless inventor is killed at a convention, Murdoch’s investigation is assisted by his idol, Alexander Graham Bell. Special Guest Star: Arlene Dickinson (Dragons’ Den).

Canada’s Worst Driver, Discovery – “Look Out!”
With Rehab well under way, our remaining 6 delinquent drivers are all attempting to get their licenses back and return to the public roads.

Match Game, Comedy
Tonight, guest stars Susie Essman (CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM), Robin Dunne (SANCTUARY), Ron Josol (COMEDY NOW!), and Emma Hunter (THE L.A. COMPLEX) cure everyone’s case of ‘the Mondays.’

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The Phantoms revisits Bathurst tragedy

From Bill Brioux of the Canadian Press:

From Karissa Donkin of the Toronto Star:

  • The Phantoms movie: Bathurst, N.B. moms criticize basketball movie for exploiting sons’ deaths
    Marcella Kelly doesn’t read newspapers or listen to the radio much these days. When she goes out in the small city of Bathurst, in northern New Brunswick, she does only what she needs to do and comes home again. Tuning out is how she gets through living what has become her nightmare. Kelly lost her 15-year-old son Nikki in a bus crash that’s the basis for a new movie showing Sunday at 8 p.m. on CBC called The Phantoms. Read more.

From CBC:

From Reuben Villagracia of the Chronicle Journal:

  • Telling the Phantoms story
    Alex Robichaud is confident the producers of a CBC movie based on a tragedy that he was involved in will be handled with care when it premieres this weekend. The first-year Lakehead Thunderwolves guard was a prominent member of the Bathurst, N.B., Phantoms high school senior boys basketball team that helped a town heal from its grief following a road accident in January 2008. Read more.
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New tonight: The Phantoms, Call Me Fitz

Phantoms

The Phantoms, CBC – movie
Inspired by real-life events surrounding a New Brunswick high school basketball team after a devastating bus crash which took the lives of seven players and the coach’s wife. Tyler Johnston, Kyle Mac, Wesley McInnes, Holly Deveaux , Joy Tanner,
Wally MacKinnon, Greg Bryk, Tammy Isbell and Wendel Meldrum.

Call Me Fitz, HBO Canada – “Apoca’Smokes Now”
When Mayor Fitz ushers in a world of Blowjob Tuesdays and daycare sweatshops, Larry realizes that the Summerwind isn’t Fitz’s true dream. If it were, he would have opened it by now. At the moment, he seems more interested in putting everyone he knows in jail. Larry finds himself alone, on the run and desperate to figure out what Fitz’s dream really is. Meanwhile, Josh discovers the real purpose of Operation Blackout…offing his new best buddies – The Ruptals.

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The Phantoms “heartwarming without being superficial”

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From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

  • The Phantoms: A moving tale of healing after tragedy
    When the production was announced, there were concerns expressed that the TV movie was coming too soon after the 2008 tragedy that struck the small New Brunswick community. Some thought that even a reminder of the crash and its impact might be exploitative. It isn’t. The Phantoms (Andrew Wreggitt wrote the script and Sudz Sutherland directed) is a well-crafted family movie, one that’s emphatically about triumphing over adversity. It’s heartwarming without being superficial. Read more.
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