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TV, eh? podcast episode 199 – Anne of Green Grassi Junior High

Reunited and it feels so good. Diane returns to the fold and she, Anthony and Greg go over the debuts, returns and season finales taking place over the next few weeks, including YTV’s Anne of Green Gables and History’s Vikings.

Then we switch gears to chat about Global’s latest original series, the six-part Mary Kills People, executive-produced by Tassie Cameron (Rookie Blue). Speaking of Rookie Blue, that series is mentioned during our breakdown of the key categories in this year’s Canadian Screen Award nominations.

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TV Eh B Cs podcast 40: Keeping Company with Ellis and Morgenstern

Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern

As Canadian TV creators, Stephanie Morgenstern and Mark Ellis came to prominence as the force behind CTV’s police drama Flashpoint, which premiered July 2008 on CTV and CBS, and ran for five years before the show ended in 2013. The show was awarded the Academy Board of Directors Tribute for Outstanding and Enduring Contribution to Canadian Television, in addition to a Canadian Screen Award and Gemini Award for Best Dramatic Series. They went on to create CBC’s X Company, the story of WWII spies coming out of Canada’s Camp X which premiered in 2015 and has its second season kicking off on January 27. We talk with Mark and Stephanie about the process leading to X Company and the benefits and challenges of shooting in Eastern Europe.

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TV Eh B Cs podcast 39: Just Forking Around with John Catucci

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John Catucci is a Canadian sketch comedian, singer, and actor. He is the host of the Food Network Canada series You Gotta Eat Here!, and a member of sketch troupe, The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, and the musical comedy duo The DooWops. Catucci has also appeared on MuchMusic’s Video On Trial and in the movie The Tuxedo. He also appeared as Bus Driver Bob on CBC’s The Doodlebops.

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Comments and queries for the week of January 15

TV, Eh? podcast episode 198 – One Season Wonders

TV North by Peter Kenter (with notes by Martin Levin) says T. and T. was shown on Global. —Stephen

Thanks for the clarification! 


More choice, smaller bills in store for TV viewers

Until Internet services are improved across the country, the cable/satellite companies won’t have to fear losing much of their customers. Many Internet service providers place high-speed data caps on their customers and I can see more companies doing this as well. Some of the bigger ones like Bell might put data caps to curb streaming from other streaming services but not count their own streaming service toward that cap. It’s been talked about that the current infrastructure is unable to handle the increase in streaming which leads to lower speeds. —Ally

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TV, eh? podcast episode 198 – One Season Wonders

It’s a very special episode of the TV, Eh? podcast as Bob Goyetche and Dave Brodbeck from Best Episode Ever drop by to help Greg and Anthony fill the void left by Diane not being with us this week.

The quartet whip through 15 of the oddest and most ludicrous Canadian TV series from the past. The shows that made the cut were Guilty or Not Guilty, Diplomatic Passport, McQueen, The Forest Rangers, Quentin Durgens, M.P., Eye Bet, George, The Baxters, Beyond Reason, Learning the Ropes, Mount Royal, T. and T., Diamonds, Ombudsman and Night Walk.

Remember Night Walk?

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