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Tonight: Dragons’ Den, Republic of Doyle, Saving Hope

Dragons’ Den, CBC
A chic entrepreneur makes a big splash in the Den and gets one Dragon’s temperature rising; a romantic pitch tries to get the Dragons swooning over their business; and a handy entrepreneur hopes his Major League partnership will help him construct the perfect pitch.

Republic of Doyle, CBC
When a tense strike at the docks turns violent, the Doyles team up with Jimmy and Wolf to protect a witness but uncover something more sinister in the process; Jake faces off with Saul again to dangerous results; Rose encounters a surprise from Sloan’s past; Jake receives some shocking news.

Saving Hope, CTV
Dr. Shahir Hamza and Dr. Alex Reid try to save the memory of a young woman suffering from Alzheimer’s with a radical surgery, but it’s another one of Hope Zion Hospital’s doctors whose life is threatened, requiring immediate medical attention.

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Link: Two of a Kind a must-see documentary on twins

From James Bawden:

Twins Documentary Gets Double The Exposure
It’s entirely right that filmmaker Leora Eisen’s new must-see documentary on identical twins should get a double exposure on both CBC-TV and the Documentary channel. The shorter 42-minute version is on first –on The Nature Of Things CBC Thursday night at 8. Then there’s a longer, more substantial version running on the Documentary channel starting November 30 –it’s on during a free preview week. I’m not giving away too much by saying Eisen is herself a twin and she documents meticulously her relationship with her twin Linda Lewis who was suffering from leukemia during the filming. Continue reading.

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Tonight: Rick Mercer Report, 22 Minutes, Blackstone

Rick Mercer Report, CBC
Rick is in Burnaby, B.C., training with the Canada’s Olympic medal winning Women’s National Soccer Team; Rick also goes to Nova Scotia to partake in the annual blueberry harvest.

22 Minutes, CBC
Martin Short tells 22 Minutes which Canadian star memoirs he’d like to read; zombies take over in a Walking Dead parody and the tables turn on a professional pick-up artist.

Blackstone, APTN
Andy makes a friend amongst his enemies. Leona urges Stu to investigates a case. Victor seeks financial opportunity for Blackstone.

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Tonight: Murdoch Mysteries, Package Deal, Strange Empire

Murdoch Mysteries, CBC
After the skeleton of a murdered police officer is found in the station house basement, Murdoch’s investigation leads him to suspect his own colleagues.

Package Deal, City
Kim is relieved she’ll no longer be Sheldon’s “punching bag” when Ryan introduces his new girlfriend, Beth, to the group. However, Sheldon ends up taking a liking to her – until Kim discovers Beth has a secret that the brothers wouldn’t approve of. Meanwhile, Danny becomes his new boss’s drinking buddy in order to get on her good side.

Strange Empire, CBC
Rebecca believes amputation is the only hope for Thomas’s survival; the girls stumble on cattle rustlers and spend a night in terror.

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Link: The strangeness of Strange Empire is its brilliance

From John Doyle:

The thing about Strange Empire (CBC, 9 p.m.), which continues to blast along exultantly, is that it sets out to upend expectations and at the same time is soft-hearted and gee-whiz good-natured.

Tonight’s powerful episode (directed by Anne Wheeler, written by Jackie May) has several key scenes and twists that more or less justify the on-screen warning of adult scenes, violence and so forth. Last week’s episode and tonight’s contain serious shifts in the narrative. In the hallucinatory-strange western outpost where events unfold, in 1869 somewhere in Alberta near the border with Montana, a woman, Kat (Cara Gee), is now the sheriff. Last week the dangerous buffoon Sheriff Little decided that in wanting himself a whore, he could view all the women there as whores. Continue reading.

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