Ken Girotti has directed some of the most critically acclaimed—and entertaining—television shows in recent years. In the U.S., he’s worked on Denis Leary’s firefighter drama Rescue Me, Dick Wolf’s Law & Order: Criminal Intent and spy drama Covert Affairs. In Canada, the homegrown man behind the lens has worked on Combat Hospital, Flashpoint, the Stargate … Continue reading Interview: Director Ken Girotti steers Vikings ship
Cancelled comedy Call Me Fitz and cult hit Orphan Black were the big winners in the television categories at the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday night. “It’s an honour to make great Canadian TV for the world from our own backyard,” Orphan Black co-showrunner Graeme Manson said from Toronto’s Four Seasons Centre for the … Continue reading Call Me Fitz and Orphan Black take home top Canadian Screen Award TV titles
From a media release: Academy announces 2015 Canadian Screen Awards Winners in Drama, Children’s or Youth, Comedy and Variety The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is pleased to announce that 48 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS were presented tonight in Drama, Children’s or Youth, Comedy and Variety categories. This Canadian Screen Awards Gala was hosted tonight … Continue reading Rick Mercer Report, Degrassi, Call Me Fitz, Orphan Black among winners of Canadian Screen Awards
From the Writers Guild of Canada: The WGC is hosting a sneak preview of the upcoming CBC TV World War ll spy thriller, X COMPANY, from award-winning showrunners and Flashpoint creators Stephanie Morgenstern and Mark Ellis. Stephanie and Mark will be interviewed by WGC screenwriter Michael MacLennan (Bomb Girls, Queer as Folk), and following the screening … Continue reading Event: Writers Talking TV in Toronto with X Company creators
Remedy is coming March 23. Rookie Blue should be airing in the summer. It’s not that Global has no original scripted series, it’s that you can’t tell by looking at the conventional television season. We went through two rounds – fall and midseason– of Global trumpeting their upcoming primetime seasons of only US programming. Yesterday’s release was … Continue reading Global’s got it (unless “it†is a Canadian show)
