From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Link: Women Behind Canadian TV: 2018 Edition
While the television industry definitely has a long way to go until true parity exists for both women and people of colour, it undoubtedly feels good to see more and more people getting their chance to be staffed behind the scenes. Continue reading.Â
From Heather M. of The Televixen:
Link: Previewing Cardinal Season 3 with Billy Campbell
“As I first read the script, I was able to entirely see myself in the role. That’s not always the case, not even often the case. But with this role I felt it was me as soon as he started speaking on the page. Can’t say exactly why.” Continue reading.
From Tim Arsenault of The Chronicle Herald:
Link: Dartmouth actor, film composer Josh Cruddas lands Netflix roles
“I got to work with my good friend Billy Campbell. I had wanted to get on that show for a while and finally the right part came along so I was able to go up to North Bay and hang out with him and work on an amazing, amazing piece of television. I think it’s some of the best TV Canada has ever put out.†Continue reading.
From Debra Yeo of the Toronto Star:
Link: Director Daniel Grou found ‘dream cast’ in Cardinal’s Billy Campbell and Karine Vanasse
You’ve heard of method actors; how about a method director?
When Daniel Grou first signed on for the CTV detective drama Cardinal he asked the production team to find him an isolated house near a lake to live in during the shoot in Sudbury — like the one main character John Cardinal occupies. Continue reading.
From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Link: Cardinal’s Billy Campbell on the detective’s struggles in Season 3
“The closeness he had with Catherine has been amputated. He’ll be feeling all kinds of things and needing someone to lean on, while not wanting to burden Kelly. An impossible situation.” Continue reading.
From a media release:
Bakers, fire up your ovens! CBC today announced that hit culinary competition THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW will return for a third season (8×60) as the public broadcaster kicks off a nationwide search for Canada’s best amateur bakers. Interested home bakers can apply online now at cbc.ca/greatcanadianbakingshow for the chance to participate in the upcoming season. Based on the hit British format and produced by Proper Television, Season 3 will begin production in Toronto this summer and will air on CBC and the free CBC Gem streaming service in the fall. Amateur bakers can apply online now until Sunday, March 10, 2019 at 11 p.m. ET.
Canadians had a big appetite for Season 2 of THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW, which was CBC’s most-watched factual entertainment series during the 2017/18 broadcast season and reached 1.4 million viewers in Canada each week*. Fifty-eight-year-old software engineering consultant Andrei Godoroja from Vancouver, B.C. won the Season 2 Great Canadian Baking Show title and trophy, following a tight competition with finalists Megan Stasiewich of Leduc, Alberta, and Sachin Seth of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Baking fans can catch up on the first two seasons of the series on CBC Gem.
Based on the beloved British format, THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW brings together 10 amateur bakers from across the country to compete in a series of themed culinary challenges that celebrate their diverse backgrounds, families and communities. Competitors on the homegrown series have the opportunity to go up against Canada’s best bakers, while also competing against themselves as they strive to achieve their personal best. Each episode features three rounds including the Signature Bake, the Technical Bake and the Show Stopper. After the bakes are tasted and critiqued, the judges decide who will become the week’s Star Baker and who will be sent home, with the final three bakers competing for the Great Canadian Baking Show title.
THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW is produced by Proper Television in association with CBC and Love Productions.
From a media release:
CTV, in partnership with Sony Pictures Television and WGN America announced today the renewal of the comedic procedural series CARTER for a second season, starring Jerry O’Connell (Billions), Sydney Poitier Heartsong (Chicago P.D.) and Kristian Bruun (Orphan Black).
Andy Berman (Psych, Rosewood) joins CARTER as showrunner and executive producer for its sophomore season, which returns to North Bay, ON to commence production this spring. Series creator Garry Campbell (Kids in The Hall, MADtv) returns as an executive producer and writer on the series.
CARTER revolves around Harley Carter (O’Connell), the star of a hit detective TV show, who decides he needs a break from Hollywood and returns to his northern hometown where he quickly discovers that his years of playing a fictional detective come in handy when he finds himself immersed in real-life mysteries. In Season 2, Carter plants roots as a celebrity PI and doubles down on his fame in a world where life continues to imitate TV. But Carter will discover that the toughest cases to solve are personal ones when he finds himself embroiled in a love triangle with his best friend and her new boss, where the stakes are winner takes all.
The series was commissioned by Sony Pictures Television (SPT) for AXN in Spain, Latin America, Brazil, Japan, Central Europe and Russia; and by CTV in Canada. The series is distributed by SPT worldwide, excluding Canada.
In Canada, CARTER made CTV’s sister network, Bravo, the #1 specialty channel in its timeslot. In the U.S., CARTER aired on WGN America as its most-watched original series in 2018. CARTER has also been a boon to AXN around the world. For example, it has been a success across Europe, reaching 6.5 million total viewers in 2018.
CARTER is produced by Amaze Film + Television, executive produced by the company’s Teza Lawrence and Michael Souther (Call Me Fitz, Saint Ralph) as well as Campbell, Berman and series star O’Connell.
From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Link: Letterkenny: Melanie Scrofano on being part of TV’s craziest couple
“I did the same thing and the knee-jerk is that it’s for dudes and jocks. Then you realize that it’s so subversive and smart. I just love what they’ve done with it.” Continue reading.Â
