From CBC News:
Link: Amazon set to stream new Jeremy Clarkson show in Canada
Amazon’s streaming video service is about to launch in Canada, if the former host of Top Gear is to be believed.
Jeremy Clarkson seemingly let the cat out of the bag in a tweet promoting his new show on Thursday, telling his followers that his new Amazon-produced show The Grand Tour will be available in Canada next month, because Amazon has “gone global.” Continue reading.
From Bridget Liszewski of The TV Junkies:
Link: Wynonna Earp’s Melanie Scrofano tackles a new challenge
Come January, Wynonna Earp actress Melanie Scrofano will be able to add a new title to her name, that of comic book author. Just like costar Tim Rozon (who plays Doc Holliday), the star of the Syfy series is co-authoring two issues of the Wynonna Earp Legends comic books. She will be writing the issues with Wynonna Earp creator Beau Smith, who has written the character for 20 years. Continue reading.
From Grace Lee of NBC News:
Link: In Kim’s Convenience, Canada’s first Asian sitcom family finds voice
When Ins Choi found himself playwriting for an Asian-Canadian theater company, he didn’t have to look far for source material. For “Kim’s Convenience,” Choi found inspiration in his experiences growing up in Canada. The play was adapted into a television show and became a breakthrough for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation — the country’s national public broadcaster — premiering Canada’s first Asian leads in a TV sitcom in October. Continue reading.
From Jim Bawden:
Link: Vital Bonds will challenge you
I had just about determined I would not watch Vital Bonds, CBC-TV’s new documentary on organ donors.
That’s because I had a dear friend who did not long survive his heart transplant and after a decade ago  memory is still painful to me. Then curiosity got the best of me and I thought I’d watch the first 10 minutes.
Well, the next thing I realized was I’d watched the entire hour –it’s that well made, an often brilliant pastiche of interviews with survivors and donors’ families stitched in with mini-profiles of the doctors and nurses who seem to toil around the clock. Continue reading.
CBC has unveiled its winter schedule (see our calendars for days and dates), outlining the return of X Company, Schitt’s Creek and Michael: Every Day and the debut of Workin’ Moms, Bellevue and—a show we’re particularly excited about—Pure.
Created by Michael Amo (The Listener)—and based on real events—Pure tells the story of Noah Funk (Ryan Robbins, Continuum), a Mennonite pastor whose life is upset when he attempts to drive drug dealing out of his community … and finds himself drawn into it. Along for the dramatics in the six-episode first season are Alex Paxton-Beesley (Murdoch Mysteries) as Noah’s wife, Anna; AJ Buckley (Justified) as cop Bronco Novak; Peter Outerbridge (ReGenesis) as Eli Voss; Jessica Clement as Noah and Anna’s daughter, Tina; Gord Rand (Orphan Black) as Noah’s brother, Abel; and Rosie Perez (Fearless) as DEA Agent Phoebe O’Reilly.
We were lucky enough to score a set visit to Halifax to chat with everyone involved in Pure—look for stories closer to broadcast—but in the meantime, here are a few photos to get you prepped for the series debut.
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Pure debuts Monday, Jan. 9, at 9 p.m. on CBC.
Images courtesy of CBC.
