Marise Strauss

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Showcase signs up for Funtime

The former Trailer Park Boys are back on set for new sitcom that will also feature guest stars Jay Baruchel and Maury Chaykin

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CBC sticks with tried and true

Comedy Men with Brooms and a factual show fronted by design guru Debbie Travis are the only new additions to pubcaster’s fall lineup

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Final Habs game tops 3 million

Solid numbers for Montreal-Philadelphia series on CBC but the final match against Pittsburgh still reigns supreme

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CTV, Global unveil summer skeds

Homegrown drama Rookie Blue headlines primetime Thursday for Global, while CTV welcomes back So You Think You Can Dance and new eps of Hiccups, Dan

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Season enders pulling big numbers

Cult hit Lost ends on a high, while the season finales of Grey’s Anatomy and Survivor remain the top performers to date

Global making gains in entertainment news

Broadcaster has a slight edge over competitor CTV for the entertainment news hour, while ET Canada trails etalk by merely 25,000 viewers

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D Films takes Monsters

Toronto distributor racks up another title, this time the feature directorial debut of U.K. helmer Gareth Edwards

Releases Roundup: Leslie, Owl faces Shrek

Reginald Harkema’s latest among three E1 titles to face Paramount’s green ogre

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Fuchs exits CBC

Former GM of production enterprises departs after four years with the pubcaster to assume exec producer duties on Take 5’s Camelot

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Paradis joins Vallée’s Café

Canada/France copro marks Quebec director’s return to French-language filmmaking

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NBC scoops Santamaria

Little Mosque scribe joins story team on Outsourced sitcom

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Sparacio re-upped at IMAX

Large-format film company re-signs CFO for two more years