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• MTV Networks’ Logo has acquired the first three seasons of Chris & John to the Rescue! and will introduce the gay comedy series – from John Simpson Productions, seen here on OUTtv – to the U.S. in January.

• Stage and screen veteran Colm Feore has joined the cast of homegrown paranormal series The Listener, playing a mentor to the show’s main character, a telepathic paramedic. The series by Shaftesbury Films, developed by CTV, was bought by NBC last January during the Hollywood writers strike, and is set to air in some 175 countries. Feore, whose recent credits include Clint Eastwood’s Changeling and a recurring role on 24, is represented in the U.S. by Endeavor Talent Agency.

Closed market? What closed market? The wave of Canuck series that continue to sell to the U.S. – Defying Gravity, Chris & John to the Rescue!, Flashpoint – is enough to raise the hopes of any rights holder. Maybe FX or CBS will like the looks of The Bridge? Does Oxygen have room for Being Erica? Will anyone pay money for reruns of Don Messer’s Jubilee? So we ask:

• IATSE is not a part of the Coalition of Canadian Audio-visual Unions, as reported in the Nov. 10 story ‘Groups to present united front at CRTC hearings.’

Malcolm MacRury has again linked arms with Whizbang Films on the crime pilot Lawyers, Guns & Money. The would-be Canwest series went to camera early this month in Hamilton, ON, putting Luke Kirby front and center as a claims adjuster who works close to the city’s seamy underworld.

The fruition of a hit primetime drama series is buoyed by a strong relationship between the broadcaster and creative team, says Susanne Boyce, who stresses that putting creative before business is key to the success of Flashpoint and other CTV series.

Documentarian and good-will ambassador Peter Wintonick struck a typically graceful chord for international relations on…

Fending off a $45-million budget shortfall and the impending global recession, CBC is putting a freeze on…