In the Oct. 10 issue of Playback (‘February wedding date for Telefilm & CTF,’ p. 23), I am quoted as saying, ‘Folks who are now our employees will move over to Telefilm. We are not ‘co-operating.’ We’ve been told to step back and let Telefilm do the job…’

Many Playback readers believe the CBC won’t be seriously hurt by the staff lockout. In a recent online Playback poll asking, ‘How will CBC Television fare now that the lockout is over?’ 39% of respondents thought the net would perform the same as before the lockout, while 32% felt the Ceeb would lose viewers. Meanwhile, 29% agreed that hockey and big-ticket programs would lure above-average audiences.

A couple of weeks ago, my wife was on the phone with her mother, explaining that we were about to sit down to watch Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making.

Vancouver: Sepia Films and U.S.-based Landslide Pictures will this month wrap the feature Civic Duty, ending a three-week stay in B.C. The psychological thriller stars Peter Krause (Six Feet Under) as a man who is obsessed with terrorist plots and whose new neighbor is an Islamic grad student, played by Egyptian star Abol Naga.

Greenberg backs 24 in development

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Montreal: The second season of The Tournament, CBC’s mockumentary series about children’s hockey and overzealous parents, is shooting in Montreal until Nov. 15.
The 10 x 30 season will continue to follow the Warriors, a fictional team of misfit kids and their obnoxiously ambitious parents and, this year, the producers say that they have an advantage. The hockey strike is over.

16 months in 10 minutes

Shaw shoots Dead

Vikings invade Vancouver

* The pilot episode of Blade – a new series based on the Wesley Snipes vampire movies – is underway in B.C. for Spike TV.

This year’s Gemini Award special winners recognize long-running CBC comedy talents as well as behind-the-scenes players.