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Showcase drama King sold to French broadcaster M6
International distributor Beta Film is also eyeing broadcast deals for King in Germany, Italy, UK and Spain.
Broke girls and natty gentlemen: CBS
PHD’s Helena Shelton calls out her favourite show of the upfronts (hint: J.J. Abrams) and outlines CBS’s strong new schedule.
Global goes heavy on drama for summer season
Its latest original drama, Combat Hospital, leads the summer schedule and Rookie Blue returns.
Lost Girl begins season two production
The supernatural drama will be filmed at a Toronto soundstage as well as on location across the city until Sept. 22.
Jay Ingram bids farewell to Daily Planet
Daily Planet: Jay’s Last Show will be a retrospective and celebration of Ingram’s contributions to Discovery’s flagship series over the years.
Artzooka! gets localized for France Televisions
CCI Entertainment is teaming with France Televisions on a new localized production of the live-action/CGI art series Artzooka!
NBC and Global pick up The Firm for midseason 2012
NBC and Global Television picked up 22 episodes of the screen adaptation of John Grisham’s 1991 novel.
That’s So Weird! gets season three pick-up
DHX Media’s tween series That’s So Weird is heading back to YTV for another round with 13 new eps.
Big Bang Theory takes top spot
CTV’s The Amazing Race took second place for the week with 2.7 million viewers, but Canada’s race for Prime Minister was most-watched on Monday night.
Food Network Canada greenlights two Paperny series
Season two of Eat St. and World’s Weirdest Restaurants with Bob Blumer move into production this spring.
Ottawa sees $83 million in film and TV production
Production activity in Ottawa brought $23 million to the local economy in 2010, the Ottawa-Gatineau Film and Television Development Corporation reports.
BBC Kids names Lisa Purdy as channel director
The British Columbia public educational broadcaster will run the BBC-branded digital kids channel through a joint venture with BBC Worldwide.
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