TV

CTV and The Bridge creator and star move on new projects

While the partners have agreed that there will not be a season two of The Bridge, CTV president, creative content and channels Susanne Boyce wants to build on its relationship with producer Craig Bromell, actor Aaron Douglas and eOne.

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Ratings: TSN takes gold and silver, Big Bang bronze

The hockey tournament was #1 twice, followed by The Big Bang Theory – BBM Canada, Jan. 3 to Jan 9, 2011.

Tom Berenger to guest star on XIII

Veteran actor Tom Berenger is to guest star in the thriller series XIII from Prodigy Pictures and French partner Europacorp Television.

Profile report pegs film and TV production at $4.9 billion

David is losing to Goliath: Canadian production volume rose 1% last year to $2.29 billion, but Canadian television production fell by 3.3% in 2010, dipping below $2 billion for the first time in four years.

ToonBox hires Disney scribe for new feature

Toronto’s ToonBox Entertainment has brought veteran animation screenwriter Lorne Cameron on board to pen its upcoming S3D feature film The Nut Job.

History ices the competition with Truckers spin-off

IRT: Deadliest Roads wins almost one million viewers for its premiere episode.

ACTRA Toronto announces award nominees

ACTRA’s largest union will be handing out trophies next month as part of its annual awards ceremony.

Teletoon Retro nets over 8 million subs

Teletoon Retro has become the first all-digital Canadian specialty channel to cross the 8 million subscriber mark.

Jeremy Podeswa dominates TV movie and miniseries category at DGA Awards

Thanks to Canadian filmmaker Jeremy Podeswa, HBO’s The Pacific will dominate the outstanding TV movie and miniseries category at the upcoming Directors Guild of America Awards.

Marilyn bows with timeslot win

The talk show diva’s debut attracts almost 400,000 viewers.

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Ratings: News and hockey headline for second successive week

World Juniors hockey tournament games took the top two spots while Hockey Night in Canada was third most-watched on the week.

Rob the Robot heads to Sweden

Canadian producer and distributor Amberwood Entertainment has sold the broadcast rights for its newest preschool series Rob the Robot to SVT in Sweden.