TV

Nickelodeon welcomes two new shows

The Corus-owned channel will be airing the premieres during a free channel preview that runs from Dec. 15 to Jan. 31, 2011.

Fox pilot Alcatraz to shoot in Vancouver

Vancouver is to host production on JJ Abrams’s Alcatraz-themed pilot for Fox.

Dinos big for Discovery

Discovery Channel Canada’s Dino Week started off with a bang (pun intended), as Last Day of the Dinosaurs becomes the channel’s most watched special event broadcast.

CFL continues to go long on TSN

Another day, another record for TSN’s CFL numbers.

Catucci hosting Food Network series from Lone Eagle

Canadian sketch comic John Catucci is hosting the Lone Eagle Entertainment’s You Gotta Eat Here! for Food Network Canada.

The Quaids invade 22 Minutes

Randy Quaid’s on-going bizarre journey to stay in Canada has taken him to Rogers Arena in Vancouver for an on-ice interview with Mark Critch of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

Molly Parker grabs lead in Lifetime pilot drama

Molly Parker (Swingtown, Deadwood) has landed the lead in Lifetime Network’s drama pilot Meet Jane from producer Warner Horizon.

Discovery Canada roars with 3D dinos

Kicking off Discovery Canada’s Dino Week is what VP of programming Ken MacDonald is calling their “most ambitious project of the year.”

eOne, Company and MTV partner on Skins

Production is currently underway on a North American adaption of the UK hit drama series Skins. The 10 x 1-hour series is produced by Entertainment One, Company Pictures and MTV, in association with The Movie Network and Movie Central.

Cookie Jar jumps into Mudpit production

CBC Studio 40 in Toronto is currently playing home to the production of Cookie Jar’s Mudpit, which kicked off November 17.

New Playhouse Disney Canada series backed with interactive

Toronto-based interactive studio zinc Roe is collaborating with production company Radical Sheep to develop an interactive extension of the new preschool series Stella and Sam, which premieres January 9 on Playhouse Disney in Canada.

OWN picks up 65_Red Roses

OWN has announced that it will be debuting its monthly documentary club in spring of 2011, and that it has acquired three more titles to add to the films already on the roster.