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Nature of Things doc tackles the Tipping Point

“We think of ourselves as the environmental good guys in the world and we’re not. If you see some of the footage from Copenhagen at the last climate conference it really is humiliating.”

January 27, 2011

CBC to replace U.S. Game shows with local fare

The CBC has locally-produced game shows, talk shows and a Canadian drama in development to eventually replace Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! as lead-ins to its primetime schedule.

January 20, 2011

Kirstine Stewart to replace Stursberg permanently

CBC/Radio-Canada on Monday confirmed Kirstine Stewart as the new executive vice president of English language TV services.

January 11, 2011

NHL Winter Classic on CBC and NBC could be permanent after January 1 ratings

The 2012 New Year’s Day Winter Classic hockey game on the CBC and NBC in primetime? NHL president Gary Bettman floated the idea after the league’s rain-delayed 2011 Winter Classic found surprising teeth on NBC, CBC and RDS last Saturday night.

January 6, 2011

CBC gets set to reveal InSecurity

Canada has a vast, dark intelligence network as befits a superpower, and valiant efforts to save the world just get thwarted by bungling characters and sloppy execution.

December 22, 2010

Temple’s Being Erica heads to ABC

Temple Street is bringing Erica to America. The Toronto prodco has announced that its hit CBC drama Being Erica has been picked up for adaptation by US network ABC.

December 17, 2010

Joe Canadian co-hosts As It Happens

Sure, the CBC is going populist, but picking Joe Canadian to co-host its As It Happens flagship current affairs show?

December 16, 2010

Hundreds of new titles head to Netflix.ca

Thanks to new licensing agreements with CBC, Cookie Jar and FremantleMedia Enterprises – along with an extension of its deals with New Video, Maple Pictures and Sony – Netflix.ca will be adding a raft of new TV and film titles to its existing offering.

December 14, 2010