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The King Waits for the Fall Season: The Tudors Season 3 makes CBC Debut
When it comes to U.S. cable series making their way to Canadian airwaves, there’s always a problem. For the most part, Showtime and HBO (and even FX, AMC, etc.) don’t tend to follow a traditional...
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Being Erica –“Mama Mia”
“Mama Mia” October 6th, 2009 I’m in New York at the moment (my Twitter account likely reflects this), but I had a chance to catch this week’s Being Erica before I left. It’s, again, a return to the...
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Being Erica –“Cultural Revolution”
“Cultural Revolution” October 13th, 2009 I think what I find most interesting about this, the fourth episode of Being Erica’s second season, is that it has largely moved away from any sort of “change”...
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Being Erica –“A River Runs Through It…It Being Egypt”
“A River Runs Through It…It Being Egypt” November 17th, 2009 Ever since I stopped receiving screeners for Being Erica, I’ve been falling off from covering the show. It isn’t that I haven’t been...
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Season Finale: Being Erica –“The Importance of Being Erica”
“The Importance of Being Erica” December 8th, 2009 Going into its second season, Being Erica was a show about one person. But, with a slight expansion of its universe, the show had the potential to...
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Series Premiere: 18 to Life –“Pilot”
“Pilot” January 4th, 2010 It’s not a huge surprise that ABC (likely through ABC Family), which already has a show about teen pregnancy, would be interested in acquiring the rights to 18 to Life...
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Series Premiere: Republic of Doyle –“Pilot”
Watching the premiere of Republic of Doyle, a new private investigator series from CBC set in St. John’s, Newfoundland, I came to a conclusion: Burn Notice is a really great show. Now, it may seem...
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Republic of Doyle –“The Return of the Grievous Angel”
“The Return of the Grievous Angel” January 13th, 2010 Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of speaking with Angela Antle of the Newfoundland and Labradour Weekend Arts Magazine on CBC Radio One in...
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Republic of Doyle –“The Duchess of George”
“The Duchess of George” January 20th, 2010 Shows like Republic of Doyle may present themselves as fairly straightforward, but in reality there is a lot of nuance to how they portray their characters...
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Misdirected Scorn: Why 18 to Life Deserves Parole
Misdirected Scorn: Why 18 to Life Deserves Parole August 3rd, 2010 I am not surprised to learn that critics, as a whole, are not jumping on the bandwagon for 18 to Life, the Canadian comedy which was...
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