The Medium is Not Enough TV blog: Microfeed for "Adventures in Canadian TV" http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/2008/01/adventures_in_canadian_tv.php Comments for the entry "Adventures in Canadian TV" en-us Movable Type v4.32-en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:59:55 +00:00 Comment from Matt M I can't believe you have a post all about Canadian TV and yet fail to mention the two greatest Canadian TV exports: 'The Littlest Hobo' and 'Due South'.

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23001 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:59:55 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob I take your point, although I saw an episode of The Littlest Hobo recently, and it was appalling. The memory really cheated on that one.

Due South was a co-production with CBS and wasn't set in Canada for the most part so I'm not sure how much it qualifies as "Canadian TV". Interestingly, it was created by Oscar-winner Paul Crash Haggis.

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23002 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:04:44 +00:00 Comment from Matt M Both Wikipedia and IMDb list 'Due South' as Canadian.

It was filmed in Toronto. Paul Haggis is Canadian. Alliance Communications, which produced the show, is Canadian. And, for the last two seasons, both main leads were Canadian as well.

Pretty much screams Canadian TV to me. :-)

But I'll take your word about the quality of 'The Littlest Hobo'. All I can actually remember is the them music. (And the dog guiding a small kid across an unsafe floor).

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23003 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:52:23 +00:00 Comment from kaballa Traders is well worth tracking down if you get the chance. It surfaced a couple of years ago online when David Hewlett fans started uploading his back catalogue.

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23004 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:15:14 +00:00 Comment from espedair Hum not sure about Blood Ties... its pretty weak and suffers from the general problem that every Vampire series will be under the shadow of Buffy (except Ultraviolet IMHO)

Due South was pretty good though.. so that's something...

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23005 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:35:44 +00:00 Comment from Cindylover1969 More Canadian shows: Street Legal sticks in my mind mainly because it came a cropper in the court scenes (North American accents + traditional Crown courtroom regalia = ...well, would Michael Kuzak or John Cage really have the same effect in white curly wigs and dark robes?).

E.N.G. (another Alliance Communications production, and shown in primetime on Channel 4) was quite good, ditto that version of Tintin from Nelvana. (Braceface with the voice of Alicia Silverstone... not so much.)

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23006 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:44:57 +00:00 Comment from espedair Actually I have a good friend who lives in Squamish near Vancouver. I'm going to ask her (and her Canadian husband!) what's recommended.

Oh I laughs looking here

http://www.cbc.ca/television/

As one of the programs on the front page is Corrie

IS that exotic for Canadians? Or like Home and Away for us!

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23007 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 20:53:51 +00:00 Comment from Brent McKee "Coronation Street" isn't exotic for Canadians. It has however been on CBC forever (I'm 51 and can remember coming home to see it when I was a teenager - a young teenager). Canadian broadcasters have always had a strong affinity for showing British shows going back as far as I can remember.

As for "Due South" the last batch of 26 episodes was done without American input - CBS dumped the show and CTV kept it on with money from the BBC and a network in Germany.

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23012 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:03:26 +00:00 Comment from Cindylover1969 As for "Due South" the last batch of 26 episodes was done without American input - CBS dumped the show and CTV kept it on with money from the BBC and a network in Germany.

The last batch was also demoted from BBC1 primetime to BBC2 in a 6:45-ish slot...

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23030 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:01:32 +00:00 Comment from Mysticalsister I am a big fan of Canadian TV, and I've been trying to put my finger on why. I think it's because the actors still look like humans, instead of cyborgs. American actors are becoming so plucked, sprayed, lifted and glossy they look like they're made of wax -- or should be on Telemundo. God forbid anyone have a hair out of place, or a blouse that's not busting at the button holes. If you want to see what I mean, check out the guys on Nip Tuck. YUCK! Men shouldn't be that shiny! (BTW: I've discovered ReGenesis, and find it strangely compelling. Oh, and I'm one of those Blood Ties fan-addicts that are all over the place trying to save that show. Love it.)

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23032 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:11:54 +00:00 Comment from MediumRob Perhaps that's why the US networks keep recruiting British and Australian actors? Last time I looked, Julian McMahon was a very hairy man - don't whether that's because he's Australian or not.

]]> 3768@http://www.the-medium-is-not-enough.com/#c23034 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:11:20 +00:00