• Trying to update URBMN after a two-to-three week absence. Can't get myself arsed. Sometimes wonder if it's actually worth the bother. #
• CBC needs a Creative Head, television drama: http://ow.ly/Osz0 #
• That should read Less Than Kind's Second Season to Air on HBO http://bit.ly/845VsA – I wish Twitter Tools would strip HTML tags. #
• Due South Season 1 DVD set review: http://ow.ly/P1QL – from Sallie Schaaf Borrink, writing for Suite101 #
• "Current TV's plans to enter Canada on hold": http://j.mp/4ySFc5 – more proof that CBC does not have a clue how to launch a digital channel. #
• Wow, Corbin Bernsen's still alive? http://ow.ly/PnnW #
• By the way, I apologize for the extreme lateness of that APTN post. That was a friggin' SLOG to write. Might review the pilots, too. #
• Fun fact: should view 18 to Life, Bloodletting… and The Phantom screeners. Oh, and Chemerical. I think I do URBMN for fun. I forget. #
• On the fence about Wolf Canyon. Kevin Sorbo, while decent, isn't even the best thing in WC; Nikki Payne is. Seems rather generic for APTN. #
• Tales of an Urban Indian: slick, especially for APTN. Not bad; not Blackstone, though. Uses Straight Lines' "Letting Go" to good effect. #
• My Sanctuary review mentioned in this Wikipedia article about the show: http://ow.ly/PsHu #
• Merry Christmas, everyone! #
• Made a VHS-to-DVD transfer of my father's appearance on CBC's Country Canada in 1989. The piece was on Jy Chiperzak's Rare Breeds Canada. #
• Interesting things about ep.: Sid's Sunflower Seeds item & a piece on mustard oil as relates to canola. Shame CBC doesn't do rural anymore. #
• Interesting find on one of my parents' videos: part of Ashby Corner, the pilot to what would become The Bette Show. #
• Now going through my sister's appearance as a model for an episode of Images, back in the early days of Life Network (she appeared in 1997.) #
• Amazon.ca 50%+ Off Boxing Week Item: The Best Years: The Complete First Season http://bit.ly/8EttXQ #
• Amazon.ca 50%+ Off Boxing Week Item: Life with Derek: Season 2 http://bit.ly/6P3uoH #
• Amazon.ca 50%+ Off Boxing Week Item: Degrassi High: Complete Series http://bit.ly/7yKaqg #
• Amazon.ca 50%+ Off Boxing Week Item: La Femme Nikita: The Complete First Season http://bit.ly/5sK7n2 #
• Amazon.ca 50%+ Off Boxing Week Item: La Femme Nikita: The Complete Second Season http://bit.ly/5lifGH #
• Amazon.ca 50%+ Off Boxing Week Item: La Femme Nikita: The Complete Third Season http://bit.ly/6hKa74 #
• Amazon.ca 50%+ Off Boxing Week Item: La Femme Nikita: The Complete Fourth Season http://bit.ly/4JCVkP #
• Amazon.ca 50%+ Off Boxing Week Item: ReGenesis: Season 1 http://bit.ly/7lbhxl #
• Bionic Bannock Boys airs on APTN East at midnight. Has this pilot aired before? If it hasn't, wow, APTN just plopped the show into the slot. #
• Oh, and Health Nutz had a 1:30 AM airing on APTN North today – at least, I think it was APTN North. Wonder if other networks do pre-debuts. #
• It should be pointed out that Cra$h & Burn technically debuted at 5:00 PM on Nov. 18. Wonder if this is the start of a trend in scheduling. #

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• @RobboMills Wait, didn't Tank Girl drink anyway? Wouldn't put double meanings or oversexed kangaroo toy executives past Tank Girl. in reply to RobboMills #
• RT @tv_eh Air Farce tapes New Year’s Eve special http://bit.ly/6NLRsL – wonder how bad this will suck. I just know it will; AF, after all. #
• Trying to break into the publishing/media industries is like trying to swim up a wall. Only if I become urban will people give a shit. #
• The Restaurant Adventures of Caroline & Dave premieres Jan. 6 on W Network, from ottawaproductionguide.blogspot.com: http://ow.ly/LYXn #
• TACtv, the closed captioning/described video channel, promotes holiday schedule: http://ow.ly/LZcM – wonder how many people know of TACtv. #
• Chemerical, the new doco from @andrewnisker's Take Action Films, to air Dec. 29, 2009 at 9 pm ET: http://ow.ly/M4yZ – on SC2 and SCHD2 #
• CTV Toronto's "breaking news" on Roy Halladay, on the "verge" of being traded to Philly "pending a physical." That's the leadoff story. Yay. #
• W5 begins 2010 with a piece on Justin Bieber. That's the type of probing, incisive journalism I expect from ET Canada. http://ow.ly/Muo3 #
• 23 Golden Globes for The Movie Network/Movie Central/HBO Canada-related programming. No Cancon. No surprises, either. http://ow.ly/MuEa #
• APTN just getting around to publicizing its Gemini wins. More importantly, Rabbit Fall won 2 Sask.-centric Showcase Awards http://ow.ly/MuKV #
• Re: http://ow.ly/Mv6R – Don't Mantracker and Survivorman do well in America? OLN greenlights surprisingly decent stuff; why screw with that? #
• I get the feeling Showcase is burying its newest original series: http://ow.ly/N7gP – I realize Pure Pwnage debuts in March, but still. #
• Great Canadian Biographies to debut Jan. 10 on Bravo: http://ow.ly/N7o9 #
• Got an email from VSC listing Jeremy Hotz: What a Miserable DVD This Is. Nice! I know there are JH fans and haters, but fuckit, I like Hotz. #
• TheScore signs a seven-event partnership agreement with World Extreme Cagefighting: http://ow.ly/Nd3m – eh, as long as it isn't more WWE. #
• Digital Retribution in Australia reviews Life's a Zoo.tv Volume 1: http://ow.ly/NdeZ – the set has its share of cock-ups, apparently. Shame. #
• RT @gregobr: Global "thanks" CTV. http://bit.ly/5kj3ZX – those two companies should just get a room. #
• Tales of an Urban Indian airing Dec. 24, 8:30 PM ET, APTN East/8:30 PM MT, APTN West/Dec. 26, 11 pm CT, APTN North http://urbanindian.ca/ #

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• Jon Dore, Sean Cullen and two Kids in the Hall appear on TVO's Dino Dan: http://ow.ly/JF1R More interested in Alan Zweig's doco, A Hard Name #
• Amazon.ca sale: old-school Degrassi, from Kids of Degrassi Street to Degrassi High – http://ow.ly/JFrB, http://ow.ly/JFod, http://ow.ly/JFvh #
• Amazon.ca sale: The Collector Season 2 http://bit.ly/7d4okl #
• Amazon.ca sale: Stargate SG-1 Seasons 1-10: The Complete Series http://bit.ly/7VLMNa (pricey big-ticket item, I admit – only for the fans) #
• Amazon.ca sale: King of Kensington Season 1 http://bit.ly/58vuZR (has CBC/Morningstar come out with a season two? Guess Al Waxman unsalable) #
• Amazon.ca sale: Slings & Arrows: The Complete Collection http://bit.ly/7c2CAn #
• Amazon.ca sale: Hilarious House of Frightenstein – "Gory Gory Transylvania" http://bit.ly/5UwTFP #
• Fun With Feedjit: http://ow.ly/JG26 – four searches in a row for "hate reviews on a canadian T.V show" – guy must really hate Canadian TV. #
• @CartoonNorth The Wireless Family not getting shellacked as I'd assume. Oh, there are "sucks" comments, but not to Drop Dead Gorgeous levels in reply to CartoonNorth #
• Corus Entertainment 2009 annual fiscal report: http://tr.im/H4J5 – same as it ever was, same as it ever was. #
• Corus to bring Sundance Channel to Canada: http://tr.im/H4JK – Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't a lot of CBC shows air on the US version? #
• Good: Teletoon Retro airs Batman: The Animated Series in Jan. 2010. http://tr.im/H4Ki Bad: Keanu Reeves film marathon. http://tr.im/H4KH #
• Nelvana and Phase 4 Films sign long-term home video agreement for its children's properties http://ow.ly/Kkzc – what about adult properties? #
• Paul Brothers wins contest to be TheScore's newest sports jock: http://ow.ly/KkE1 – not going to mention the razor-company branding here. #
• RT @macleansmag TV On DVD Exclusives – “Stuff Stores Won’t Carry” http://ow.ly/KMIE #
• TMN CanCon early 2010: The Phantom, Faker$ http://ow.ly/KMKJ – HBO Canada w/Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, Nasty Show 3 http://ow.ly/KMLo #
• Canwest Hot Docs of interest to me: Clement Virgo's Ben Johnson doc, Peter Findlay's Raw Opium. $280,000 in funding for 2010 #
• CHCH airing Santa With Muscles tonight at 7:00 PM ET. The only Xmas programming I'll want to watch, and only to see if the film's that bad. #
• Watching/taping CTV Edmonton feed of Laughology. Better than the last Albert Nerenberg doc I've seen; don't like his style, though. #
• Teletoon needs a new communications director: http://ow.ly/Ln4J – think this is the second time I've seen the position advertised. #

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• Can't add much to the "Running Man started three times on CHCH" discussion, but…wow. Anamorphic film shown in 4:3. Astoundingly amateur. #
• Others who noticed the CHCH fail: @cullens @Roberrific @culturalwill @pgvildys @jamesstorm @dkalmbach @KJanicki @adi_cat #
• Wow. 16:9 ads broadcast in the wrong aspect ratio. CHCH now at the proper point in the film; still airing a HD film at SD levels, though. #
• The Moviezzz Blog posts about John Byner's Bizarre: http://tr.im/Gdel – writer doesn't think show holds up. To be truthful, it doesn't. #
• Spectacle airs "sneak peek" of 2nd season Dec. 11 on CTV, 10 PM ET: http://tr.im/GeUE – Bono, The Edge interviewed at T.O.'s Masonic Temple. #
• CTV's "12 TV Treats of Christmas": http://tr.im/GeYx – CanCon includes 4-year-old Corner Gas episode, Spectacle and the yearly PM interview. #
• clintjcl.wordpress.com mentions @urbmn in Producing Parker review: http://tr.im/GlGT – my review isn't so favourable, but reviewer likes PP. #
• The 22 Minutes David Sukuzi sketch was embarrassing. You know, that show either needs to be rebooted or canned. It's a gag factory, outadate #
• Celebutard Nation not getting much love re Teletoon Pilot Project. Not as hated as Drop Dead Gorgeous. How will The Wireless Family fare?… #
• …I state this as The Wireless Family's supposed to be the worst of the Teletoon pilots, if @CartoonNorth's site is any indication. #
• The Tancave reviews Rocket Robin Hood Vol. 1 set: http://ow.ly/HJxV – apparently, RRH set contains 1/2 of the pilot. Does E1 advertise this? #
• ION Television really pimping out Durham County: http://ow.ly/HJDB – season 1 marathon, two-hour S2 premiere. The show must do well for ION. #
• Slice to debut "docu-soap" Love Incorporated. Reads like a promotion for speed-dating business FastLife, to be honest. http://ow.ly/HUHH #
• Rogers Media Television opens doors on new broadcast centre: http://ow.ly/HUNC – Ted Rogers: A Life in Bcasting to air 7 PM tonight, CityTV #
• Re: Max Keeping: I remember seeing him on a 1990s CJOH news update steaming piss drunk. Best part of that night's Jeopardy! Good riddance. #
• I'm annoyed at Cdn. versions of global formats stating the country the show is in (re: Project Runway Canada etc.) I know where I live, thx. #

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