• Why is Twitter's "who to follow" feature asking me to follow @sweetposerent? I'm going to follow my own account? I don't even update it! #
• So…Space will air the 3rd season of Tripping the Rift. These eps. have been out for a few years on Teletoon. Ugh. http://bit.ly/9QT9cY #

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• NSI Canada article about Picnicface film Roller Town: http://ow.ly/2ng4r – mentions Picnicface's show in development w/The Comedy Network. #
• The Booth at the End comes out of Citytv.com online initiative: http://ow.ly/2ng9T – will hit television after online. Also, buy a Nissan. #
• Teletoon's 3 Hours of Awesome block this fall: Spliced! and a bunch of other shows. Oh, and another Scooby-Doo series. http://ow.ly/2om1s #
• A Queen Elizabeth doc on CBC! In 3D! http://ow.ly/2om9u I'm resisting the urge to do a SCTV 3D motion+added sound effect: http://ow.ly/2omip #
• @weinmanj I always wondered why Shaggy & the gang weren't worried about a bipedal, thumbed Great Dane like they were endless costumed people in reply to weinmanj #

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• You know what I need to mention for the #tveh contest? Mosquito Lake. Somehow, Mike MacDonald and Tara Strong's careers survived the show. #
• CBC decides to dedicate a press release to the fact its show sell to American television. Kids in the Hall not mentioned. http://ow.ly/2lKvU #
• CBC Radio's Ontario Today bigged "Law School Husslin'" up as a Youtube 'sensation:' http://ow.ly/2m6UQ – uh, 8000 views is middling, CBC. #
• You know, I've continued to watch Spliced since its April 1 premiere. I wonder how well the show is doing in the ratings. #tveh #

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• Canada Sings greenlit by Canwest, since Canwest can't get over its all-consuming obsession with Glee: http://ow.ly/2gKBB #
• Participants for NSI Totally Television 2010-11: http://ow.ly/2gKEB – anyone heard of these guys? I haven't; curious to know if they're good #
• E1 Entertainment now just Entertainment One, but referencing itself as eOne: http://ow.ly/2gTFP – all this does is eliminate a redundancy… #
• …since the company was Entertainment One to begin with. Technically, the old name is Entertainment One (i.e., E1) Entertainment. Pointless #
• John Callahan, of Pelswick and Quads! infamy, died Saturday at 59. http://ow.ly/2gU4z – that sucks. Used to like Quads! when it first aired. #
• The fail whale has eaten my autotweet about my Maury Chaykin article: http://ow.ly/2hvUf – I know, yet another obit. This one has Def-Con 4! #
• Could it kill Corus to greenlight dramas for its women's cable channels, instead of reality/DIY shows? http://ow.ly/2hvYn http://ow.ly/2hvXb #
• @vidserv The credit was retired by the Director's Guild of America in 2000. Blame Joe Eszterhas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee in reply to vidserv #
• @DecencyLegion Oh, and don't forget Tangled. I can't. It's the most popular search term on URBMN right now. in reply to DecencyLegion #
• TVtropolis with more game show junk. Seriously, isn't this Cash Cab? I feel like Instant Cash has been done before. http://ow.ly/2j1ja #
• Thing you may not know about me: I've recently had a back-&-forth with Andy Nulman about 1997 TV special The Worst of Just For Laughs. Yeah. #
• #FF @vidserv @canuxploitation @kerryku @marinaapperley @GdL16 @_creeboy @CBCHereandNow @RocketFund @onceagainalways @for_a_dollar #
• @normsousa …and yet you were in Hotbox. You realize some Canadians will lump you into the same bucket of shit as Ron James, right? in reply to normsousa #
• I have 200 followers for URBMN now. I'm sure at least 150 of them are real people. #

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• @mondoville Listening to that @CBCHereandNow piece on #4chan was PAINFUL. Had no clue as to what 4chan is or its place as a meme farm. in reply to mondoville #
• @CBCHereandNow Interesting variant of corpsing: Tommy Cooper dying on live television. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHELTET6m84 in reply to CBCHereandNow #
• Flashpoint Season 3 to debut on CTV August 6, Fridays at 10:00 PM: http://ow.ly/2edD5 – so, what is CTV going for here? Early fall season? #
• Till Debt Do Us Part debuts Tuesday, Sept. 7, 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, Slice. http://ow.ly/2edFC – Words can't describe how much I hate these shows. #
• I'm sure more people will comment on John Doyle's piece about handguns than watch the documentary his piece is based on: http://ow.ly/2eNGJ #
• I'm actually surprised Tangled on CBC has become a hot topic (well, hot for Canadian TV): http://ow.ly/2fcJO – yep, CBC let pass a winner. #
• Fifth/31st season finale of Doctor Who? Fine. Best of the new series. The InnerSPACE Live show following DW? Uh…Gavin Stephens? Really? #

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• @weinmanj Weird thing: Gibson's desecration of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington? Eerily prescient. in reply to weinmanj #
• @weinmanj No, it's the dog with the shifty eyes wearing a Mel Gibson costume. You have to suspect him. His eyes are shifty. in reply to weinmanj #
• Entertainment One moves HQ from Cayman Islands to Canada: http://ow.ly/2aSPd – doing this to be listed on London Stock Exchange, maybe TSX. #
• PR re: Dawna Friesen's move to Global National: http://ow.ly/2aSVM – not a bad move, but Global had capable in-house anchors like ROBIN GILL #
• Durham County S2 to come out in two weeks through Anchor Bay/Starz Media: http://amzn.to/aynFdU (news via @TVShowsonDVD; Amazon link mine) #
• Shoutouts to @cottagecomedy, @tylermorrison1 and @cynicallytested for RTing my This is That review. Yes, I do want more Truth From Here. #
• Uh, 'seize' publication? Not the best choice of words, J-Source. RT @jsource Gazette to seize publication on Sundays http://bit.ly/cNkml2 #
• Quick question: who among my followers reads URBMN? Good points? Bad points? Should I just give up and talk American shows like every1 else? #
• Teletoon announces its fall lineup. Seems like Teletoon will keep the At Night/Detour branding. http://www.teletoon.com/media/2010 #
• Wait, no, I'm wrong. Detour is dead. The [adult swim] shows have largely moved to past-midnight time slots. Wow. Gay. #
• 18 to Life bought by CW to burn off on Tuesdays in August: http://ow.ly/2c8hx – eh. It's on an American networklet. Can't ask for much more. #
• Tangled pilot to air Wednesday, July 21 at 9:00 PM ET/PT: http://ow.ly/2c90h – of interest to Sarah Wayne Callies and Leslie Hope fans. #
• #FF @tv_eh / @deekayw for continuing to link to URBMN. @GdL16 since it retweets a lot of URBMN stuff. @vidserv since it retweets me at times #
• @cynicallytested You'd also have to pay $400 to own the medal, then listen to Ron James sing "Four Strong Winds" during the ceremony. in reply to cynicallytested #

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• The Puppets Who Kill season 3/4 comp. will street on September 21, 2010. That's from VSC's director of production Hillary McCarrel. #
• Cartoon Gene is on Teletoon right now (7:30-8:00 PM ET.) I know it's not for me, it's for kids, but…eh. Standard-issue Family Channel show #
• Love, Hate and Propaganda…why couldn't Terry O'Reilly do this show instead of Strombo? O'Reilly works in propaganda. Natural fit there. #
• Update on Puppets Who Kill S3/S4 DVD piece, with the new VSC info mentioned yesterday on the URBMN Twitter account: http://ow.ly/28Zqd #
• Odd item: a day after posting the latest Alliance TV-on-DVD article, the most hits I've received on amazon.ca this month are for Les Parent. #
• I get that Polkaroo's on Twitter (http://ow.ly/28ZHC), but where's Storytime Mouse? At least Minou's nowhere to be seen, so that's good. #
• Remember Medium Close-Up's Lloyd Robertson rumour? http://ow.ly/292mV – turns out he is retiring…in 2011. Lloyd announced it tonight. #
• Lisa LaFlamme is the new CTV National News anchor. Wow. How totally expected and logical. You're letting me down, CTV News. #
• Greg Quill's Toronto Star article on specialty cable: http://ow.ly/29Eu2 – half the article is Quill bitching about whether it's quality TV. #
• Most interesting part of Quill's article: profits of the top 25 cable channels. http://ow.ly/29ExU – W, Sportsnet, TSN have highest PBITs #
• "Report card" for specialties: http://ow.ly/29EAj – Comedy Network is "top of the class?" You mean it's okay that most of its CanCon sucks? #

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• CTV bringing back Canadian Comedy Shorts: http://bit.ly/cv2I4h – good news: Nathan Fielder and Ron Sparks. Bad news: Pat Thornton. #
• Etan Vlessing reports that Single White Spenny given 8-ep. 1st season by Showcase; new Global show called Combat Hospital http://ow.ly/24sbP #
• World Fishing Network looking for the "Ultimate Fishing Town." Prize is $25,000 donation and a thirty-minute special. http://ow.ly/24Xuk #
• The Next Star Season 3 premieres Monday, July 19 at 7 PM ET/PT: http://ow.ly/24XwX #
• About the Etan Vlessing article about new CanCon…when did Blackstone get picked up by Canwest? Why don't people notify me of this?! #
• Also, contacted Breakthrough about Single White Spenny. No response yet. Yeah, let's be secretive about TELEVISION SHOWS. Good PR there. #
• Canwest's newspaper chain now called Postmedia Networks. http://ow.ly/26vbI – bit of a generic name, but National Post IS the flagship. #
• Podcast version of This is That's first episode: http://ow.ly/26HdM – linking to the MP3 file itself as opposed to its landing page. #

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