• Canadian Comedy Awards noms: Irwin Barker nominated just after his death; Ennis Esmer given nom. for…THE LISTENER?! http://ow.ly/21PeO #
• From yesterday, but The Accessible Channel will simulcast Rookie Blue on June 24: http://ow.ly/21Pvg – described video "in real time." #
• Missed SCN's sale to Bluepoint Investment Corporation: http://ow.ly/21PBr – good for SCN that it's still on air. Know f-all about Bluepoint. #
• Not sure if this is still going on, but CORE's assets are being auctioned off today: http://ow.ly/21PMR – started around 12:00, I believe. #
• Carole Brabant with her 2 cents on the Lindsay Blankett "Canadian TV is shit" comment: http://ow.ly/22vCJ – a little late there, Brabant. #
• CHUM to buy The New Flow 93.5 FM in Toronto from Milestone Radio Inc.: http://ow.ly/22vHs #
• From VSC: Kenny vs. Spenny Season 6 DVD to come out September 7, 2010. Pre-orders on August 31. #
• Amazon.ca entry for Kenny vs. Spenny Season Six: http://amzn.to/bmdouq #
• Is it wrong to say I won't be missing CBC Radio's GO!? It had a good run, but I always found the show a bit laboured. Just saying. #

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• RT @larrylarry: Comedy Central to launch new network in Canada with Kory Teneycke at the helm. #cdnpoli #
• TMN/Movie Central 2010-11 slate: http://ow.ly/1YjL2 – Call Me Fitz given 2nd season already. On the plus side, The Yard has been greenlit! #
• Also, I guess Just For Laughs has moved to TMN/MC? Every year, TMN/MC becomes more like CBC than the CBC. Hell, Jon Dore's on TMN now. #
• Canwest to carpet-bomb people with Rookie Blue promotion: http://ow.ly/1YsrR – a "promotional assault" feels empty, since it's fucking JUNE. #
• Channel Zero to destroy the thing that made its version of CHCH distinctive: http://ow.ly/1YsWp – hope it can pick up King Kaboom's tab. #
• A lot of documentaries being aired and/or mentioned this month – Super Channel, OMNI and CityTV, Movie Central airing a couple of Shatner's. #
• CityTV series is The Beat a "docusoap" (argh) about Beat Enforcement Team’s Squad Three in Vancouver. Wow, CityTV airs a reality show. Shock #
• W Network's 2010-11 schedule: http://ow.ly/1Zmke – lots of homebuilding shows. Not a drama in the bunch. All cheap reality shows. #
• @RobbieDougie Oh, go play in your Hotbox. in reply to RobbieDougie #
• Teletoon's July 2010 highlights: http://ow.ly/1Zmzs – premiere of Bolts & Blip and The Future is Wild. Isn't TFiW Canadian? I'm sure it is. #
• Should state that Teletoon Detour's 2010-11 sked will only be revealed in July. The Dating Guy, Teletoon Pilot Project, and what else? #
• Warren the Ape to debut June 19 on Canada's version of MTV2. Thought there would be more fanfare, given that there are Greg the Bunny fans. #
• @RobbieDougie I know you're offended by the Comedy Inc. review. At least state that upfront. It's not like I mentioned you specifically. in reply to RobbieDougie #
• @RobbieDougie OK. Wasn't trying to stalk you; I just found your Twitter account while writing the review. Not going for a personal attack. in reply to RobbieDougie #
• @RobbieDougie Some Cdn. television shows really piss off a lot of people. It's the nature of the low-budget beast in this country. in reply to RobbieDougie #
• @RobbieDougie True. The Comedy Network is horrible with its low-budget show picks. They've only really launched Puppets Who Kill & Jon Dore. in reply to RobbieDougie #

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• Is John Doyle right about Cra$h & Burn being cancelled? If so, fuck. That show was genuinely good after its first couple of episodes. #
• MST3K: The Discussion Board links to my review of This Movie Sucks!: http://ow.ly/1VTKf – poster likens TMS!' second ep. to MST3K's KTMA era #
• GlassBox TV buys CTVglobemedia's travel + escape channel: http://ow.ly/1VTT1 – I'm surprised t+e even lasted long enough to be sold. #
• Contacted Global, Teletoon and The Comedy Network re: Futurama's 2010 eps. Global and TCN aren't on board. I hope Teletoon's on the ball. #
• Also, does anyone have updated contact info re: Kerzner/Mediarts? I'm surprised the This Movie Sucks! review (http://j.mp/aXtMAw) has legs. #
• Andrew Young to include Social Retard Productions shorts as part of This Movie Sucks! beginning this Friday: http://ow.ly/1Wr82 #
• Ugh. Planning a Carlawood review; watching 2nd-season premiere right now. Oof. This is PAINFUL. The thing Canadians make fun of Cdn. TV for. #
• The Comedy Network's Upload Yours might be less on-the-ball than I previously thought: http://ow.ly/1XtfW #
• @theisb I've seen LUST FOR FREEDOM. The two Grim Reaper songs are played endlessly. Can't believe Eric Louzil made serious-minded Troma. in reply to theisb #
• So, no Ed the Sock: This Movie Sucks this week. Has Channel Zero cancelled the show already? Anyone working on the show, let me know. #
• Looking at IMDb's worst Canadian titles…should I trust IMDb anymore? Cashing In in the top 100? What the fucking hell?! http://ow.ly/1XvUo #
• These Quantcast figures suck. Is there a use for Quantcast, or is this Alexa by a different name? http://www.quantcast.com/sweetposer.tk #
• So, Comedy Now!…saw an audience shot of Ian Bagg's standup and there's barely anyone laughing. Obnoxious laugh track goes on regardless. #
• Set is still this eye-searing orange. Why can't Comedy Now! change its set? Also, change the theme song. Oh, and ditch Sandra Faire. #ctv #

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• Hopefully, if my RSVP hasn't fallen through, will be attending Canwest Wed. upfront, possibly Rogers if I'm not too late w/that. #
• Wish I had linked to the Sanctuary Season 2 sets sooner: DVD @ http://amzn.to/aWxq2J, Blu-ray @ http://amzn.to/dgbuO9 #
• CBC's studios go all-LED lighting: http://ow.ly/1SyFw – wow. A sensible, good idea coming from the CBC. I'm almost amazed. #
• CTVgm and Canwest with their annual "we're number one" dueling banjos routine: http://ow.ly/1Szh9, http://ow.ly/1SzaU #
• Anyone going to the Canwest upfronts tomorrow aside from me? #
• Also, not going to Rogers upfronts (full.) Not, of course, that I'm worried about anything but the spectre of not seeing Superjail. #
• Finally home from attending Canwest upfront video presentation. Will post bigger article within a day or two, but some thoughts… #
• Rookie Blue screening attended by 12 people, including me. The show isn't that bad, but why was THAT being screened instead of Shattered? #
• Glee given heavy promotion – video sales spiel Glee-heavy, Gleetards out in lobby, sort of the de facto theme to the upfront #canwest #
• Vidspiel also contained Russell Oliver. Think I heard audience groan when he first appeared. I mean, really, the Cashman? #canwest #
• @wcdixon So…I take it Shattered's shit, then? I mean, all I've seen is the preview and a Youtube trailer/ in reply to wcdixon #
• Meaningful news: Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour to air sometime Winter 2011. No word on return of Testees or Pure Pwnage. #canwest #
• Comedy Network's Upload Yours is fifteen minutes long. 5 of those minutes were of someone scatting. Many white rappers. What's the point? #

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• CTV's summer 2010 schedule. Uh, new episodes of Comedy Inc.? 2010 new? Man, why can't CTV let Roman Danylo's monster die? http://ow.ly/1QfRA #
• CBC Radio Summer 2010 shows: http://ow.ly/1QmHd – can't lie. I only care about public radio satire This is That. Anyone write for that show? #
• Saving Places to debut on History Television June 12, 7PM ET/PT: http://ow.ly/1Qne7 – high concept is fine, but no, show has to be sexified. #
• The Movie Network/Movie Central press bumf for Pillars of the Earth: http://ow.ly/1QnlE – debuts July 23; reairs July 26 in regular timeslot #
• Watching The National on CBCNN; no sign of Jessica Borutski yet. More Andrew Coyne than I want to see. What a crappy, crappy newscast. #
• Well, that Jessica Borutski interview wasn't on The National tonight. You know what was? Ducks crossing a highway and Mansbridge gurning. #
• Piece on Jessica Borutski and the Looney Tunes "controversy," attached as a video to text piece. http://ow.ly/1Qrmt #
• @wcdixon What, you're not excited about Men with Brooms and The Debbie Travis Show? Who cares about Conan O'Brien? MEN WITH BROOMS~! in reply to wcdixon #
• Odd comment re: my Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town review. Something about orange boxes + ferrets eating my asshole http://ow.ly/1RgsZ #

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• CBC Kids' Animal Mechanicals now one of the inaugural shows on Hasbro/Discovery Communications' kids network The Hub: http://ow.ly/1MhND #
• Vacation with Derek to air June 25, 8 PM ET/PT: http://ow.ly/1Mi13 – "red carpet" screening June 15, 5:30 ET, Toronto's Isabel Bader Theatre #
• VSC to release The Border's third & final season on DVD August 10, 2010. Hasn't been formally announced yet, but on production schedule. #
• I should mention re: http://ow.ly/1MibU that Vacation with Derek is on Family Channel. Whoops. #
• From @mondoville: 'The downmarket upfronts' http://ow.ly/1MNOQ – a bit hard on Ed the Sock, but I support any and all hatred of Carlawood. #
• Upload Yours debuts June 3, 10:30 PM: http://ow.ly/1Nbka – selected web videos from http://uly.thecomedynetwork.ca/. Hard to call UY a show. #
• I hope Upload Yours isn't as annoying as that GODAWFUL ad hocking the site on The Comedy Network every 9 minutes. Drag that foot, fatboy! #
• Jeff Spriet e-mails me regarding my review of CBC pilot The Cult. For those interested, review is here: http://ow.ly/1NKtG #
• Question about Fred Fuchs' leaving CBC for Camelot: how has he helped CBC Television, really? He killed as many good shows as he championed. #
• An executive from Animation Development Company wants to exploit your children: http://ow.ly/1OnyA #

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• Baxter to debut Monday, May 24 at 4PM: http://ow.ly/1JG2W – regular timeslot 10AM, Sat/Sun. The scheduling doesn't give me much confidence. #
• @torrancecoombs @BenjaminAyres http://ow.ly/1JRPe #
• Making list of CBC standalone pilots. I have 10 right now. Any more I've missed? I'm referring to 2000s shows, by the way http://ow.ly/1KpPP #
• That's So Weird has been renewed by YTV for a second season: http://ow.ly/1KGSI – story appended to news of a Q3 conference call. #
• Via @HastingsCounty: Eastern Ontario about to get $110M in prov./fed. funding for high-speed Internet. About damn time. http://ht.ly/1L7q4 #
• Received email regarding Global 2010-11 upfronts. Gonna try like hell to attend at least one upfront this year. What are they like, usually? #
• qubo's Fall 2010 schedule. Spliced! isn't back. Many Filmation shows to debut, though. Yeah, I don't get that, either. http://ow.ly/1LiBX #

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• @fagstein Well, it'd be ruining The Star-Spangled Banner by associating it with NBC. in reply to fagstein #
• Jason Priestley to direct Mud Puppy; Vincenzo Natali tackling William Gibson's Neuromancer. Natali bit buried in article. http://ow.ly/1HYUd #

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