TV, eh? podcast episode 32: Doggone Good

Episode 32: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed  

Ken Finkleman (The Newsroom) is our guest this week, talking about his upcoming HBO Canada show Good Dog and the controversial Q interview that had Diane a tiny bit nervous about interviewing him.

First we dispatch with some news, like 18 to Life's cancellation, Brett Wilson exiting Dragons' Den, Michelle Borth's casting in Combat Hospital, the premieres of Funny As Hell and The Uluit: Champions of the North, and the Archie parody that's gone viral.

We also discuss the CRTC versus Canadian broadcasting industry question on whether Netflix is a broadcaster, and in a stunning twist side with the CRTC in thinking no freaking way.


Your hosts

• Anthony Marco can be found at Dyscultured and lovehatethings and Best Episode Ever, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

TV, eh? podcast episode 31: Henshaw's Corner

Episode 31: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed  
 
Our guest this week is writer/producer Jim Henshaw, talking about the state of the Canadian television industry aka The Moment of Absolute Certainty Never Arrives.

Before that, Anthony and I chat about The Shat hosting the Genie Awards on March 10, those darn loud ads the CRTC wants to hear you rant about, and Anthony rants about Don Cherry renewing his contract with CBC. We also tease next week's interview with Ken Finkleman of Good Dog with the news that it premieres March 6 with sampling starting February 28.

Your hosts

• Anthony Marco can be found at Dyscultured and lovehatethings and Best Episode Ever, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

TV, eh? podcast episode 30: Some InSecurity Over a Bad Tattoo

Episode 30: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed  

Natalie Lisinska and Richard Yearwood of InSecurity are our guests this week, chatting about the show and Diane's shoe size.

First we go over CBC's recently announced renewals and apparent cancellations, Endgame's March 14 premiere, and Call Me Fitz's US pickup. What does the shakeup at CTV mean? We have no idea, but talk about it anyway. And we discuss the place of the TV critic versus episode recapper versus fanboy in relation to Slate's much-discussed-among-critics piece.

Your hosts

• Anthony Marco can be found at Dyscultured and lovehatethings and Best Episode Ever, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

TV, eh? podcast episode 29 - One for The Listeners

Episode 29: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed  


This week we have interviews with Craig Olejnik and Ennis Esmer of The Listener, and Ennis talks about his hosting gig on the upcoming Wipeout Canada as well.

Anthony and Diane chat about Jim Henshaw's Super Bowl conspiracy - did Rogers and Shaw "forget" to substitute the Fox feed with their own to thumb their noses at the CRTC? We puzzle about why neither Flashpoint nor Glee saw a post-Super Bowl ratings boost in Canada - Flashpoint actually got fewer viewers than usual. And we riff on the CBC's new five year plan and whether it might one day be a real public broadcaster.






Your hosts

• Anthony Marco can be found at Dyscultured and lovehatethings and Best Episode Ever, and on Twitter here and here.
• Diane Wild can be found here at TV, eh? and on Twitter here and here.

TV, eh? podcast episode 28 - Human Wedgies

Episode 28: Listen or download here or subscribe via iTunes or with any other program via the TV, Eh? feed  

Our guests this week are Damian Abraham of MuchMusic’s The Wedge and the indie band F**ked Up, as well as Meaghan Rath (Sally) of Being Human.

First we start with some Canadian TV news, like The Listener is now coming back February 8. CTV is pretty sure this time. Maybe.

Riese: Kingdom Falling is going from webseries to airing on Space (and Anthony invites Canadian web series creators to contact him and he’ll interview them for this podcast.)

An innovative way to promote a pilot – independently financed and posted on the web – tries to generate buzz with the blandest media release ever.

The BC homegrown TV industry is way down.

BCE is hoping to avoid the mandatory payment for prime-time Canadian programming in the CTVglobemedia purchase.

And it wouldn’t be a Canadian podcast if we didn’t discuss the Internet usage based billing issue. Netflix is one of many not happy about it.