More on Canadian TV fall season highlights: documentary Channel, Fashion Television, Innerspace

by Craig Takeuchi on September 11th, 2010 at 10:49 PM

I couldn't fit in all the information I wanted to in the fall Canadian TV season preview that ran earlier this week, and some stuff came in after deadline, so here are a few quick updates.

After our publication deadline, the Ice Pilots NWT premiere changed to a week earlier. The first episode will now be broadcast Friday, September 17 (9 p.m.) on Global.

Also, due to an error in a press release, the premiere date of CBC's Men With Brooms will be October 4 (not September 20).

Both dates have corrected in the original article on-line.

Meanwhile, this month the CBC's documentary Channel is being offered free of charge to digital TV subscribers until September 30. (In B.C., it is available through Novus Entertainment, Shaw Cablesystems, Eastlink, and Telus TV.) Upcoming highlights include the world premiere of the documentary original commissions:
”¢ One Summer at Camp Winston (Sept. 14, 3 and 6 p.m. PT), about a camp for kids with neurological disorders;
”¢ Acquainted With the Night (Sept. 19, 9 p.m. PT), which explores the world that exists between sundown and sunrise;
”¢ Where's My Goat? (Sept. 28, 6 p.m. PT), in which filmmaker Christopher Richardson travels to Zambia to find out what happens to the goat he purchased as a charitable gift.

Fashion Television celebrates a quarter of a century of covering the style scene with a dip into their archives for an anniversary special on CTV on Sunday (September 12) at 7 p.m. (PT).

And if you're a fan of the U.K. series Being Human, the Vancouver-shot Sanctuary and Stargate Universe, or Supernatural, season two of Toronto-based Innerspace, which gives the scoop on these shows, launches on September 16 on Space. There'll also be interviews with Maggie Q (Nikita), Zachary Levi (Chuck), and Tom Welling (Smallville).

And by the way, the new series Hellcats, about the feline world of competitive college cheerleading, on MuchMusic is an American series set in Mephis but it's actually shot in Vancouver. Keep your eye out for local scenery and talent.

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Andrew

Feb 26, 2011 at 8:40am

I’ve only recently become a huge fan of The Documentary Channel but now I can’t get enough. I’ve also realized how great the Logitech Revue works for this type of content. I can pause my DVR in the middle of a documentary and look up facts, additional info, videos—whatever I want and it’s right there on my big screen. Then when I’ve finished go directly back to where I left off in the program. As a DISH Network subscriber/employee I was excited when I first heard that Logitech, Google and DISH were working together to provide enhanced DVR functionality and it works wonderfully. I definitely recommend documentary fans check it out; it can take the experience to the next level. DISH is also offering the Revue to their customers at a discounted price too, so it’s a great deal.