Canada Day 2017: What We Love About Canadian TV

“SHOW THAT GOT ME PASSIONATE ABOUT CDNTV WAS…” – if we’re talking about the first Canadian show we really got into that’d be “Lost Girl” for me, I had seen “Flashpoint” episodes because of Amy Jo Johnson but I never really got into the series like I have others; if we’re going with “why I’m hyped about Canadian productions” I’d have to say it’s actually a combination of shows, “Lost Girl” and “Continuum” and “Orphan Black”, that made me say “What else is up there?!”. “Rookie Blue” and “Bomb Girls” were just more great icing for cake!

“CDNTV SHOW I WISH MORE PEOPLE KNEW ABOUT IS…” – I’m going to cheat and say all of them as again the quality has been really good! You’ve got great realistic character writing in “Wynonna Earp”, you’ve got a classic in the making in “Orphan Black”, you’ve got writing that makes you think in “Continuum”, you’ve got well done diversity in every show – they characters are stereotypes and aren’t played usually for rating (they’re included because the writers want them), and you’ve got unique concepts like “Lost Girl”.

“I get really sad at times thinking of what a great show X Company is that there’s still so many people who don’t know anything about it.” – I’m still waiting for a US network to show it!

“FAVORITE CDNTV SHOW AT THE MOMENT IS…” – ORPHAN EARP because I can’t pick between “Orphan Black” and “Wynonna Earp”!

“CDNTV ACTOR ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT RIGHT NOW IS…” – Tatiana Maslany; I do feel this is accurate as well though – “Christy Spratlin: Evelyne Brochu. Whether she’s hunting down German spies on XCompany or help Cosima defeat Neolution on Orphan Black, Evelyne Brochu never fails to impress me. I really do believe that she is one of Canada’s hidden gems.”!

“Kelly Townsend: I’m one of the few actual Canadians writing for this website. National pride!” – simple yet direct. 🙂 “Megan Haas: It’s raising the bar for what we can see on TV. I love that these series commit to showing LGBT+ storylines without having to explain why they are doing it.” – this! Lovely responses in the “Why I cover CDNTV…” section!

“ASPECT OF CDNTV THAT I ESPECIALLY LOVE IS…” – I would like to second this “Victoria Nelli: Their budgets aren’t enormous so they rely heavily on the writing, and it shows. There is one common thread through almost every Canadian TV show I’ve watched and it’s heart. Their characters are so well thought out and flushed out really thoroughly and I think that’s something that they’ve really mastered. They bring the feels and they do it with these raw, real, and devastatingly honest characters.”!

“ACTOR I CAN’T BELIEVE MORE PEOPLE DON’T KNOW IS…” – I’m going to cheat again and say all of them as there’s some good actors up there who I admittedly didn’t know until “Lost Girl” really introduced me to the world.

“Similar to Buffy’s Sarah Michelle Gellar, I fear that Scrofano will never get the awards and accolades she deserves because she’s on a silly sounding show with a pretty crazy premise.” – this is sadly true for a lot of shows; it’s really hypocritical that superhero shows don’t get the credit they deserve – if writing is good on a series than it should be nominated and if the acting is good the actor should be nominated for their action or dramatic or comedic performance!

“NEW CDNTV SHOW I’M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS…” – “Wynonna Earp” is still new enough to count right? I’m still waiting for more details on each super new show and to see if it’ll air on a US station I can watch.