Ep 130: Paranormal TV Feb 27 - March 5, 2013

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• This week on Hexed Suzie and Shannon take on series premiere of Stranded, check in on recent episodes of Cult and The Walking Dead and do some catch-up on both Being Human (North American) and The Almighty Johnsons. We also have a brief spoiler-free discussion on Vikings (which Shannon LOVED), talk about oodles of news including Space's rebranding and new programming.

• We'll be back next week to chat new episodes of our regs, and catch up with Lost Girl, Supernatural and the return of Grimm!

• Be sure to vote on our Cult Poll, share if it's a show you would like to hear us talk about!

Show Notes:

• Lost Girl renewed for Season 4 and finale for S3 is on April 14, 2013
• Continuum Season 2 premieres on Showcase Sunday April 21, 2013 at 9pm ET/PT.
• Vikings 'precap', for those that need deets before a show even starts.
• Vikings ratings win for History "849,000 (V2+) and 417,000 (A25-54)*. Vikings is the highest single Canadian specialty episode this broadcast year"
• Social TV of the week - Canadian (Degrassi, Republic of Doyle and Heartland for this week); looking back over several weeks, Degrassi usually nails it, but Lost Girl is on there quite a few times.
• Seevibes is the site which reports Canadian social media television info: "Seevibes is a site that decodes social media, they report on ratings, social media and have articles too" Sadly they have not RSS feed which makes it harder to remember to check/share the ratings.
• Canadian Screen Awards Winners (our shows: Continuum - Visual FX, Being Human - Make Up and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil x2)
• Cult is moving to Fridays on The CW (which is where it already plays on Space!) as of March 8, 2013. Ratings for the premiere ep was 900,000 and Ep 2 820,000 (US) which isn't too much of a drop off, although it is a quiet start.
• Zero Hour gets pulled from schedule, unclear if/when remaining episodes to air
• The Following has been renewed
• Prequel webseries for Revolution
• Sinbad finally to air in the US on SyFy as of April 12, 2013
• Once Upon a Time is getting it's own magazine (one issue Feb 26, second in June 2013)
• Walking Dead creator developing a show about exorcism/possession based on upcoming graphic novel
• Space has new url and branding - Space.ca: See the press release here and a new promo spot with the new branding here.
• Space's Spring 2013 Schedule
• Top of the Lake, new UK/Australian show to air on Space (from Promo) "A detective investigates the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant daughter of a local drug lord."
• Utopia, new UK show to air on Space "Utopia will follow a group of people who find themselves in possession of a manuscript of a cult graphic novel. The tome is rumoured to have predicted the worst disasters of the last century and the group soon find themselves targeted by a shadowy organisation known only as The Network"

Time Coding:

• 0:00 - 1:13 Intro
• 1:13 - 26:26 News
• 26:26 - 37:00 Stranded Series Premiere Star Island
• 37:00 - 42:03 Vikings Series Premiere / General Discussion
• 42:03 - 49:08 Cult S1 Ep 2 In the Blood
• 49:08 - 1:00:35 The Walking Dead S3 Ep 12 Clear
• 1:00:35- 1:13:00 The Almighty Johnsons S2 Ep 6 and 7 Folkmoot and Effortless Manly Coolness
• 1:13:00- 1:32:30 Being Human (N.American) S3 Ep 6 and 7 and 8 What's Blood Got to Do With It and One is Silver and the Other Pagan and You Body is Condemned to Wonderland
• 1:32:30 - 1:36:21 Outro 

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The Fine Print (spoiler notations)

• We talk about the shows in depth, so please watch first and then listen. We don't look ahead or watch trailers, teasers, look at casting info, so any predictions and commentary are from our own minds.
• For Being Human North American fans, we have a unique reverse-spoiler notation as we've seen the UK version of Being Human up to and including Season 4, so we may touch on characters and events from that series as well, so please watch it first if you want to be spoiler free!

2013 Canadian Screen Awards Winners

Over the weekend the inaugural Canadian Screen Awards were presented over three days ending off with a 2-hour broadcast on Sunday March 3, 2013. The are the new combination awards previously known separately as the Genies (for Canadian film) and Gemini's (for Canadian TV) awarded by The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to recognize excellence in film, television and digital media productions and now are done all together.

We shared the nominations back in January and several of the shows we talk about at Hexed were nominated. Now the tallying has come in and the awards have been shared several of our shows have come out on top: Being Human (North American) won in the make up category, Continuum picked up visual effects award and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil won awards for both best sound and achievement in casting.

See full list of winners from the Canadian Screen Awards: Day One, Day Two and Day Three (PDF links).

Here are the big deets on our shows that won:

Being Human

• Best Achievement in Make-Up - Emilie Gauthier, Erik Gosselin for When I Think About You, I Shred Myself

Todd and the Book of Pure Evil

• Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series - Mark Gingras, Elma Bello, Katie Halliday, Stan Mak, Rudy Michael, Brad Thornton for Black Tie Showdown
• Best Achievement in Casting Sara Kay, Jim Heber, Jenny Lewis for BYOBOPE

Continuum

• Best Visual Effects - Adam Stern for A Stitch in Time

Congratulations to all the winners!


Image from Being Human: Season 2 Episode 9 When I Think About You I Shred Myself - Kyle Schmid as Skinned Henry


Rachel Nichols in Continuum - A Stitch in Time (Image Source)

Ep 124: Paranormal TV Jan 1 - 14, 2013

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• Suzie and Shannon are back for our first podcast of 2013 and who knew there would be so much to enjoy in just the first two weeks of the year? We have the Season 3 premiere of Lost Girl (and Lost Girl ConFaeDential), season 2 Premiere of The Almighty Johnsons (thank you SPACE!), Season 3 premiere of Being Human (North American) to enjoy. Plus with the fifth and final season of Merlin beginning we check in on that, Suzie's caught up with Primeval: New World so we have some dinosaur talk, we lament over the awesomeness of Borealis which we only get in a TV movie format and check out the non-fiction show of The Haunting Of...; plus news galore including the recently announced Canadian Screen Awards.

• We'll be back next week to chat return of many of our regs like Supernatural and Vampire Diaries plus the Season 3 finale of Haven.

• Show Notes
• Canadian Screen Awards Nominations announced: Continuum, Lost Girl, Haven, Being Human (North American), Todd and the Book of Pure Evil and Santuary all nominated
• Shannon's comprehensive list of January 2013 return and begin air dates for our shows here.
• Haven final 2 episodes of Season 3 confirmed to air Fri Jan 18, 2013
• Ghost Mine will be on Space starting Wed Jan 16, 2012 at 10pm, plus entire Jan Space Schedule including dates for Ripper Street, The Following many return/debut dates and a new one.
• Borealis 2 hour TV Movie will air on Space Fri Jan 11 at 9pm although the series wasn't picked up.
• More on Canadian pilot airings (including Borealis) legalise
• CanCon Mondays on SyFy starting Jan 14 with back to back block of Continuum, Being Human (N.American) & Lost Girl
• TV_Eh? Post: Syfy has what Canada doesn’t: faith in Canadian shows
• Anna Silk (Bo on Lost Girl) Pregnancy News, whom they are publicly calling Ninja! Found out just before started shooting last episode of the season. And she's 38. Wow. I wouldn't have guessed that.
• Defiance S1 will premiere in April 15, 2013 on Showcase; it's the TV show that will also concurrently be an MMO.
• The Bates Motel starts on A&E in March (from commerical), it's a prequel to Psycho.
• Space looks like it's picked up both Stranded (follows paranormal enthusiasts stranded in haunted houses/locations) and Do No Harm (A brilliant neurosurgeon who has to battle his own alter-ego so that he can live a normal life. ) for Feb 2013
• Walking Dead renewed for a season 4, and will have a new showrunner
• Orphan Black Teaser and Artwork (and potential release date: March 30, 2013 but that might only be the BBC America date).
• Primeval: Revelations, a series of short films inspired by the TV series Primeval, coming Summer 2013.
• Being Human UK S5 Blogger over at BBC Blogs!
• First 4 seasons of Fringe now available on Netflix.ca

• Time Coding:
• 0:00 - 1:30 Intro
• 1:30 - 27:09 News
• 27:09 - 34:30 Lost Girl ConFaeDential
• 34:30 - 43:00 Lost Girl S3 Ep 1 (Season Premiere) Caged Fae
• 43:00 - 53:50 The Almighty Johnsons S2 Ep 1 (Season Premiere) And Then She Will Come to You
• 53:50 - 1:09:10 Being Human (N.American) S3 Ep 1 (Season Premiere) It's a Shame About Ray
• 1:09:10 - 1:19:10 Merlin Season 5 General Discussion
• 1:19:10 - 1:31:50 Primeval: New World General Discussion
• 1:31:50 - 1:41:50 Borealis
• 1:41:50 - 1:51:50 The Haunting Of…
• 1:51:50 - 1:54:25 Outro

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2013 Canadian Screen Awards Nominations Announced

The Canadian Screen Awards Nominations were recently announced, these are the new combination awards previously known as the Genies (for Canadian film) and Gemini's (for Canadian TV) awarded by The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to recognize excellence in film, television and digital media productions.

I was thrilled to see many of the shows we chat about here at Hexed: Sisterhood of the Supernatural were recognized including Haven, Lost Girl, Continuum, Being Human (North American), The Listener, Sanctuary, Camelot, XIII: The Series and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil. And because always point out Star Trek whenever it does (or doesn't!) pop up, I have to also cheer for William Shatner's documentary The Captains in which he chats with actors who portrayed captains in the Star Trek universe.

I'm especially happy to see the nomination for Emily Rose of Haven who is nominated in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role Haven for Audrey Parker's Day Off, I know last year we were very vocal about not seeing her in this category. Ksenia Solo also gets a big cheer for her nomination in the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series for Lost Girl - The Girl Who Fae'd With Fire/Truth and Consequences; last year she was nominated for (and won) a Gemini for Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series in Oh Kappa My Kappa/Sorority/Fae Day.   Another happy moments is seeing the new Continuum getting lots of recognition with a whopping 5 nominations.  Congratulations to all the nominees!

Below I've listed a selection of the TV nominations for the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards, but only a selection.  Basically, if any show we talk about on Hexed was nominated, I've listed it below. I would have loved to share all the noms but it's in PDF format and 44 pages which is too much to translate! 

For a FULL LIST of the TV nominations (44 page PDF) click here
For the film nominations, click here
For the documentary nominations, click here
For the digitial media nominations, click here


A SELECTION of the TV Nominations for the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards *

Best Dramatic Series -Sponsored by Independent Production Fund

• Arctic Air
• Bomb Girls
• Continuum
• Flashpoint
• King

Best Performing Arts Program or Series or Arts Documentary Program or Series

• The Captains
• Into the Arctic II
• Love Lies Bleeding
• Love Shines
• Romeos & Juliets

Best Achievement in Make-Up

• Combat Hospital - On the Brink, Cathie Davies-Irvine, David B. Scott
• Combat Hospital – Triage, Cathie Davies-Irvine
• Murdoch Mysteries - Murdoch in Wonderland, Debi Drennan
• Being Human - When I Think About You, I Shred Myself, Emilie Gauthier, Erik Gosselin
• I, Martin Short, Goes Home, Melissa Zimmerman, Judi Cooper-Sealy, Stella Margaritis, Sue Upton

Best Costume Design

• Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks, Joanne Hansen
• The Firm - Chapter 3, Debra Hanson
• Sanctuary – Tempus, Christina McQuarrie
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - The Toddyssey, Heather Neale
• Hannah's Law, Wendy Partridge

Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series

• Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit, Sheri Elwood
• Good God - One Station Under God, Ken Finkleman
• Less Than Kind - Fugue State, Kelly Makin
• Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays – Ridicule, Patricia Rozema
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Black Tie Showdown, Craig David Wallace

Best Direction in a Dramatic Series

• Continuum - A Stitch in Time, Jon Cassar
• Flashpoint - A Day In The Life, Jim Donovan
• Murdoch Mysteries - Dead End Street, Laurie Lynd
• Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks, Adrienne Mitchell
• The Listener - She Sells Sanctuary, Kari Skogland

Best Original Music Score for a Series

• Flashpoint - Day Game, Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner
• Continuum - A Stitch in Time, Jeff Danna
• Scaredy Squirrel - Perfect Pickle/Goat Police, Paul Intson
• Call Me Fitz - How Do You Say..., Richard Pell, Dylan Hemming
• Being Erica - Dr. Erica, Trevor Yuile

Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series

• Call Me Fitz - Hell Hath No Drink Limit, Ian Bibby
• Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays – Vomiting, Douglas Koch
• InSecurity - Anger Management, Ken (Anton) Krawczyk, csc
• Kenny Hotz Triumph of the Will - Rags to Bitches, Matt Marek
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Two Girls, One Tongue, Michael Marshall

Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks, Eric Cayla
• XIII: The Series – Pilot, David Greene
• Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story 2, Stephen Jackson
• The Borgias - The Borgia Bull, Paul Sarossy
• Combat Hospital – Triage, Gavin Smith

Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series

• The Listener - The Bank Job, Jean Coulombe CCE
• Rookie Blue - Every Man, Teresa Hannigan, C.C.E.
• The Firm – Pilot, Jane Kass
• The Pastor's Wife, Lara Mazur, C.C.E.
• Flashpoint – Grounded, Brett C. Sullivan

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Fiction Program or Series

• Lost Girl - Something Wicked This Fae Comes, Ian Brock
• Combat Hospital - Do No Harm, Rob Gray, Rosalie Board, Dennis Davenport
• Bomb Girls - Jumping Tracks, Aidan Leroux
• Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, Stephen Roloff
• The L.A. Complex 2 - Taking the Day, Stephen Stanley, Gabriel Lamb

Best Sound in a Comedy, Variety or Performing Arts Program or Series

• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Black Tie Showdown, Mark Gingras, Elma Bello, Katie Halliday, Stan Mak, Rudy Michael, Brad Thornton
• The Solstice Concerts - The Solstice Concerts with Ellsaple Isaac, Norm Lussier
• 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards, Anthony Montano, Doug McClement
• Detentionaire - Dudes of Darkness, Sean Pearson, Michael Mancuso, Scott McCrorie Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays – Bridges, Philip Stall, Sue Conley, Sid Lieberman, Kirk Lynds, Joe Morrow, Jane Tattersall

Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series

• The Crimson Petal and the White – First, Pierre Blain
• Flashpoint - Day Game, Janice Ierulli, Michael Baskerville, Richard Calistan, Steve Hammond, Joe Mancuso, Mark Shnuriwsky, Zenon Waschuk, Mike Woroniuk
• Rookie Blue – Butterflies, Bill McMillan, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Stephan Carrier, Sue Conley, Paul Germann, Martin Lee, Lou Solakofski
• The Borgias - The Borgia Bull, Jane Tattersall, Yuri Gorbachow, Jack Heeren, Andrew Jablonski, Goro Koyama, Martin Lee, Kirk Lynds, Andy Malcolm, David McCallum, Dale Sheldrake, Don White
• Camelot – Reckoning, Jane Tattersall, Stephan Carrier, Sue Conley, Yuri Gorbachow, Jack Heeren, Goro Koyama, Andy Malcolm, David McCallum, Ian Rankin, Dale Sheldrake, Don White

Best Visual Effects

• Being Human - The Ties That Blind, Marie- Eve Bedard Tremblay, Cynthia Carrier, Vanessa Delarosbil, Maxime Entringer, Aelis Heraud, Jean-Francois Lafleur, Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput, Dominic Marcotte, Gabriel Morin, David Raymond
• The Borgias - The Choice, Doug Campbell, Kirk Brillon, Luke Groves, Bill Halliday, Irit Hod, Adam Jewett, Jim Maxwell, Steve Ramone, Ahmed Shehata, Tim Sibley
• Camelot - The Sword And The Crown, Bret Culp, Maria Gordon, Peter Lee, Bryan Luren, Julian Parry, Brian Smeets, Ryan Smith, Patrik Witzmann, Alphonso Young, Eugene Yue
• Continuum - A Stitch in Time, Adam Stern
• Titanic, Thomas Turnbull, Ian Britton, Colin Davies, Amy Daye, Eric Doiron, Peter Giliberti, Ariel Joson, Ian McLeod, Chris Nokes, Mayur Patel

Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series

• Less Than Kind - Reparations and Renewal, Jenn Engels
• Less Than Kind - March Fourth, Mark McKinney, Garry Campbell
• Less Than Kind - Play it Again, Sam, Mark McKinney
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil - Two Girls, One Tongue, Charles Picco
• Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays – Bridges, Matt Watts

Best Writing in a Dramatic Series

• Lost Girl - Into the Dark, Emily Andras
• Continuum - A Stitch in Time, Simon Barry
• Flashpoint - Day Game, Aubrey Nealon
• Rookie Blue - A Good Shoot, Greg Nelson
• Being Erica - Dr. Erica, Jana Sinyor, Aaron Martin

Best Achievement in Casting

• The Firm – Pilot, Sharon Bialy csa, Sara Kay, Jenny Lewis, Sherry Thomas csa
• The Yard - The Economy, Jon Comerford, Lisa Parasyn
• Blackstone – Forgiveness, Rhonda Fisekci
• Todd and the Book of Pure Evil – BYOBOPE, Sara Kay, Jim Heber, Jenny Lewis
• Lost Girl - Barometz. Trick. Pressure, Lisa Parasyn

Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Flashpoint - Day Game, Enrico Colantoni
• The L.A. Complex 2 - Don't Say Goodbye, Andra Fuller
• Combat Hospital – Triage, Elias Koteas
• Combat Hospital - Reason to Believe, Luke Mably
• Blackstone – Hitchin, Steven Cree Molison

Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role

• Saving Hope – Heartsick, Erica Durance
• Being Erica - Please, Please Tell Me How, Erin Karpluk
• King - Lori Gilbert, Amy Price-Francis
• Haven - Audrey Parker's Day Off, Emily Rose
• Bomb Girls – Armistice, Meg Tilly

Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Flashpoint - The Better Man/Cost of Doing Business, Michael Cram
• Flashpoint – Shockwave/Blue on Blue, Sergio Di Zio
• Hannah's Law, Ryan Kennedy
• Camelot – Homecoming/The Battle of Bardon Pass, Peter Mooney
• John A: Birth of a Country, Peter Outerbridge

Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Series

• Saving Hope - Out of Sight/A New Beginning, Wendy Crewson
• Blackstone - A Girl Walks Into A Bar/Hitchin, Georgina Lightning
• Rookie Blue - Out of Time/Cold Comforts, Enuka Okuma
• Cyberbully, Kelly Rowan
• Lost Girl - The Girl Who Fae'd With Fire/Truth and Consequences, Ksenia Solo

* For a full list of nominations, please see The Academy website here.

The Canadian Screen Awards will air on a 2-Hour Broadcast Live Sunday March 3, 2013 @ 8pm (8:30 N.T) on CBC.