We Knew It Would Happen: CBC Chops 3 Good Shows.

Intelligence was the best dramatic series ever produced in Canada. Great acting and great writing were the hallmarks of this Canadian gem. The way they introduced deep integration to the masses was brilliant!

"The way they introduced deep integration to the masses was brilliant!"

That's a good reason for the powers that be to cancel it. We can't have that kind of anti-globalist propaganda being shown to the masses now can we?

This thread title pre-supposes that CBC has actually had three good shows.

They maxed out at two about 30 years ago with Mr Dressup and Friendly Giant.

oh come on now "the Beachcombers" rocked

Only because of Relic and his jet boat!

Never saw any of the three cut but out of all of them Intelligence may have been one I'd have liked to have seen. JPod didn't look like it would interest me and MVP looked down right stupid.

The one new dramatic series they didn't kill, 'The Border', is nothing but a big, gushing valentine to Homeland inSecurity. More 'be afraid' TV.

That's why I picked up this thread. I was wondering exactly what could theses shows be!?

The only one that came to mind was Little Mosque On The Prairie. That one turned out to be fair to midland, but it was original.

I'm sure that if the Conservatives stay in power, one day CBC will produce shows as good as 'Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader'.

Don't we already have a Canadian content copy of that one? It's a mockery....uh, I mean has Colin Mochrie.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... errer=digg

We are evidently trying very hard to "catch up" to our best friends and neighbours (to the south)........

They cut the good ones and kept the bad ones that looked like something that would appear on on of the US networks.

JPod is a great show. It's quirky and funny and smart...not the kind of thing you usually find on television. Now it will be gone.

I never liked Intelligence much, the spy-thriller/cop show not being my cup of tea, but I watched it a couple of times against my will and it was well written and well acted. Again, not the kind of thing you usually see on TV.

MVP, well I'm kind of glad to see that one gone. It was just another night-time soap.

They kept that stupid Border thingy and the bad sitcom Sophie. That last one reminds me of that seventies thing with the little girl who was a robot...possibly the worst sit-com ever. I watched the first half of the first episode, then flipped to Star Trek or Stargate or something.

Somebody needs to go and bang some heads at CBC. Their job is not to provide bad clones of bad US shows, but to give us something Canadian and, well, decent to watch. They are supposed to build an audience for quality programming, not pander to the lowest common denominator.

"Somebody needs to go and bang some heads at CBC."

Rev, looks as though alphonse.ouimet is way ahead of you. See:

http://teamakers.blogspot.com/

To such an extent that it prompted new CBC-Pres.Hubert Lacroix to confess discouragement:

http://insidethecbc.com/teamakersreply

Getting down to cases: I'm a major fan of Intelligence, and wa-ay beyond annoyed that it's been axed.
I write to say that if you feel the same, Teamakers says (on its front page) that you can express your disapproval by signing the petition here (Save CBC's Intelligence): http://www.petitiononline.com/cbci308/petition.html

Finally, if Teamaker's nom-de-clavier (alphonse.ouimet) sounds familiar, here's why:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonse_Ouimet

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