Canadian TV is 'crap' - Alberta Min. of Culture
Zipperfish @ Thu Jun 17, 2010 2:37 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
Zipperfish Zipperfish:
Yer calling "Littlest Hobo" crap now? Put up your dukes, buddy!
I don't see why he picks on Canadian TV. 90% of ALL TV is crap. Alberta is getting really Quebeccy these days with their anti-Canadian sentiment.
I don't see why he picks on Canadian TV. 90% of ALL TV is crap. Alberta is getting really Quebeccy these days with their anti-Canadian sentiment.
Quebeccy and Stormfronty....I'm seeing a trend.
Feeling rather "turn-a-noun-into-an-adjective"-y these days.
bootlegga @ Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:18 pm
The biggest difference is money.
American shows can be produced for several million per episode, while major Canadian shows are produced for several million per season. That equates to better special effects, better writers, better sets, and in the case of game/reality shows, better prizes. That all adds up to popularity when it comes to ratings.
I'd say he's wrong about our stuff being crap, because we export an awful lot of it internationally, and not just to the US, UK or Australia. If he's right, then a lot of other people like the 'crap' we make.
2Cdo @ Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:21 pm
bootlegga bootlegga:
If he's right, then a lot of other people like the 'crap' we make.
Well, one can never account for taste, or lack thereof!
Tyler_1 @ Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:45 pm
Cha-Ching!
Song about TV.
ShepherdsDog @ Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:42 pm
2Cdo 2Cdo:
bootlegga bootlegga:
If he's right, then a lot of other people like the 'crap' we make.
Well, one can never account for taste, or lack thereof!
Must have been talking about the Euroweenies.....who have even worse programming.
N_Fiddledog @ Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:33 pm
I'm liking that new one based on a web series. Pure Pwnage.
I think it might just be me and a scattering of gamers watching it though.
Arctic_Menace @ Thu Jun 17, 2010 6:42 pm
Khar Khar:
Arctic_Menace Arctic_Menace:
I do enjoy Canadian-produced shows such as the three Stargate series.
I know they are done in Canada (as was Andromeda, wasn't it?) but weren't they all done by American companies?
Half and half really. They are co-produced almost equally by Canadian and American individuals and companies.
Again, Canadian TV isn't half bad. I LOVE Trailer Park Boys.
fifeboy @ Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:44 pm
Zipperfish Zipperfish:
There was a great CBC miniseries a while back about a demented hockey dad--frickin hilarious. That was the only decent thing I ever remember seeing on CBC.
Do you mean The Tournament?
That show was great.
I disagree about the CBC in general. Some great shows have come out of the Mother Corp. Lately they seem to get going and then for some unknown reason cancelled.