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| More Details About Showcase's Fall 2008 Programming |
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on Sunday, August 24, 2008 - 04:47 PM |
In early june, Canwest revealed information about fall programming of its specialty channels. Today, we give more details about the new and returning programming as well as premiere dates (when available).
FALL 2008 BRAND NEW SERIES
*****’d Gunns (13x30min) Network Premiere
Fridays at 9pm ET/PT beginning September 5
*****'d Gunns is an unflinching rockumentary series about the worst band you've never heard of: *****'d Gunns. Led by the brothers Van Gunn (Reggie and Dick), *****'d Gunns is poised to become the biggest band in the world. All that stands in the way of their dream is the band members’ lack of work ethic, talent, legions of fans and, most importantly, a record deal.
**Episodes of *****’d Gunns will be available on showcase.ca.
Starring Reggie Van Gunn, Dick Van Gunn, Barry Cicarelli, and Keith Horvak.
My Name Is Earl, Seasons Three and Four (44x30min) Network Premiere [HD]
Mondays from 10-11pm ET/PT beginning September 8
A bully and a low-rent crook, Earl wins a lottery and after an epiphany he is determined to turn his good fortune into a life-changing event as he sets out to right all the wrongs from his past.
Starring Jason Lee, Jaime Pressly, Ethan Suplee, Nadine Velazquez.
Rescue Me: The Minisodes (10x5min) Canadian Premiere [HD]
Sundays at 10:45pm beginning September 7 (immediately following Weeds)
Providing viewers a much needed Tommy Gavin fix, Showcase will debut original minisodes of Rescue Me this fall. Penned by series creators Denis Leary and Peter Tolan and Rescue Me vet Evan Reilly, they feature Leary and other regular cast members in stand alone comedic vignettes. Season five of the hit series, guest starring Michael J. Fox, returns to Showcase in Spring 2009.
**Minisodes of Rescue Me will be available on showcase.ca
Starring Denis Leary, Andrea Roth, Jack McGee, Mike Lombardi, and James McCaffrey.
The Office, Season Five (23x30min) Network Premiere [HD]
Mondays from 11pm-12am ET/PT beginning September 8
Showcase catches up with the workers of Dunder Mifflin this fall, offering a smart, tongue-in-cheek documentary-style look at the humorous banality of the 9-to-5 white-collar work world.
Starring Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B.J. Novak.
Testees (8x60min) Canadian Premiere [HD]
Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT beginning October 14
From creator Kenny Hotz (Kenny vs. Spenny) Testees stars Canadian newcomers Steve Markle as "Peter" and Jeff Kassel as "Ron," as two best friends and roommates in their early 30s who work as test subjects for "TESTICO," a less-than-normal product testing facility. In each episode, Peter and Ron are given a new product, experimental medication or treatment to test. The side effects from these are usually ridiculous and almost always negative.
Starring Steve Markle, Jeff Kassel.
The Starter Wife (10x60min) Canadian Premiere [HD]
Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT beginning October 22
Emmy Award-winner Debra Messing stars in the stylish and addictive series The Starter Wife. Messing portrays the jilted wife of a movie studio executive who discovers a world of exciting and slightly frightening possibilities after she is abandoned by the Hollywood community that once adored her. A sexy, savvy, and savagely funny series, The Starter Wife is all about one woman's rise, fall, and rebirth, as seen through the hyper-colored filter of the Los Angeles social scene.
Starring Debra Messing, Judy Davis, Chris Diamantopoulos, Hart Bochner.
Trailer Park Boys Special (1x60min) World Premiere [HD]
Late Fall 2008
It's been one year since the Big Dirty and Ricky, Julian and Bubbles became rich. On the eve of doling out the cash however, the Boys are ambushed and the money is lost forever. With Ray living in the dump, the Boys penniless again and Ricky helping to raise 'baby” Randy with Lucy, Lahey hatches a plan to get the Boys out of Sunnyvale for a good, long time.
Starring Rob Wells, John Paul Tremblay, Mike Smith.
FALL 2008 NEW SEASONS OF RETURNING FAVOURITES
Saving Grace, Season Two (13x60min) Canadian Premiere [HD]
Thursdays at 10pm ET/PT beginning September 4
Academy Award®-winner Holly Hunter returns as Grace Handarko, a tormented, hard-and-fast living Oklahoma City police detective frequently visited by an unconventional angel named Earl, warning her that her lifestyle has her headed for eternal damnation.
Starring Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy.
The Riches, Season Two (7x60min) Canadian Premiere [HD]
Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT beginning September 3
Blackmail. Murder. And back to life in the RV. The Malloy’s, after successfully passing themselves off as “The Riches”, a yuppie family living in suburban America, face big trouble in season two of this critically acclaimed series when the possibility of one last great con proves too tempting to resist.
Starring Eddie Izzard, Minnie Driver.
The Shield, Season Seven (13x60min) Canadian Premiere [HD]
Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT beginning September 9
Golden Globe® Award-winning drama The Shield is back in its highly anticipated final season. Michael Chiklis stars as Vic Mackey, an effective but corrupt cop in an inner-city police precinct, who operates under his own set of rules. In the all new season Vic’s efforts to avenge Lem’s death lead him to engineer a war between an Armenian gang still looking to even the score for the Money Train Heist and a politically connected Mexican drug cartel with plans to dominate the city.
Starring Michael Chiklis.
Weeds, Season Four (13x40min) Canadian Premiere [HD]
Sundays at 10pm ET/PT beginning September 7
With the embers of Majestic and Agrestic smoldering in their rearview mirror, Nancy and crew flee southbound where, with the help of old friends and a new business partner, Nancy gets even deeper into the shadier side of dealing – on both sides of the border. Albert Brooks joins the cast this season as Nancy’s father-in-law.
**Episodes of Weeds will be available on showcase.ca
Starring Mary Louise Parker, Elizabeth Perkins, Kevin Nealon, Guillermo Diaz, Justin Kirk, Albert Brooks.
FALL 2008 NEW SEASONS OF SHOWCASE ORIGINALS
Billable Hours, Season Three (8x30min) World Premiere [HD]
Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT beginning October 15
Season three finds Sam Caponelli, Robin Howland and Clark Claxton III, three over-paid, under-stimulated and exceptionally bored lawyers, up to their old tricks - trading assistants for muffins, participating in the adult film world and running for city councilor.
**Episodes of Billable Hours will be available on showcase.ca
Starring Fabrizio Filippo, Brandon Firla, Jennifer Baxter.
Kenny vs. Spenny, Season Five (10x30min) World Premiere [HD]
Mondays at 9pm ET/PT beginning October 20
Viewer favourite Kenny vs. Spenny returns with all new episodes in which television’s craziest and most dysfunctional roommates battle each other in outrageous competitions in their never-ending quest for juvenile supremacy.
**Episodes of Kenny vs. Spenny will be available on showcase.ca
Starring Kenny Hotz, Spencer Rice.
Rent-A-Goalie, Season Three (10x30min) World Premiere [HD]
Mondays at 9:30pm ET/PT beginning October 20
Cake, the hockey-crazed, recovered-from-everything go-to guy we’ve grown to love, deals with his rebellious teenage daughter after learning he was a father at the end of last season. Guest stars include: hockey legends Paul Coffey, Bob Probert, Phil Esposito, Hayley Wickenheiser, Mike Palmateer and Darryl Sittler as well as Shawn Doyle (Big Love), George Stroumboulopoulos of The Hour and the return of Gemini Award winning actor Sonja Smits.
**Episodes of Rent-A-Goalie will be available on showcase.ca
Starring Christopher Bolton, Inga Cadranel, Gabriel Hogan, Oliver Becker.
Webdreams, Season Three (10x30min) World Premiere [HD]
Fridays at 10pm ET/PT beginning September 5
Webdreams enters the labyrinth of the Internet adult entertainment industry by following a diverse cast of online entrepreneurs who live their lives - even the private parts - on a very public electronic playing field.
**Episodes of Webdreams will be available on showcase.ca
Starring Paris, Jordan, Seven, Chris, Chad, Maxine S, Scott, Tommy Pistol.
CONTINUING SERIES
House, Seasons Three and Four (40x60min) Network Premiere [HD]
Tuesdays - Thursdays at 11pm ET/PT beginning September 2
This fall, continue catching House from the beginning. Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winner Hugh Laurie stars as Dr. Gregory House – a brilliant diagnostician with unconventional thinking, flawless instincts, and terrible bedside manners.
Starring Hugh Laurie, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jennifer Morrison, Jesse Spencer.
Numb3rs, Season Three and Four (42x60min) Network Premiere [HD]
Tuesdays - Thursdays at 12am ET/PT beginning September 2
Dedicated FBI agent Don Eppes and his mathematical-genius brother Charlie Eppesto help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. Inspired by actual events, the series depicts how the confluence of police work and mathematics provides unexpected revelations and answers to the most perplexing criminal questions.
Starring: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz.
FALL 2008 MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS
Labour Day Superhero Marathon
• Batman Begins (Encore Presentation)
Monday, September 1 at 10am ET/PT
• Spiderman 2 (Network Premiere)
Monday, September 1 at 1pm ET/PT
• War of The Worlds (Network Premiere)
Monday, September 1 at 4pm ET/PT and 10pm ET/PT
Anchorman (Network Premiere)
Saturday, September 6 at 10pm ET/PT (Encore Presentation Sunday, September 7 at 4pm ET/PT)
The Terminal (Network Premiere)
Saturday, September 13 at 10pm ET/PT (Encore Presentation Sunday, September 14 at 4pm ET/PT)
Collateral (Network Premiere)
Saturday, September 20 at 10pm ET/PT
Click (Network Premiere)
Saturday, October 18 at 10pm ET/PT (Encore Presentation Sunday, October 19 at 4pm ET/PT)
The Grudge (Network Premiere)
Saturday, October 25 at 10pm ET/PT (Encore Presentation Sunday, October 26 at 4pm ET/PT)
Halloween Horror Marathon
• Saw (Network Premiere)
Friday, October 31 at 11pm ET/PT
• Saw II (Network Premiere)
Friday, October 31 at 1am ET/PT
Talladega Nights (Network Premiere)
Saturday, November 15 at 10pm ET/PT (Encore Presentation Sunday, November 16 at 4pm ET/PT)
The Island (Network Premiere)
Saturday, November 22 at 10pm ET/PT (Encore Presentation Sunday, November 23 at 4pm ET/PT)
The Departed (Network Premiere)
Saturday, December 6 at 10pm ET/PT
Lady in the Water (Cable Premiere)
Saturday, December 20 at 10pm ET/PT (Encore Presentation Sunday, December 21 at 4pm ET/PT)
Note: Please visit Showcase's page on falltvpreview.com for more information about this channel's fall schedule.
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