Canwest brings Wipeout to Canada

TORONTO – Canwest is bringing popular reality show Wipeout to Canada, where it will debut on specialty network TVtropolis during the 2011 broadcast year.The Canadian format of the sometimes painfully funny U.S. series will track Canadian contestants competing on the world’s largest extreme obstacle course for cash prizes.“Wipeout has been a phenomenal hit with our viewers and it’s such a pleasure to be partnering with Lone Eagle Entertainment to bring the show to Canada,” said Karen Gelbart, SVP of content for Canwest’s lifestyle channels, in the announcement. “The Wipeout course is hilariously unpredictable and, to the delight of TVtropolis viewers, Canadians...