Radio / Television News

CanWest shops Canadian

TORONTO – CanWest has ordered 14 new Canadian productions as it rounds out its 2010/11 broadcast season programming.The network said Friday that its “record” number of scripted original projects for Global and Showcase includes seven one-hour dramas - Blackstone, Endgame, XIII, King, Combat Hospital, Shattered and Lost Girl; four half-hour comedies - The Kenny Hotz Television Program (Working Title), Single White Spenny, Untitled Belleville Brothers Project and The Drunk and on Drugs Happy Funtime Hour; plus three back-door pilots - Befriend & Betray, Jack of Diamonds and Rave Squad."Our slate of Canadian scripted programming is more vibrant and robust than...