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Tudors, NOW, Heartland among new shows in CBC fall 2007 sked

TORONTO – A historical mini-series about the life of Henry VIII called The Tudors was among the new programming, much of which was reality TV, unveiled this week by CBC Television for fall 2007. Other new homegrown fare coming to the CBC’s airwaves: • The reality TV show No Opportunity Wasted (NOW), which gives Canadians the chance to try something they’ve always wanted to do. It is hosted by The Amazing Race’s Phil Keoghan. • Heartland, a family drama set in the Alberta Rockies. • Richler’s St. Urbain’s Horseman, a TV mini-series based on a book by Mordecai Richler and...