VisionTV looking for 'dramedy' series proposals

TORONTO – VisionTV has issued a call for proposals for original, Canadian half-hour comedy-drama series to be broadcast in the Fall of 2010. Canada’s multi-faith and multicultural television network is seeking to commission series of between six and 13 episodes, which must reflect Canada’s cultural diversity, and appeal to VisionTV’s core demographic of female-skewing viewers aged 50-plus. The proposed budget range is $200,000 to $300,000 per episode, and VisionTV said that it hopes to complete principal photography by the end of March 2010, with a view to broadcasting the completed series in the fall of that year. The call for proposals...