On Screen Manitoba

Manitoba’s MTS will be Canada’s first provider to add Filipino lifestyle channel GMA Life TV to its lineup.

On Screen Manitoba member Charles Konowal's new documentary This is a Riot will premiere on MTS Winnipeg on Demand on October 29. Ten years in the making, This is a Riot is a new documentary project directed by veteran documentary filmmaker/cinematographer Charles Konowal featuring the Farrell Bros, a local rockabilly duo spreading the gospel of rockabilly.

Merit Motion Pictures latest documentary Are We Digital Dummies? to air on CBC-TV's Doc Zone on November 18. The film takes a hard look at how computers and the latest cell phone technology affect our families and our co-workers in addition to our own lives.

The Frantic Films produced documentary Surviving the Future will air on CBC's Doc Zone tonight at 9 p.m.

Scott Leary's Drop The Nickel is now available for viewing on the MTS WINNIPEG ON DEMAND channel.

Drop The Nickel is the story of a forgotten 1948 Rock-ola jukebox, 50 plus years of Manitoba music, and a tribute to both that will leave you smiling!

FIT FIRST ON APTN - Premieres October 13

ABORIGINAL PARTICIPANTS SEEK WEIGHT LOSS
Embark on Personal Journey for Mind, Body, Spirit

While every journey begins with one step, this journey begins with one step onto the scale… Fit First is an inspiring ‘real life’ television series that chronicles the trials and triumphs of four Aboriginal people, who are each on a mission to change their life.

The first two episodes of TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL aired back to back on SPACE channel, September 29th at 8PM CST (9 pm EST).

Check out these great reviews in Rue Morgue Magazine and The Winnipeg Free Press.

Todd & The Book of Pure Evil airs Wednesday nights at 8PM CST on SPACE channel.

Lank/Beach Productions documentary Rosh Hashanah: 
The Day of Judgement, will 
air Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 10 p.m. ET on VisionTV. Ralph Benmergui hosts this one-hour special on the meaning of the Jewish New Year,

“In Judaism, what we talk about is what we have to do. We have to walk the talk.”
– Rabbi Lawrence Pinsker, Shaarey Zedek Synagogue, Winnipeg

Directed and edited by John Barnard, Produced by Kyle Bornais is this little concert film made for CBC called RED ROAD. The show was recorded live at the West End Cultural Center in Winnipeg, 2010, and features bands Don Amero, Burnt Project 1, and Lucy Idlout. All the music is great and it airs this Saturday, August 28 at 7pm on CBC Manitoba.

Check out the preview that features band Burnt Project 1:

Burnt Project 1 in RED ROAD

Frantic Films television series Princess (Season 1) - Premieres September 7th at 9pmET / 6pm PT!

TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL - Premieres Sept. 29

– Jason Mewes goes back to school as Jimmy the Janitor
– SPACE launches series with sneak peek at Toronto’s Fan Expo convention, Aug. 28
– INNERSPACE takes viewers behind the scenes with TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL Special, Sept. 22

For many teenagers, high school is hell. For students at Crowley High, hell is in their high school. On Wednesday, Sept. 29 SPACE debuts its bloody good, all-new, original scripted series, TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL with two, back-to-back episodes at 9 p.m. ET and 9:30 p.m. ET.

Food Network Canada’s brand new Canadian original series, The Opener, has celebrity chef and restaurant consultant David Adjey on a mission to give restaurateur newbies a wake-up call before they open their doors and potentially lose everything. Produced by Frantic Films, the show premiers Tuesday, August 31st. The Opener takes viewers on a dramatic and entertaining ride behind the scenes and into restaurants across North America. From money management and leadership to floor plans and staffing, David Adjey stops at nothing to avoid disaster.

Farpoint Films produced Harmony: Song and Celebration at The Forks airs 7 p.m., Saturday, July 17 on CBC Television

Experience a musical tribute to Aboriginal culture and residential school survivors. Thousands embarked on a journey of understanding and healing at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s first national event and you too can through CBC Manitoba’s one-hour television special, Harmony: Song and Celebration at The Forks.

Featuring incredible performances by some of Canada’s top musicians including Blue Rodeo, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Ray Saint Germain, this beautiful and emotional tribute airs Saturday, July 17 at 7 p.m. on CBC Television in Manitoba. Other performers include Tamara Podemski, Murray Porter, Joey Stylez and Inez.

Please tune in (or set your PVR!) to History Television this Saturday night at 7pm ET for the premiere of Frantic Films’ Rocket Booster Rescue.

Frantic Films produced Rags to Red Carpet has its series premiere this July on every ladies guilty pleasure channel CosmoTV! Be sure to check it out Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 p.m. starting on Wednesday, July 7 at 9:30 p.m.

APTN Premiere: Rising Stars
Produced by Eagle Vision

The Buffalo Gal Pictures produced television series Cashing In which airs on APTN has just launched a brand new website.

The Manitoba shot Shadow Island Mysteries is set to air on Movie Central and the W Network! The TV Movie series is produced by Buffalo Gal Pictures and Breakthrough Films and Television.

Great article on the Buffalo Gal Pictures co-produced TV series Less Than Kind. The takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba and is full of all the cultural and quirky attributes making it the perfect setting for your friendly neighborhood dysfunctional family. And as Torontonian Judith Klassen would prove, you don't have to be from this Great City to enjoy the show.

The final episode of “One Ocean” is airing on CBC’s “The Nature of Things” next Thursday, March 25 at 8:00pm!

Back in 2009 Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story was shot in several locations throughout Manitoba including Winnipeg, Brandon and Selkirk. The film was co-produced by Manitoba production company Frantic Films - Executive Producer Jamie Brown and Producer Shawn Watson and 5 For Fighting Productions Inc.

By: Brad Oswald / Watching TV

AS they say in the casino game, you've got to know when to hold 'em.

Cashing In is a dramatic comedy series which examines casino life on a fictional Aboriginal reserve in southern Manitoba. Card sharks, fast dealers, high rollers and an eclectic crew of local characters make up the scene at North Beach Casino, a successful gaming palace. When the new owners set out to make it North America’s No.1 First Nation Casino, they quickly find out some members of the community have other ideas.

ONE OCEAN
A Special 4-Part Series Exploring the Past, Present and Future of the World's Ocean and Our Race Against the Clock to Save Them.

Cashing In is back on APTN for another season of lust, glamour and deceit. The series was developed through the NSI Storytellers program. Watch sneak peaks of the first two episodes February 23 at 10:30 pm et/mt, and February 28 at 11:30 et/mt.

Less Than Kind Season 2 premiers on Movie Central (Western Canada) February 19th at 8:30 p.m

Less Than Kind more than happy with its switch to HBO Canada

"It actually feels like coming home," writer/producer Mark McKinney says of the move this week of his second-season sitcom, Less than Kind, to HBO Canada.

LESS THAN KIND (Season 2) Friday, February 19 at 8:30 p.m.

This half-hour Canadian comedy series follows overweight Winnipeg teenager Sheldon Blecher as he attempts to survive his awkward teenage years with a dysfunctional family that includes Sam Blecher, Sheldon’s self-destructive driving-instructor father; Anne Blecher, his unstable pyromaniac mother; and Josh Blecker, his failed-actor brother.

The nationally renowned CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival Television Series features five hours of stand-up comedy from some of North America's best comedic talent. Politically charged funnyman and viral video star Marc Maron, Whose Line Is It Anyway's Kathryn Greenwood, ABC's Shark Tank billionaire Kevin O'Leary, comedy circuit faves Tim Steeves and Bob Smith and oddball Kids in the Hall alum Kevin McDonald are just a handful of the hysterical performers who find the funny in specially themed episodes: Savings & Groans, The Holiday Show, Queer as Jokes, Cradle to the Grave and The Seven Deadly Sins.

Tonight sees the premiere of two of our new series:

Pitchin' In (from Frantic's subdivision Red Apple Productions) premieres on Food Network at 9pm Central, 10pm Eastern. It follows renowned chef Lynn Crawford as she travels across North America, meeting farmers and learning about sustainable food production.