SG1/SGA - TV Week: "Cold Squad" & "Stone Undercover" in US Syndication
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Special Report
April 17, 2006
New Faces in Syndie: Program Partners SYndicates CanAdian 'Crime Watch' Block
By Christopher Lisotta
A Canadian crime wave is about to invade the United States. On television, that is.
For the second season in a row, the Venice, Calif.-based distributor Program Partners is syndicating one-hour dramas that were originally produced for prime-time broadcast in Canada.
U.S. audiences will be familiar with the crop of domestic off-network hours debuting this fall for weekend runs in syndication, including CBS procedurals "Without a Trace" and "CSI: Miami" and FX's "The Shield." But Program Partners' syndicated "Crime Watch" block of two Canadian procedural dramas, CTV's "Cold Squad" and CBC's "Stone Undercover," is programming the vast majority of American viewers have never seen before.
Bringing Canadian programming to the U.S. market was a natural progression, said Josh Raphaelson, a principal for Program Partners, considering the current marketplace has been affected by the death of the first-run action hour and cable's continued interest in acquiring off-network programming.
"Stations were really drying out for something original," he said.
"Cold Squad" is a one-hour procedural that features a female central character, police Sgt. Ali McCormick, played by Julie Stewart, who leads a team of forensic investigators and pathologists who solve long-abandoned cases. With 98 produced episodes, Program Partners considers the series, which debuted in Canada in 1998, a forerunner of CBS's Sunday night drama "Cold Case."
"Stone Undercover" is a "Moonlighting"-like detective series that pairs ex-cop and ex-con Tom Stone (Chris Martin) with a no-nonsense boss, Cpl. Marina De Luzio (Janet Kidder). The show, which has 26 produced episodes and has been running in Canada since 2002 under the title "Tom Stone," profiles the two partners' working relationship as they go after influential and wealthy criminals who think they are above the law.
"Crime Watch" has been cleared in about 70 percent of the U.S. for the 2006-07 season as of the end of March.
If this season's success of Program Partners' syndication rookie "Da Vinci's Inquest" is any indication, "Crime Watch" is likely to be accepted by American audiences. Season to date through March 26, "Da Vinci's" has scored a 1.9 national household rating in syndication, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's above the season averages for rival first-year off-net hours "Smallville," "Stargate: Atlantis" and "Star Trek: Enterprise." Though "Da Vinci's" has been outperformed in the ratings by fellow syndication rookies "Alias" and "24" (both 2.2 for the season), those two shows are down from their September debut week ratings performances, while "Da Vinci's" is up 36 percent.
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Copyright 2006 Crain Communications Inc.
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For "Cold Squad," in the main cast there are several actors who have been semi-regulars on SG1: Gary Chalk (Col. Chekov) and Peter Wingfield (Tanith), along with Jay Breazau (Harlan), Jerry Wasserman, Hiro Kanagawa, Matthew Bennett, Richard Ian Cox, and Tahmoh Penikett (now portraying 'Helo" on BSG).
Actors who have guested on both SG1/SGA and have guested on "Cold Squad" include:
Aaron Douglas, Alex Zahara, Alisen Down, Alvin Sanders, Andrew Airlie, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnston, April Telek, Barclay Hope,
Ben Cotton, Benita Ha, Bill Croft, Bill Dow, Bob Dawson, Brandy Ledford, Brent Stait, Brian Drummond, Brian Markinson, Brittney Irvin, Bruce Dawson, Christian Bocher, Christina Jastrzembska, Colin Cunningham, Colin Murdock, Colleen Winton, Craig Veroni, D. Harlan Cutshall, Dale Wilson, Daniella Evangelista, Daryl Shuttleworth, Dave 'Squatch' Ward, David Hurtubise, David Lovgren, David McNally,
David Nykl, David Paetkau, David Palffy, Dean Aylesworth, Dean Marshall, Dion Luther, Dominic Zamprogna, Doug Abrahams, Douglas Arthurs, Ellie Harvie, Enid-Raye Adams, Eric Breker, Eric Schneider,
Finn Michael, Frank Cassini, Fred Henderson, Frida Betrani,
G. Patrick Currie, Garwin Sanford, Gary Jones, Gerard Plunkett,
Gillian Barber, Greg Anderson, Hrothgar Mathews, Ian Robison,
Ingrid Torrance, J.B. Bivens, Jason Gray-Stanford, Jason Schombing,
Jay Brazeau, Jewel Staite, Jill Teed, Jim Byrnes, Joey Aresco.
John Bear Curtis, Jon Cuthbert, Jorge Vargas, JR Bourne, Judy Norton,
Katey Wright, Kavan Smith, Kendall Cross, Kevin Conway, Kevin McNulty, Kim Kondrashoff, Kirby Morrow, Kirsten Prout, Kirsten Robek,
Kurt Max Runte, Laara Sadiq, Laurie Murdoch, Lorena Gale, Malcolm Stewart, Marie Stillin, Mark Acheson, Mark Gibbon, Mark Holden,
Matthew Bennett, Matthew Walker, Megan Leitch, Michael Adamthwaite,
Michael David Simms, Michael Ironside, Michael Kopsa, Paul McGillion,
Peter Flemming, Peter Kent, Peter LaCroix, Peter Stebbings, Peter Wingfield, Rachel Hayward, Raoul Ganeev, Rick Ravanello, Robert Wisden, Robin Mossley, Ron Halder, Russell Ferrier, Scott Hylands,
Sean Amsing, Sean Campbell, Stephen Park, Steve Makaj, Ted Cole,
Terry David Mulligan, Teryl Rothery, Tobias Mehler, Tom Butler, Tom McBeath, Tom Scholte, Tracy Waterhouse, Ty Olsson, Veena Sood, Vince Crestejo, Vincent Gale, William deVry, Winston Rekert, Woody Jeffreys and Zak Santiago (whew!).
For "Stone Undercover," the familiar faces include: Ben Brass, Hrothgar Mathews, David McNally, and Malcolm Stewart.
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Morjana
http://tvweek.com/article.cms?articleId=29698
(Please follow the link for the complete article.)
Special Report
April 17, 2006
New Faces in Syndie: Program Partners SYndicates CanAdian 'Crime Watch' Block
By Christopher Lisotta
A Canadian crime wave is about to invade the United States. On television, that is.
For the second season in a row, the Venice, Calif.-based distributor Program Partners is syndicating one-hour dramas that were originally produced for prime-time broadcast in Canada.
U.S. audiences will be familiar with the crop of domestic off-network hours debuting this fall for weekend runs in syndication, including CBS procedurals "Without a Trace" and "CSI: Miami" and FX's "The Shield." But Program Partners' syndicated "Crime Watch" block of two Canadian procedural dramas, CTV's "Cold Squad" and CBC's "Stone Undercover," is programming the vast majority of American viewers have never seen before.
Bringing Canadian programming to the U.S. market was a natural progression, said Josh Raphaelson, a principal for Program Partners, considering the current marketplace has been affected by the death of the first-run action hour and cable's continued interest in acquiring off-network programming.
"Stations were really drying out for something original," he said.
"Cold Squad" is a one-hour procedural that features a female central character, police Sgt. Ali McCormick, played by Julie Stewart, who leads a team of forensic investigators and pathologists who solve long-abandoned cases. With 98 produced episodes, Program Partners considers the series, which debuted in Canada in 1998, a forerunner of CBS's Sunday night drama "Cold Case."
"Stone Undercover" is a "Moonlighting"-like detective series that pairs ex-cop and ex-con Tom Stone (Chris Martin) with a no-nonsense boss, Cpl. Marina De Luzio (Janet Kidder). The show, which has 26 produced episodes and has been running in Canada since 2002 under the title "Tom Stone," profiles the two partners' working relationship as they go after influential and wealthy criminals who think they are above the law.
"Crime Watch" has been cleared in about 70 percent of the U.S. for the 2006-07 season as of the end of March.
If this season's success of Program Partners' syndication rookie "Da Vinci's Inquest" is any indication, "Crime Watch" is likely to be accepted by American audiences. Season to date through March 26, "Da Vinci's" has scored a 1.9 national household rating in syndication, according to Nielsen Media Research. That's above the season averages for rival first-year off-net hours "Smallville," "Stargate: Atlantis" and "Star Trek: Enterprise." Though "Da Vinci's" has been outperformed in the ratings by fellow syndication rookies "Alias" and "24" (both 2.2 for the season), those two shows are down from their September debut week ratings performances, while "Da Vinci's" is up 36 percent.
**major snippage**
Copyright 2006 Crain Communications Inc.
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For "Cold Squad," in the main cast there are several actors who have been semi-regulars on SG1: Gary Chalk (Col. Chekov) and Peter Wingfield (Tanith), along with Jay Breazau (Harlan), Jerry Wasserman, Hiro Kanagawa, Matthew Bennett, Richard Ian Cox, and Tahmoh Penikett (now portraying 'Helo" on BSG).
Actors who have guested on both SG1/SGA and have guested on "Cold Squad" include:
Aaron Douglas, Alex Zahara, Alisen Down, Alvin Sanders, Andrew Airlie, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnston, April Telek, Barclay Hope,
Ben Cotton, Benita Ha, Bill Croft, Bill Dow, Bob Dawson, Brandy Ledford, Brent Stait, Brian Drummond, Brian Markinson, Brittney Irvin, Bruce Dawson, Christian Bocher, Christina Jastrzembska, Colin Cunningham, Colin Murdock, Colleen Winton, Craig Veroni, D. Harlan Cutshall, Dale Wilson, Daniella Evangelista, Daryl Shuttleworth, Dave 'Squatch' Ward, David Hurtubise, David Lovgren, David McNally,
David Nykl, David Paetkau, David Palffy, Dean Aylesworth, Dean Marshall, Dion Luther, Dominic Zamprogna, Doug Abrahams, Douglas Arthurs, Ellie Harvie, Enid-Raye Adams, Eric Breker, Eric Schneider,
Finn Michael, Frank Cassini, Fred Henderson, Frida Betrani,
G. Patrick Currie, Garwin Sanford, Gary Jones, Gerard Plunkett,
Gillian Barber, Greg Anderson, Hrothgar Mathews, Ian Robison,
Ingrid Torrance, J.B. Bivens, Jason Gray-Stanford, Jason Schombing,
Jay Brazeau, Jewel Staite, Jill Teed, Jim Byrnes, Joey Aresco.
John Bear Curtis, Jon Cuthbert, Jorge Vargas, JR Bourne, Judy Norton,
Katey Wright, Kavan Smith, Kendall Cross, Kevin Conway, Kevin McNulty, Kim Kondrashoff, Kirby Morrow, Kirsten Prout, Kirsten Robek,
Kurt Max Runte, Laara Sadiq, Laurie Murdoch, Lorena Gale, Malcolm Stewart, Marie Stillin, Mark Acheson, Mark Gibbon, Mark Holden,
Matthew Bennett, Matthew Walker, Megan Leitch, Michael Adamthwaite,
Michael David Simms, Michael Ironside, Michael Kopsa, Paul McGillion,
Peter Flemming, Peter Kent, Peter LaCroix, Peter Stebbings, Peter Wingfield, Rachel Hayward, Raoul Ganeev, Rick Ravanello, Robert Wisden, Robin Mossley, Ron Halder, Russell Ferrier, Scott Hylands,
Sean Amsing, Sean Campbell, Stephen Park, Steve Makaj, Ted Cole,
Terry David Mulligan, Teryl Rothery, Tobias Mehler, Tom Butler, Tom McBeath, Tom Scholte, Tracy Waterhouse, Ty Olsson, Veena Sood, Vince Crestejo, Vincent Gale, William deVry, Winston Rekert, Woody Jeffreys and Zak Santiago (whew!).
For "Stone Undercover," the familiar faces include: Ben Brass, Hrothgar Mathews, David McNally, and Malcolm Stewart.
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Morjana
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