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| Category Television - CH Date 5/11/2006 |
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CH Television Primetime Update
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Last Comic Standing
A Summer of Stand-Up on CH
Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT
Beginning with a Two-Hour Season Premiere Tuesday, May 30 at 8pm ET/PT
Scripps National Spelling Bee
Canada's Top Spellers Compete with the World
All New - Thursday, June 1 at 8pm ET/PT
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CanWest CanSpell National Final Spelling Bee
Watch the Action Word for Word
Thursday, May 25 at 9pm (Encore) |
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(CALGARY) Hot competitions just added to the CH line-up are the focus of this Primetime Update.
Last Comic Standing Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT
Two-Hour Season Premiere Tuesday, May 30 at 8pm ET/PT
The Emmy-nominated series Last Comic Standing kicks off a new season of laughs and surprises as the comedy showcase searches for the funniest people in America. Following the special two-hour premiere, the series will air in its regular time slot Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT.
Anthony Clark (Yes, Dear) hosts the hilarity, which begins with a nationwide talent search for professional and aspiring comedians. Once the field is narrowed down to ten, the series will follow the comedians as they live together and compete for the ultimate prize an exclusive talent contract.
Celebrity judges Kathy Griffin (Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List and Suddenly Susan), Garry Marshall (Chicken Little,The Princess Diaries I & II), and Tim Meadows (The Benchwarmers, Saturday Night Live) will appear on two special "semi-final" episodes to help choose the top comedians who ultimately make it into the house. Only this time, the "house" is actually the Queen Marythe famous luxury ocean liner docked in Long Beach, California that will be home to the comedians during the competition.
Outrageous contests, surprise guests and unexpected twists and turns make the competition even livelier this season. America will vote for the winner and the "Last Comic Standing" will receive an exclusive talent contract and their own comedy special.
CanWest CanSpell National Final Spelling Bee Thursday, May 25 at 9pm (Encore)
Catch highlights of the second annual CanWest CanSpell National Final Spelling Bee - where the winners moved on to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Going word for word in the final dramatic moments, 14-year old Finola Hackett of Tofield, Alberta - champion of the 2005 event - repeated her winning form and triumphed over Jennifer Hurd of Ottawa, with the correct spelling of two consecutive words plucked at random from the dictionary.
Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday, June 1 at 8pm ET
Fourteen Canadian spellers will be among the brightest young minds in world competing at this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee. This internationally-known competition which is held each year in Washington D.C., begins on Wednesday May 31 and features top spellers from Europe, Guam, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, The Bahamas, American Samoa, the U.S., Canada and New Zealand. About 275 champion spellers, ranging in age from 9- to 15-years-old, will be competing this year in the National Spelling Bee Championship.
Spellers participating in the national competition qualify by winning spelling bees in their local communities. The opening rounds of the bee are not televised, but real-time results are provided via the Internet at the bees official Web site, spellingbee.com.
Regional Canadian Winners Competing in Washington D.C.
Jaclyn Chang, Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta
Susannah M. Ripley, The Guardian, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Leslie Alix Newcombe, National Post, Toronto, Ontario
Finola Mei Hwa Hackett, Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, Alberta
Katie Bray, The Daily News, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Christopher Scarvelis, The Gazette, Montreal, Quebec
Jennifer A. Hurd, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario
Kate Blechinger, Leader-Post, Regina, Saskatchewan
Anqi Dong, The Star Phoenix, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Katy Warren, The Telegram, St. Johns, Newfoundland
Heather E. Caldwell, The Vancouver Sun, Vancouver, British Columbia
Sarah B. Anderson, Times Colonist, Victoria, British Columbia
Chelsea Brian, The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario
Emily Diehl, Winnipeg Free Press, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Please check your local listings as times vary in Red Deer and Montreal. All programming is subject to change.
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For more information please contact:
Nicole Starker
CH Television
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