Gemini Award-winning comedy Hatching, Matching and Dispatching kicks off its first season on Friday, Jan. 6 at 9 p.m. on CBC. The satirical half-hour follows the Furey family of Newfoundland as they taxi residents literally from cradle to grave, offering wedding, funeral and ambulance services. To up the excitement around the show, prodco 2M Innovative is launching a month-long contest beginning January 6, offering viewers a chance to win $5000 to put towards the cost of a wedding, funeral or baby shower.
Meanwhile, for the sports-minded, the net will be providing 245 hours of coverage of the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter games. Coverage will begin on Friday, Feb. 10 at 1 p.m. with opening ceremony broadcast live from Turin, Italy. Daily reports will continue through to Sunday, Feb. 26, ending with the live broadcast of the gold medal game in men’s hockey at 8 a.m. and the closing ceremony at 1 p.m. CBC’s coverage of the winter games will be hosted by Terry Leibel, Ron MacLean and Brian Williams.
