Bones caps off a strong week for Global, as CTV readies So You Think You Can Dance Canada and Fringe.

The fall season is off to a strong start for Global thanks to Prison Break and the revival of the ’90s teen soap, but CTV’s Fringe will look to spoil things next week.

For starters, as the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off today, newbie Bell TV is picking up where cancelled Star! Daily and Reel to Real left off.

The purchase of the Outdoor Life Network, originally announced in November, continues the expansion of Rogers’ television offerings.

Maury Chaykin’s first thought after reading the script for Less Than Kind was ‘Are they actually doing this?’

The new digichannel has been attempting to sign major carriers ahead of its launch this Friday.

Prime-time coverage of the Olympic Games beat out Athens average viewership. Most-watched event? Simon Whitfield’s triathlon silver win.

Following boffo numbers on both sides of the border for its rookie season, the Canadian broadcaster has green lit a second season for the Toronto-set action series.

CBC’s ratings peaked at 2.5 million amid swimming and rowing wins for Canadian athletes.

New entries at the high-minded cable channel include a 17-part doc series on prophesies, another season of McLeod’s Daughters and another run of The Waltons.

The final performance of the net’s reality casting call passed a million viewers, though fewer came back Monday to see Elicia MacKenzie win.

First exclusive shot at football season up 11% over last year, thanks in part to higher scoring and games, says TSN president Phil King.

CTV and CBS are looking to build on the action series’ early success, knocking Swingtown out of synch on Global. In other programming news, Mad Men is set to simulcast with AMC.

In fact, the high-stakes match between Spain and Germany turned out to be the sportscaster’s highest-rated Euro game ever.