The nets’ summer schedules also have a leavening of drama.

The network’s plans for the summer include a laugh-off with Second City and a showcase of UGC.

The fed agency says it will not consider a last-minute proposal by CGM to sell CHUM stations in the Prairies.

Despite the absence of Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens and Edmonton Oilers, CBC and TSN are still drawing good numbers to their NHL playoff broadcasts featuring other Canadian teams and American-only match-ups.

The deal includes broadcast rights for the debut season of the Toronto FC, plus live and streamed coverage online.

It was a record-breaking weekend for sportscasters TSN, CBC and RDS, which all drew higher than usual audiences to the crucial last of the regular season NHL games.

And the Ceeb’s got big, albeit still secret, plans to exploit its rights as early as the 2007 playoffs.

CBC’s Little Mosque on the Prairie ended its first run on a high note, nabbing more than 1.1 million viewers for the season finale. And Gas signed off with an old-fashioned cliffhanger ending.

The Family Channel has commissioned Toronto prodco Decode Entertainment to shoot a new tween sitcom by the director of Everybody Loves Raymond and The Drew Carey Show.

The tenants of a Vancouver low-rise and a certain conceited advertising exec return to CTV’s schedule next week, as Robson Arms and Jeff Ltd. make their second-season debuts on Feb. 10, playing back to back on Saturday nights.

First it was Shania, now Céline is getting a turn. Biopic Céline, based on the life of singer Céline Dion, has a green light from CBC and will air next year.