New CBC TV Shows for January

The CBC has a whack of new shows coming in January. I had hoped to post Trailers for them, but in classic CBC style the only trailer they have on YouTube is for the least interesting of the bunch. There was a spat during the fall between intelligence creator Chris Haddock and the CBC because Haddock felt they didn't do enough to promote his show - sadly Chris the CBC doesn't really promote anything (except the Hour) unless you are already watching CBC TV. I've seen more advertisements for the Tudors DVD set than I saw for the show.

One more note before I get to the shows: Warning the web sites for MVP and the Border which I link to are both flash intensive and auto-play music. Visit at your own risk.

First there is the JPod (no trailer):

Based on Douglas Coupland's cult bestseller of the same name, jPod is a one-hour drama series with amusing and evil twists. Ethan Jarlewski (DAVID W. KOPP) and four coworker pals are bureaucratically marooned in the bowels of a massive video game company, Neotronic Arts.The series chronicles the amoral, lighthearted and often shocking lives of these five "Podsters." In Season One alone, they routinely deal with Chinese gangs, boneheaded bosses, sexual swinging, power lesbians, British royalty, gore-laced game designs and …it's a very long list.

Sophie (no Trailer) based on the Radio Canada show that failed to win over Quebec, looks like it might be entertaining.

Sophie has everything: a loving boyfriend, her own talent agency, beauty, friends and a baby on the way. Everything... that is until one day her picture-perfect world starts to come apart at the seams as she tries to cope with her new single-mom status, the tormented artists that call her agency home, a neurotic mother, her father's delusional ex-mistress and her entire eclectic and funny entourage... Sophie is about to experience a year where every emotion in the book gets thrown at her... and then some!

The Border (no trailer) could be good if it can distinguish itself from other cop/espionage shows. If it is good but is little/nothing like - Intelligence, 24, CSI, Numbers, etc., etc., I'll watch it.

Finally, there is MVP (3 Trailers online). It's well...desperate housewives with hockey I guess. "When the uniforms are folded and the gear comes off, that's when the game REALLY gets interesting." Sex, scandal, money and skates - not going to watch, not going to post the trailer, completely not interested.