Here's an interesting one. I'll throw it in here early, since otherwise it might get lost in the dust of the broadcast network series:
Durham County
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What you don't know about your neighbors could kill you. That's just everyday reality in "Durham County" ... the Award-Winning "Durham County" series follows the troubled world of Homicide Detective Mike Sweeney (Hugh Dillon, CBS' "Flashpoint") who moves his family to quiet suburbia for a fresh start after his partner is killed and his wife Audrey (Hlne Joy) is diagnosed with breast cancer. While Durham County seems like the perfect place to begin again, Sweeney soon discovers that his neighbor Ray Prager (Justin Louis) may be a serial killer. What's more, Prager is not just a random stranger he is Sweeney's arch high school nemesis. As events unfold and young women begin disappearing, an intense showdown develops between the two complex men and their families.
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The show is produced in Ontario (and Quebec), for Canadian television (TMN in the East, and Movie Central in the West), and its first season of six episodes earned the show three "Gemini Awards" (for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Direction).
I think they're only broadcasting the first six episodes, at least at this point. I like Hugh Dillon, but I don't think I would go out of my way to watch this show: I find that often the
PR term "complex" in blurbs about television series means that they don't seem to care about making the series entertaining or otherwise enjoyable.
What I will be interested in seeing is whether ION broadcast this show widescreen or pillar-boxed. We do have ION in
HD here, but I don't know if they have ever actually broadcast anything in
HD. I'm pretty sure this series was produced in
HD, so maybe it'll be broadcast in
HD.
For those keeping score, it is on up against Castle (ABC) and CSI: Miami (CBS) -- and of course Leno (NBC). Who knows? Maybe Leno gives this show a chance to make a dent?
Less advertising throughout
