Peregrym Shines As Toronto's "Copper"...

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Montreal-born film actress Missy Peregrym, recent co-star of the CW's Vancouver-shot horror comedy "Reaper" has been cast as the lead in ABC's upcoming Toronto-lensed dramatic TV series "Copper".

Peregrym will play 'Andy McNally' "...a newly minted cop fresh from the academy and the daughter of a homicide detective, anxious about her first day on the job, which doesn't go as well as she had wished..."

The Global TV drama, starting production this month is a 'character-driven workplace drama' about five rookie police officers plunged into the high stakes world of big city policing.

The series was co-created by Tassie Cameron, co-executive producer of CTV's Toronto-shot "Flashpoint," picked up last year by CBS.

CTV's new Toronto-lensed crime drama "The Bridge" has also been picked up by CBS, while CTV's "The Listener," about a telepathic paramedic, returns to NBC, July 2...

Corus Entertainment: From DUSK To Dawn...

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Toronto-based Corus Entertainment has announced that specialty network "SCREAM" will be rebranded as "DUSK", September 9, 2009.

The launch will see the service expand its programming scope to include a more extensive lineup of movie titles/series that appeal to a broader demographic.

"DUSK's visually dramatic new on-air look and schedule builds on the huge popularity of suspense and thriller-based programming, and the growing fascination with supernatural, paranormal-themed films and television series," said Jim Johnson, Vice President, Marketing, DUSK.

"This combination of genres will provide a new viewer experience that will satisfy audience's appetite for suspense-fueled programs that combine fear and desire with darkness and excitement."

Catering to adults 18 - 49, DUSK will offer viewers access to a ramped up lineup of suspense, thriller and supernatural-based Hollywood feature films/television series seven days a week, 24-hours-a-day.

Fall titles include Vancouver-lensed TV series "Supernatural" (Season 4) and films including "The Black Dahlia", "Along Came a Spider", "Corpse Bride", "The Skeleton Key" and "The Gift".

DUSK is a partnership between Corus Entertainment Inc. and Canwest Global Communications Corp.

Corus Entertainment's multimedia entertainment brands include YTV, Treehouse, W Network, CosmoTV, VIVA, Movie Central, HBO Canada, Nelvana and Kids Can Press...