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Commotion: Who is allowed to thrive in Canadian TV?

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud: TV creators RT Thorne, Floyd Kane and Zoe Leigh Hopkins, musician Ben Gibbard

Today on Commotion: RT Thorne, Floyd Kane and Zoe Leigh Hopkins, Ben Gibbard

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A still from CBC's The Porter, Ben Gibbard of the band Death Cab for Cutie performs for fans
A still from CBC's The Porter, Ben Gibbard of the band Death Cab for Cutie performs for fans (CBC, Cassandra Hannagan/Getty Images)
25:00Who is allowed to thrive in Canadian TV?

Today on Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud:

  • The Porter isn't getting picked up for a second season, despite leading the Canadian Screen Awards with 19 nominations. Three creators take stock of the Canadian TV landscape, its financial reliance on networks abroad and the challenges in getting diverse Canadian stories on the air.

  • Musician Ben Gibbard gives us an exclusive 20th-anniversary oral history of The Postal Service's only album Give Up.

You can also find today's episode on our podcast, Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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