Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and ION Television is putting together a drama about Canadian immigration and customs working with their U.S. counterparts to defend the border (from THR.com). Tonya Lee Williams will play a senior U.S. Department of Homeland Security agent and Grace Park her lieutenant in the show which will be titled The Border which is produced by Toronto-based White Pine Pictures.
The premise sounds damn good, it seems like Canadian television may be on to something lately and they can give up stealing our shows via satellite. I thought Grace did a great job in Battlestar Galactica and this role seems to suit her acting skills. Can one of the Canadian neighbors let me know how Grace does? I am not that familiar with Tonya as she is mostly known for her role on The Young and the Restless, the soap opera. I may watch a lot of things, but soap operas are where I have to draw the limit.
See “The Border” for yourself this fall on ION Televison all across the U.S. check your local listings for an ION local station or on DirecTV or on Dish Network. theres also a 2nd Canadian import coming to ION televsion called “The Guard” a scripted action/drama about the Canadian Coast Guard
Oh yeah I just saw that FIOS picked up ION so I will check this out when it comes on in the Fall
The Border season 1 and 2 have already been broadcast. Grace Appeared in the final 7 episodes of season 2 and she was great. She is back in season 3 which is being broadcast in Canada this fall.
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The CBC drama “The Border” has been “put together” for three years now. The CBC will begin airing the third season of the show this September. This show is very timely and the shows are straight from the headlines. The acting is superb. The shows are very well written. And, it has one of the best looking casts in Canadian television with James McGowan, Sofia Milos, Nazneen Contractor, Graham Abbey, and Grace Parks. Jonas Chernick is absolutely endearing as the resident computer geek Slade. I believe “The Border” will appeal to the American audience as much as it has to its Canadian audience.