cbc cans jpod, mvp, and intelligence

Only The Border and Sophie survive the heavily promoted winter schedule, according to the Globe and Mail.

The Border has scored in ratings and clearly resonates with anxious Canadians, although the show itself is all issue and zero characters.

Sophie has survived, no doubt, in part due to being sold to American station ABC Family.

Being shown on an American station didn't save Intelligence, although the show would arrive re-made for Fox, rather than the original Canadian version. (Uh, ick?)

MVP (pictured above) tried really hard to flash lots of Canadian skin to attract viewers but I guess this was no Canadian Footballer Wive$. (It did, however, attract lots of young viewers, a producer for the show notes.)

And poor jPod. I know someone who hated the first 3 episodes and finally recommended the 6th and 7th episodes as watchable. And now? Ka-put. I guess the show should be retitled "jWalkman."

As well, note that the cancellations were all for hour-long shows, which cost more to produce. I assume a soap opera like MVP could justify the length (more booty shots), but I'm not really sure why jPod had to be an hour long, especially when 30 Rock and The Office manage to supercondense laughs into 30 minutes.

So, now that the CBC has failed with its Desperate Housewives and Office clones, it's back to more Little Mosque, right? (Look at Canadian films like Away From Her, Eastern Promises, and, fine, I'll include Juno, where are our great Canadian TV shows?)