'CSI' Reruns Help Prompt 'Da Vinci's Inquest'

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The Canadian television series Da Vinci's Inquest has received a ratings boost this season thanks in part to reruns of CSI, encouraging American networks to import the series into the US.

The deal was sealed this week by <font color=yellow>Ritch Colbert</font>, one of the heads of Program Partners, a Canadian distributing company, and many American networks to bring Da Vinci's Inquest to the United States for a two year run. CSI began its syndicated run last September in Canada, averaging 9 million viewers and helping Inquest's ratings bloom well enough to catch the eyes of American networks. Due to the shows' similarities, Da Vinci's Inquest will partner with CSI reruns and will be shown in two episode sets each weekend. It is expected to reach 70\% of American households.

Da Vinci's Inquest revolves around Dominic Da Vinci, a former Vancouver cop turned coroner who works closely with cops and detectives to solve unnatural, accidental, or suspicious deaths. The show stars <font color=yellow>Nicholas Campbell</font>, who has received the Gemini Award for Best Performance in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role for his work on the series and has guest-starred in American shows such as Monk and T.J. Hooker. Critically acclaimed as the best television series in Canada and winning the Gemini Award for best television series 6 years in a row, Da Vinci's Inquest is currently in its 7th season.

The show is expected to reach the US this fall, with deals already secured in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, Seattle, Miami, and Minneapolis. Colbert will also pitch the show to cable networks Spike, USA, TNT, and A&E once full clearance of the show's syndication has been secured.

To read the original article, head over to Variety. For more information on the show, visit Da Vinci's Inquest.com<center></center>
 
You will like this show.
No, you will *love* this show.

Dialogue -- that's what it's all about. It's scripted .. but it's unscripted. Make sense? Let me explain: when you listen to the dialogue, it sounds initially confused, jumbled ... like the actors' lines don't 'jive' with each other.

But if you reflect on how *real* people (such as yourself!) talk on the job, in the "real world" -- ooo, I hate that term but you know what I mean -- you realise that that is *exactly* how people sound. That's how we interact.

We interrupt each other. We repeat a question. We finish each others' sentences. We repeat somebody's assertions. We're nervous; we're relaxed.

Real conversation is raw, unscripted, imperfect. It is *NOT* the dialogue you hear on "West Wing" (argh, I hate that stuff -- hey, I'm a left-winger myself but I can't *STAND* that artificial treacle that passes for "dialogue" on the West Wing).

It is the dialogue you hear on Da Vinci's Inquest.

Dominic Da Vinci and his Vancouver community are raw, unscripted, and imperfect. And you will like the show because of it. Trust me. Watch it; you'll get hooked.
 
OMG! I have watched DaVinci's Inquest since season 1! I am so happy that CSI has made such a huge impact that shows like DaVinci's Inquest are now finally getting to the U.S. market. (When I moved to Seattle I brought my Starchoice dish with me so I wouldn't miss any of my favourite programs.) I have to say that the dialog is a bit jaunted but other than that its a great show, and an educational expierence for Americans on how our legal and political systems are. I will continue to watch DaVinci on Showcase and CBC but now I'll be able to view them on the american affilates too! :D
 
Yet another homegrown show I don't watch. *ducks and runs out of the room* Nicholas Campbell just looks scary to me. I've always thought that.

Satellite. A-ha. That explains 22 Minutes in Seattle. lol
 
Yeah but I bet they're going to have to edit the shit out of it, yeah? They swear on that show all the time... which is why I like it! ;)
 
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