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B次元官网网址淛ust hilarious stuff like children in cages and the Epstein case,B次元官网网址� Rivas jests in a phone interview, referring to stories about migrant children at U.S. border facilities and sex trafficking accusations against financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Season 3, launching Tuesday, is a big one for B次元官网网址淭he Beaverton.B次元官网网址�
Not only is the Toronto-based weekly series moving over to CTV from The Comedy Network B次元官网网址� in a plum 10 p.m. ET/PT time-slot after the hit series B次元官网网址淭he Amazing Race Canada,B次元官网网址� no less B次元官网网址� itB次元官网网址檚 also airing simultaneously around the world for international audiences on CTVB次元官网网址檚 YouTube channel for the first time.
The Canadian Screen Award-nominated show also has a quicker turnaround this season, shooting in front of a live studio audience the night before it airs, giving the feel of a more current and high-paced news environment.
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Yes, that means B次元官网网址淭he BeavertonB次元官网网址� will not only be covering Canadian news but also global stories.
The co-hosts note thereB次元官网网址檚 already an appetite for the brand outside of North America through TheBeaverton.com satirical news site, which inspired the TV series and seems to have B次元官网网址済rown enormouslyB次元官网网址� in popularity, says Rivas.
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In an era of outrageous headlines and accusations of so-called B次元官网网址渇ake news,B次元官网网址� it seems the deliberately fake news is thriving.
B次元官网网址淲henever thereB次元官网网址檚 a wildly unpopular government, IB次元官网网址檓 referencing Donald TrumpB次元官网网址檚 in the States, I wonB次元官网网址檛 quote any real study but I think you could find that civic engagement tends to go way up,B次元官网网址� says Rivas, who is also an actor and comedian, with credits including B次元官网网址淏aroness von Sketch ShowB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址淕ary and His Demons.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淚 donB次元官网网址檛 think people gave a crap about, for instance, a lot of municipal Toronto politics, but then once Rob Ford was elected and started doing his thing, everybody started to be like, B次元官网网址榃ait a minute, I suddenly care about my ward so much,B次元官网网址橞次元官网网址� Rivas continues.
B次元官网网址淪o I think the difficult political climate in the Western world, and specifically in North America, has caused Canadians to pay a lot more attention and care a lot more and get excited and outraged more. And they need something to reflect that and talk about that with and make jokes about stuff B次元官网网址� and then enter us. ItB次元官网网址檚 such an amazing opportunity, that people have the appetite for this like they never had before.B次元官网网址�
This season will have eight episodes and return for a separate Canadian federal election special on Oct. 18.
Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press
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