The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005. The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television newsmagazine series, The Eleventh Hour. Unhappy with the newsmagazine's shrinking audience, the network has brought in a new executive producer, Kennedy Marsh, to reorient the show in a more ratings-driven tabloid journalism direction. The tension between the ratings imperative and the more traditional journalistic ethics of the show's senior staff is the primary conflict that drives the show, but storylines also include the team's efforts to get the stories that will make it to air each week. The Eleventh Hour was produced by Alliance Atlantis, Canada's largest film and television production house. It aired in the U.S. on Sleuth, under the title Bury the Lead, to distinguish it from a CBS series with a similar name.
Cast: Ben Bass, Shawn Doyle, Sonja Smits
13 episodes
- 1. Mad As HattersDennis knows he's on to a story when he learns that residents of The Latitude Lofts, a building owned and occupied by an artists' co-operative, are afflicted by fibromyalgia. But his probing is met with resistance - from the co-op members who have already sunk their savings into the building; and from his new senior producer, Kennedy Marsh, who considers the premise as dated as the ""yuppie flu"". Kennedy's criticism further incites Dennis, who is already upset that he was passed over for the senior position in favour of this young upstart - a ""virtual VJ"" - from a popular tabloid show. There's a mess of personal and professional tension when a young boss, Kennedy Marsh, is brought in to jazz up the show, do snappier stories and attract a younger audience. She used to produce a tabloid-TV program and everybody is suspicious and resentful of her. The thing is, Kennedy Marsh is a tall, blond drink of water and there is quiet, almost-sexual tension between her and the dead-serious Dennis.CC1 h 0 minNov 26, 2002
- 2. I'm Mad As HellA highly-charged story about air rage turns into a brouhaha between Kamal and Deaton as each tries to exert his own spin on the issue. Kamal and Deaton have been trapped in a plane for nearly two hours while the pilot waits for ramp attendants for the jetway. Suddenly, one of the passengers, Ross Glatt, flies into an uncontrollable rage. Flight attendant Cheryl Pittis tries to calm him, but Glatt is out of control. Then Kamal notices a passenger catching the spectacle on a handicam, and his instincts tell him this will be great news footage. Glatt - a professional cellist as it turns out - is finally overcome by a fellow passenger, and about to be sedated when the Emergency Response Team storms the plane. All this, Deaton remarks, for what turned out to be plain old-fashioned air rage. Kamal is just thankful the incident happened while they were on the ground. Otherwise, they might have had fighter jets preparing to shoot them down. In the existing climate of post-Sept. 11, the newsmCC1 h 0 minDec 3, 2002
- 3. The Source""A Honduran translator disappears when she's suspected of being Dennis' source for bribery allegations against a Canadian firm and a corrupt Honduran bureaucrat.""CC1 h 0 minDec 10, 2002
- 4. A Low, Dishonest DecadeIsobel suspects that philanthropist and self-proclaimed draft dodger Jefferson Grant may have actually been involved in a civilian massacre in a tiny Vietnamese village.CC1 h 0 minDec 17, 2002
- 5. Tree HuggerIsobel struggles to uncover the true motives behind an environmental group's fight to save a contentious piece of land.CC1 h 0 minDec 31, 2002
- 6. A Modern Mata HariThe brains of a top CSIS agent are splattered all over the windshield of his car and speculation is running high on whether it was suicide or murder. Some say George Barkin was being forced into retirement so he committed suicide; others whisper that he was setting up ""business relationships"" in China; or that he was a double agent. But whatever the reason for his demise, there's bound to be a media frenzy around the incident - and The Eleventh Hour wants to be the first ones in. At the centre of all the controversy is a young woman named Lyn Sing, a Chinese citizen who's been working at the Embassy, and who is somehow linked with the now notorious CSIS officer. Maybe Sing's just a damsel in distress; maybe she was part of Barkin's espionage activities; or maybe even a suspect in his death. Megan wants an exclusive with this 'woman of the hour', but Donohue's instincts tell him that with all the news outlets clamoring for her, Sing will end up in the driver's seat, dictating her demandCC1 h 0 minJan 7, 2003
- 7. Not Without My ReeferDennis investigates the Draconian drug laws threatening the future of a marijuana fugitive.CC1 h 0 minJan 14, 2003
- 8. The 37-Year ItchIsobel's investigation into a web of political corruption is spurred by her own misguided faith.CC1 h 0 minJan 21, 2003
- 9. Don't Have a CowKamal vows to bring a corrupt grocery chain to its knees; Dennis grapples with the guilt of a missed moment.CC1 h 0 minJan 28, 2003
- 10. ShelterWhile investigating a suspicious social worker, Dennis stumbles on evidence that a child killer may have been wrongly convicted.CC1 h 0 minApr 18, 2003
- 11. Cell Phone SlavesKamal traces an illicit supply chain from war-torn Eastern Congo to the clubby world of corporate Canada, inadvertantly getting mixed up in insider trading.CC1 h 0 minApr 25, 2003
- 12. The RASH Troops of ErrorWhile investigating a school shooting, Isobel is struck by how the media's hot pursuit of the truth can destroy those in its path.CC1 h 0 minMay 2, 2003
- 13. Hall of MirrorsThe network falls hostage to the demands of a madman intent on delivering his rant over the airwaves. A police profiler, Det. Linus Goslings, is involved in the search for a bomber called the Toonie Bomber.CC1 h 0 minMay 9, 2003
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The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour is a Canadian television drama series which aired weekly on CTV from 2002 to 2005. The show revolves around the reporters and producers at a fictional television newsmagazine series, The Eleventh Hour. Unhappy with the newsmagazine's shrinking audience, the network has brought in a new executive producer, Kennedy Marsh, to reorient the show in a more ratings-driven tabloid journalism direction. The tension between the ratings imperative and the more traditional journalistic ethics of the show's senior staff is the primary conflict that drives the show, but storylines also include the team's efforts to get the stories that will make it to air each week. The Eleventh Hour was produced by Alliance Atlantis, Canada's largest film and television production house. It aired in the U.S. on Sleuth, under the title Bury the Lead, to distinguish it from a CBS series with a similar name.
Creators and cast
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Audio languages
English
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