TSN’s highly anticipated original documentary series ENGRAVED ON NATION kicked off with an average audience of more than half-a-million viewers (530,000) on Thanksgiving Monday for THE 13th MAN – making it the most-watched documentary ever on TSN.

Overall, more than 1.5 million Canadians tuned in to watch some or all of the broadcast on TSN.

Canadians were also engaged on Twitter, with #13thMan and #EngravedOnANation trending nationally throughout the broadcast.

From documentary filmmaker Larry Weinstein, THE 13TH MAN examines the unique love affair between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and their fiercely loyal fans against the backdrop of the team’s heartbreaking loss at the 97th Grey Cup.

THE 13TH MAN aired immediately following TSN’s broadcast of the Saskatchewan-Toronto game on Monday. With an average audience of 1.057 million viewers, the game is the most-watched CFL regular season game to air in the past two years.

Be sure to catch “The 13th Man” – Monday, Oct. 8 on TSN as part of TSN’s Original Documentary Series, “Engraved on a Nation”

The documentary explores the unique love affair between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and their fiercely loyal fans – known as the “13th man” – which lives far beyond what happens on the field.  On the cusp of winning the 97th Grey Cup, the Saskatchewan Roughriders suffered a 13th man penalty that triggered a dramatic defeat. The unprecedented twist in CFL history shattered an entire province and left millions of Canadians heartbroken.
THE 13th MAN airs immediately following the CFL ON TSN game with Saskatchewan @ Toronto beginning at 4 p.m. ET.

Encore presentations of the documentaries will air on Saturdays at 7 p.m. ET on CTV Two and Sundays at 5 p.m. ET on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times).  Fans can also watch all the documentaries on demand following their television broadcasts online at TSN.ca andiTunes.

RDS presents French-language presentations of the documentaries in October and November.

The Frantic Films production, “The Wrath of Grapes: The Don Cherry Story 2” has been nominated for three Director’s Guild of Canada Awards in the categories of Best Direction in a Television Movie/Mini Series, Best Sound Editing in a Television Movie/Mini Series, and Best Television Movie/ Mini Series.

 

Congratulations to the nominees and best of luck!

Todd and the Book of Pure Evil has been nominated in the comedy category at this year’s Yorkton Film Festival.

Congrats to “Todd and The Book of Pure Evil” showrunner Craig David Wallace on his win tonight at the WGC Awards for Best TV Comedy for his script Todd & the Book of Pure EvilEp113 “A Farewell to Curtis’ Arm”.
Keep up the great work, Craig!

We are proud to announce that Todd and The Book of Pure Evil took home two awards from the 45th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival!

Episodes “See You Later, Masterbator” took home a Silver Remi, while episode “Jungle Fever” took home a Bronze Remi.
Congrats to the cast and crew!

Frantic Films is proud to announce that Kathryn Dickson has been nominated for her work as editor on Fuelled by Passion: The Return of the Jets.

Congratulations to Kathryn and surely this is just the first in a long line of nominations for the production in the near future!

We are proud to announce that Princess has been nominated for Best Lifestyle & Information Program at the 2012 Rockies Program Competition!

A 2012 Realscreen Global 100 Production Company: Frantic Films has been awarded a place on the prestigious Realscreen list, celebrating the best and most influential non-fiction programming from the 2011 season.

February 29, 2012 – Frantic Films is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Mr. Bernard Periatambee as Vice-President of Factual Development for Frantic’s ever-growing development and production team.

“We are thrilled to have someone of Bernard’s calibre join our team,” says Jamie Brown, CEO of Frantic Films. “He has an impressive track record of creating and selling programs in both the UK and US.  We’re looking forward to having him help us generate new and fresh programming for our broadcast partners.”

For the last fifteen years, Bernard Periatambee has developed and produced numerous hit formats over a wide range of genres for some of the UK’s top producers, from long running lifestyle and factual series to quirky reality formats, high volume studio talk shows and arts films.  His credits include, ‘Cash In The Attic,’ ‘Natural Born Dealers, ‘Built From Disaster’, ‘The Ugly Face of Beauty’,  ‘The Farm of Fussy Eaters’, ‘Angela and Friends’, ‘The Man Who Shot The Sixties’ and ‘I’m Your Number One Fan’.