A newsroom drama where journalistic integrity fights dirty in the ratings war—Canadian style, no less.
Season 3 • Episode 13
LatestMegan gets a tip from ex-producer Dennis, in town on the book tour for his racy new thriller. While Henry scours Ottawa for Dennis's deep-throat source, a Hollywood director who's optioned the novel visits the bullpen and recognizes more than a few ""fictional"" characters.
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.
Acting
Shawn Doyle's weary idealism anchors every chaotic news cycle.
Writing
Storylines ripped from headlines with uncomfortable prescience.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The U.S. retitle 'Bury the Lead' is actual journalism slang for burying the most important fact deep in a story—ironically, what the show criticizes.
Alliance Atlantis dominated Canadian TV in this era; this was their attempt at a serious adult drama before they pivoted entirely to CSI spinoffs.
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