'Being Erica' raises Maple Leaf in primetime

January 06, 2009 Local competition is growing for once unassailable U.S. network series in Canadian primetime. That's a strong opening for the local comedy, particularly given that it aired against the World Junior Hockey Championships on the Sports Network, which saw 3.7 million Canadians tune in to watch Canada defeat Sweden. [...] Friday night, CTV will air the second-season opener of "Flashpoint," a homegrown cop drama that airs on CBS, while rival Global Television will debut the hidden camera pranks series "Howie Do It," a simulcast and co-production with NBC that stars Howie Mandel and was shot in Ontario.

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