CBC Television has announced its new summer lineup. Highlights include:

How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?
Broadcast Premiere: Sunday, June 15th, 8:00pm
This reality show takes 48 contestants and promises to shape one of them into the new star of a live stage version of the movie “The Sound Of Music”. I’m  guessing that Canadian reality TV starlets will be a bit more restrained than their compatriots on “Girlicious”, but who knows? Catfights, dancing, and rousing renditions of “My Favourite Things” – does it get any better than this? (That was rhetorical, folks.)

Othello
One-Time Broadcast: Sunday, June 15th, 9:00pm
This 2 hour adaptation of Shakespeare’s masterpiece stars Carlo Rota (Little Mosque on the Prairie) as the tortured moor and Christine Horne (The Stone Angel) as his wife, Desdemona.

Test The Nation: Sports
One-Time Broadcast: Sunday, May 25th, 8:00pm
Ron MacLean (Hockey Night in Canada) joins host Wendy Mesley for a trivia brawl involving sports fans, athletes, and, er, NHL mascots.

Everest
Broadcast Premiere: Sunday, Aug 31, 8:00pm
This four hour miniseries is a dramatization of the 1982 adventure of the first Canadians to ever climb Mount Everest, Laurie Skreslet and Pat Morrow. Jason Priestley (Don’t Cry Now, 90210), William Shatner (Star Trek, Boston Legal) and Leslie Hope (24) headline an incredible ensemble cast.

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