# Intelligence (Canadian TV Drama) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-canadian-tv-drama/430179 "2007-12-16T09:15:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-canadian-tv-drama/430179/1 "2007-12-16T09:15:44Z")
I’m surprised to not find any mention of it in CS. Anyone else watch this show? The show [Intelligence](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0845746/), on CBC, is centered around two groups of people - a major dope dealer and a law enforcement crew whose job is to keep tabs on organized crime in & around Vancouver. It starts out a bit slow but picks up after the first-third of the 1st season and maintains a good grip till the end of the 2nd season which just aired. Some people compare it to the Wire, but that’s more social commentary rather than straight-up entertainment. But like it, Intelligence is not cheesy or cliched. Unfortunately, its ratings have been lacklustre and there’s a real danger of it not coming back, as was the case after the 1st season. ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-canadian-tv-drama/430179/2 "2007-12-16T10:58:21Z")
I really like Intelligence, it’s a pity that CBC decided not to make a third series. The executive producer said that he’s in talks with a US network but I don’t see how the show will continue to portray the US in the same light if it’s on Fox, they’re not exactly the good guys. ETA: Intelligence and ReGenesis are two of my favourite non-British shows. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-canadian-tv-drama/430179/3 "2007-12-16T12:22:20Z")
> [@Szlater](#): > > it’s a pity that CBC decided not to make a third series Do you know this, or have you read the same things I have? AFAIK, CBC won’t make a decision till sometime in Spring. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-canadian-tv-drama/430179/4 "2007-12-16T16:03:44Z")
[QUOTE=II Gyan II] I’m surprised to not find any mention of it in CS. Anyone else watch this show? The show [Intelligence](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0845746/), on CBC, is centered around two groups of people - a major dope dealer and a law enforcement crew whose job is to keep tabs on organized crime in & around Vancouver. It starts out a bit slow but picks up after the first-third of the 1st season and maintains a good grip till the end of the 2nd season which just aired. Some people compare it to the Wire, but that’s more social commentary rather than straight-up entertainment. But like it, Intelligence is not cheesy or cliched. Unfortunately, its ratings have been lacklustre and there’s a real danger of it not coming back, as was the case after the 1st season. [/QUOTE] I started a thread on this show that sank like a stone. This is a great show, I hope it returns next year. ---
**Author:** ![Szlater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Szlater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Szlater)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-canadian-tv-drama/430179/5 "2007-12-17T01:14:21Z")
[QUOTE=II Gyan II] Do you know this, or have you read the same things I have? AFAIK, CBC won’t make a decision till sometime in Spring. [/QUOTE] I’ve probably read the same things you have. It was an interview with the creator/executive producer and he basically said the show was done. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-canadian-tv-drama/430179/6 "2007-12-17T15:49:36Z")
Is it this [interview](http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/TV_Shows/I/Intelligence/2007/11/27/4688090-sun.html)? > [@](#): > > We don’t know that we’re dead (on the CBC). Stranger things have happened. But we’re going ahead with (the Fox version) no matter what. I wrote a pilot with John Wells and we’ve sold it to Fox. They love it, but everything’s (in a holding pattern) because of the writers strike in the U.S." ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/intelligence-canadian-tv-drama/430179/7 "2008-03-08T15:53:51Z")
[No more](http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2008/03/07/cbc-renewals.html) Intelligence on CBC. Is the FOX migration still on?