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Florence Longpré has brought “Empathy” to Series Mania.

“The whole show is built around it,” she tells Variety.

“If you haven’t experienced mental issues, it’s difficult to understand what these people are going through. I try to put myself in their shoes. What does it feel like when it’s fucked up in your head, when you’re panicking? How can medication and therapy help? Or maybe they don’t?”

She confesses: “When I was very young, I suffered from depression. When you finally leave this dark place, it’s like an explosion of light. You have a second chance at life. You rediscover so many things and so many emotions.”

In “Empathy,” which she created, Longpré plays Suzanne – a former criminologist turned psychiatrist, trying her best to help her patients. But for the longest time, she can’t help herself.

“It’s so much fun to see...

The nominations for the 26th Gémeaux Awards, Quebec's equivalent of the Emmy Awards, have been revealed today.

1. Best dramatic TV series:

* 19-2.

* Les rescapés.

* Malenfant.

* Prozac, La Maladie Du Bonheur.

2. Best soap opera:

* Destinées.

* La promesse.

* Providence.

* Yamaska.

3. Best comedy series:

* La galère.

* Les Parent.

* Mauvais Karma.

* Penthouse 5-0.

* Tout sur moi.

4. Best actor in a dramatic TV series:

* Claude Legault in 19-2.

* Réal Bossé in 19-2.

* Roy Dupuis in Les rescapés.

* Luc Picard in Malenfant.

* Éric Bruneau in Toute la vérité.

5. Best actress in a dramatic TV series:

* Maude Guérin in Belle-Baie.

* Guylaine Tremblay in Les rescapés.

* Julie McClemens in Malenfant.

* Isabelle Blais in Prozac, la maladie du bonheur.

* Maude Guérin in Toute la vérité.

6. Best actor in a soap opera:

* Sébastien Delorme in La promesse.

* Bernard Fortin in Providence.

* Hugo Dubé in Providence.

* Normand d'Amour in Yamasca.

* Denis Bernard in Yamaska.

7. Best actress in a soap opera:

* Marie-Chantal Perron in Destinées.

While no trailer of the third season of La galère has been released online, Radio-Canada, a French Canadian TV network, did release the promo poster for the show. Moreover, the third season of this comedy series created by Renée-Claude Brazeau will premiere on September 20 at 9 Pm.

In La galère, we follow four women - Stéphanie (Hélène Florent), Mimi (Brigitte Lafleur), Claude (Anne Casabonne) and Isabelle (Geneviève Rochette) - who move into a big house with their seven children. Each of these women want to take a break from their respective husband or boyfriend (or three ex-husbands in the case of Stephanie).

While Radio-Canada hasn't revealed any details about the third season's script, here's what we should remember from the second season:

* Isabelle divorced from her husband, Jacques (Jeff Boudreault). Since Jacques is Quebec's Labour minister, Isabelle intends to compete as an independent candidate against Jacques in the same riding during the upcoming provincial election.

While no trailer for La galère's upcoming third season hasn't been released online, Radio-Canada, a French Canadian TV network, has released a clip of the third season's first episode.

In this show written by Renée-Claude Brazeau, we follow four women - Stéphanie (Hélène Florent), Mimi (Brigitte Lafleur), Claude (Anne Casabonne) and Isabelle (Geneviève Rochette) - who move into a big house with their seven children. Each of these women want to take a break from their respective husband (or three ex-husbands in the case of Stephanie).

Speaking about the clip, we're seeing Isabelle practising her speeches. As a matter of fact, it was revealed in the second season that she intends to compete against her husband, Jacques (Jeff Boudreault), during the upcoming election in Quebec.

The show also stars Anne-Marie Compagna, Rose Adam, Daniel Parent, Pierre-Luc Lafontaine, Patrick Drolet, Jeff Boudreault, François Chénier, Catherine Proulx-Lemay, Marc Paquet and Patrice Godin.

Fans of La galère, one of the smartest Canadian comedy series will return on Radio-Canada, a French Canadian TV network, on September 20 at 9 Pm.

In this show written by Renée-Claude Brazeau, we follow four women - Stéphanie (Hélène Florent), Mimi (Brigitte Lafleur), Claude (Anne Casabonne) and Isabelle (Geneviève Rochette) - who move into a big house with their seven children. Each of these women want to take a break from their respective husband (or three ex-husbands in the case of Stephanie).

While Radio-Canada hasn't revealed any details about the third season's script, here's what we should remember from the second season:

* Isabelle divorced from her husband, Jacques (Jeff Boudreault). Since Jacques is Quebec's Labour minister, Isabelle intends to compete as an independent candidate against Jacques in the same riding during the upcoming provincial election.

* Claude was about to marry Antoine (Gabriel Sabourin), her long-time boyfriend. However, Antoine revealed to her...

As V, a Quebecker TV network, announced it in December 2009, that it has renewed the sitcom Bienvenue aux dames for a second season. Moreover, the production for the second season has already begun.

This TV series follows Kevin Matteau (Peter MacLeod), a single and a publicist living large in Montreal. On the day of his 40th birthday, he realizes that his life is empty. When he look back on his life, he's slept with 234 different women, has never had the time to live a "private life" because of his work and doesn't have true friends in Montreal. Besides, he also realizes that he has no wishes regarding his future.

However, despite his boss' (Marie Turgeon) desire to bring him back, Kevin will stay in Lac Touchet, the small town where he was born. Besides, with the help of his friend Ti-Louis (Rémi-Pierre Paquin), Kevin will try to revive his late uncle's tavern.

Although no official announcement was made by the TV network Radio-Canada as of today, the third season of La galère is being filmed right now. In fact, the announcement was made on the homepage of Cirrus Communications, the production company behind this jewel created by Renée-Claude Brazeau.

If you don't believe me, then click on this screenshot of Cirrus Communications's web page to see a larger thumbnail.

Speaking about the details on the script, nothing has been revealed to the media yet. Moreover, since I haven't seen La galère's second season yet, I can't take a guess on how the four leading characters will be.

Finally, for those who don't know, La galère is a dramedy. We follow four childhood friends in the end of their thirties who decide to move together in a big house only with their children. They believe that their life will be easier by...

Yesterday, Alliance Vivafilm, a DVD distributor, announced the date of the release of La galère's second season on DVD. This show, which was created by Renée-Claude Brazeau, is a comedy and it aired on Radio-Canada. Moreover, Radio-Canada didn't announce if it will renew the show for a third season.

The story:

In the first season, Stéphanie (Hélène Florent), Mimi (Brigitte Lafleur), Claude (Anne Casabonne) and Isabelle (Geneviève Rochette) move together in a big house with their seven children in order to evacuate their frustration. In the second season, the four women must deal with the absence of a nanny for their children. Of course, Isabelle can take things into her hands, but her career as a lawyer makes it hard for her (and by extension all single mothers who are lawyers).

Stéphanie is wondering if the Prime Minister (Denis Bernard) will be the one for her. At the same time,...