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- ↑ Liane Faulder, "Too smart for the room: Acclaimed cutting-edge filmmaker Ken Finkleman returns with another challenging CBC series". Edmonton Journal , September 24, 2001.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 John Doyle, "The sharp truths among uneven Foreign Objects". The Globe and Mail , September 24, 2001.
- ↑ Ted Shaw, "Lecherous opportunist returns via Finkleman; Character hasn't improved since The Newsroom". Windsor Star , September 22, 2001.
- ↑ Dana Gee, "Finkleman's new challenge: Actor-writer-director catches everything from the ravages of war to the cult of celebrity in Foreign Objects". The Province , September 24, 2001.
- ↑ John McKay, "Gemini Awards: Honours for a wide range of Canadian TV performers". Welland Tribune , October 31, 2002.
