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Love It or List It hits 100 episodes

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From a media release:

W Network’s Love It or List It Hits 100 Episode Landmark

The 100th episode of the celebrated W Network hit show, Love It or List It, is scheduled to air Monday, June 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Marking the milestone for the popular Canadian series, the network, show producers, crew and hosts will celebrate with a red-carpet gala event in Toronto at the end of May.

Trailblazers in the factual entertainment genre, Gemini-award winning Big Coat Productions partnered with W Network to create Love It or List It as a reality hybrid show, blending the two genres that married the voyeuristic appeal of real estate and the dramatic and comedic reality of renovations. The unique, character-driven format sees homeowners embark on an emotional rollercoaster as hosts battle for their allegiance.

This collaborative dedication to entertaining the audience has yielded five successful seasons, a Vancouver spin-off and an overwhelming reception from both sides of the border (including a public nod from Hillary Rodham Clinton).

The 100th episode premieres Monday, June 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT and features Hilary Farr and David Visentin taking on one of their toughest assignments yet. Ron and Mishelle purchased his family’s legacy farmhouse and became the fifth generation of his family to live in it. Mishelle feels they have too much unusable space as well as too much mortgage and she wants to move back to the city. Can Hilary keep this couple in Ron’s family home with enough modern changes to keep city-dweller Mishelle happy? Or will David find a home that will satisfy both the city mouse and country mouse?

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Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

Be The Boss Canada premieres June 6

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From a media release:

W Network Launches Be The Boss Canada From the Production Team Behind Undercover Boss Canada

  • New series features Canadian employees in head-to-head challenges for a life-changing job opportunity
  • Companies include Pizza Pizza, Anytime Fitness and Pita Pit
  • Series premieres on Thursday, June 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT

This June, from Corus Entertainment’s W Network and the award-winning production team behind Undercover Boss Canada, comes a new competition series that offers a huge twist and life-changing opportunity for Canadian employees. Be The Boss Canada gives employees at leading national franchises a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take control of their future, rise through the ranks and become the boss, through exciting head-to-head challenges. Be The Boss Canada (6×60) premieres Thursday, June 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Viewers can follow Be The Boss Canada on Twitter @BeTheBossCanada, hashtag #BeTheBossCanada.

The pressure is on each week as the series follows two outstanding employees from companies including Pizza Pizza, Anytime Fitness and Pita Pit as they try to balance diplomacy and competitiveness in a series of challenges to win a huge promotion – but unbeknownst to them, one may actually walk away with the keys to their very own franchise. The participants take part in week-long job interview for what each believes is a chance for a promotion, with enticing pay and perks. Meanwhile, the bosses are hiding a closely-guarded secret as the two employees battle to be the best and out-perform each other. The employee who doesn’t win the promotion will be in for the surprise of their life when they are told that they have in fact won their very own franchise, instantly making the jump from employee to business owner. Will they rise to the occasion, or will they crack under the pressure?

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Rookie Blue

Rookie Blue returns May 23

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From a media release:

NEW COPS, NEW CASES, NEW COUPLES­ – ROOKIE BLUE SEASON FOUR RETURNS MAY 23 ON GLOBAL

  • Plus New This Season Rookie Blue In Session ­– An Original Companion Web Series Launches On GlobalTV.com Thursday, May 16

Global is proud to announce the highly anticipated return of Canada’s favourite cop show Rookie Blue season four, in simulcast with ABC on Thursday, May 23 – 10pm ET/PT. Also new this season is Rookie Blue In Session, a dramatic short form web series on GlobalTV.com that will give fans an unprecedented look inside the minds of the police officers from 15 Division.

Faced with huge repercussions, 15 Division seemed on the edge of unraveling at the end of last season. The explosive season four premiere will answer fans’ burning questions and will also welcome two new characters, Marlo Cruz and Chloe Price, who have the power to turn 15 Division on its head.

New and old romantic ties come to light as new rookie recruits Chloe Price (Priscilla Faia – True Justice) and Senior Uniformed Officer Marlo Cruz (Rachael Ancheril – The Listener) join the team. Andy McNally (Missy Peregrym), Dov Epstein (Gregory Smith), Chris Diaz (Travis Milne), Traci Nash (Enuka Okuma), Gail Peck (Charlotte Sullivan) and Nick Collins (Peter Mooney) all return for season four.

Rookie Blue In Session, a 10-part short form original web series, follows the cops from 15 Division as they sit down with the staff psychologist to face their darkest demons, personal and professional struggles and major decisions, leaving them at their most vulnerable.

Fans can catch up now on the past three seasons of Rookie Blue for free on GlobalTV.com or the Global Video App.

Rookie Blue is executive produced by award-winning Tassie Cameron (Flashpoint), Ilana Frank (The Eleventh Hour, Would Be Kings), David Wellington (The Eleventh Hour, Would Be Kings), Russ Cochrane (The Listener) and John Morayniss (Klondike, Rogue). Rookie Blue is a production of ICF Film Inc. and leading indie studio and distributor Entertainment One.

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Played

Vincent Walsh cast as Played lead

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From a media release:

CTV’s New Original Drama Series PLAYED Begins Production;Vincent Walsh Cast as Series Lead

  • Principal cast also includes Chandra West, Lisa Marcos, Dwain Murphy, Agam Darshi, and Adam Butcher
  • From Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Back Alley Film Productions, PLAYED to debut in the upcoming 2013/2014 broadcast season on CTV

vincesmall(1)In association with Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Back Alley Film Productions Ltd., CTV announced today that production has begun on PLAYED, the 13-episode, one-hour scripted drama series ordered by CTV for the upcoming 2013/2014 broadcast season. Created by Executive Producer Greg Nelson (SAVING HOPE, ROOKIE BLUE), and from Emmy® Award-nominated Executive Producer Michael Prupas (THE KENNEDYS, BEING HUMAN) and Gemini Award-winning Executive Producers Adrienne Mitchell and Janis Lundman (BOMB GIRLS, DURHAM COUNTY), PLAYED tracks an undercover police unit as it infiltrates criminal organizations through different case stories/”plays”. The original drama began shooting this week in and around Toronto through September 2013. With casting now complete, PLAYED stars Vincent Walsh (DECEPTION, LOST GIRL) in the lead role of John Moreland.

In PLAYED, the CIU (Covert Investigations Unit) risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of short-term, high-intensity undercover work, each covert “play” is crafted quickly and executed at an even faster pace. Placed into various worlds of crime without a safety net, the cops are in constant danger, as they repeatedly go off the grid. Wearing wires, coaxing confessions, and setting up stings, the cops of the CIU must think quickly, talk smoothly, and rely on pure instinct. They slip in and out of characters so often that, sometimes, they lose track of who they really are.

The team of highly-skilled and brave detectives is led by Walsh as undercover cop John Moreland. At the top of his game, John has great instincts, and is usually in charge, but when the new Covert Investigations Unit is established, it is the consummate strategist Rebecca Ellis (Chandra West, NYPD BLUE, JOHN FROM CINCINNATI) who is given the reigns, resulting in tense conflict between the two. Rebecca keeps John on track by balancing his from-the-hip instincts with her keen intellect. However, ultimately Rebecca and John need each other to pull off their risky plays and they know it.

“This suspenseful edge-of-your-seat new series is a fresh look at a complex world full of action, drama, and high stakes,” said Corrie Coe, Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. “With an outstanding award-winning cast and team of producers, a group of accomplished directors, plus police consultants who have lived and breathed the world that PLAYED showcases, this drama delivers a thrill ride that is both authentic and intense.”

PLAYED also stars Lisa Marcos (THE LISTENER, FLASHPOINT) as Maria Cortez, a cop who can beguile her way into any back room and disarm any man who’s hiding criminal secrets; Dwain Murphy (COMBAT HOSPITAL, NIKITA) as Daniel Price, whose genuine warmth is the perfect complement to John Moreland’s aggressive style; Agam Darshi (SANCTUARY, RING OF FIRE) as Khali Bhatt, whose effortless skill with technology is a real asset for the team; and Adam Butcher (REPUBLIC OF DOYLE, BOMB GIRLS) as Jesse Calvert, the explosive rookie of the undercover unit.

PLAYED was created by Greg Nelson (SAVING HOPE, ROOKIE BLUE), who also serves as executive producer and co-showrunner, with Adrienne Mitchell, who is also directing the pilot. Other episode directors are: Charles Binamé (CYBERBULLY), Jerry Ciccoritti (BOMB GIRLS), Kelly Makin (FLASHPOINT), Rachel Talalay (THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS), Lee Rose (LOST GIRL), and Paul Fox (HAVEN). The director of photography is Thom Best (THE BRIDGE) and the production designer is Aidan Leroux (BOMB GIRLS).

Tom Hastings is production executive for Bell Media. Trish Williams is Director, Independent Production, Bell Media. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. Mike Cosentino is Senior Vice-President, Programming, CTV Networks. Phil King is President, CTV Programming and Sports.

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Flashpoint, Rookie Blue

Rookie Blue producer calls Flashpoint a “game-changer”

From Jay Bobbin of Zap2It:

‘Rookie Blue’ producer salutes ‘Flashpoint’ as a ‘game-changer’
Tassie Cameron was a co-executive producer and writer of “Flashpoint” — which included Amy Jo Johnson in its cast, and had American runs on CBS and ION — before becoming a creator and executive producer of the Missy Peregrym-starring “Rookie Blue,” which starts its fourth ABC season Thursday, May 23. Read more.

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