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CBC sets Winter & Spring Premiere Dates before and after Milano Cortina 2026 for over 20 Original Canadian Series

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From a media release:

CBC today announced streaming and broadcast premiere dates for its winter and spring 2026 slate of new and returning programming on CBC Gem and CBC TV, including more than 20 original series from Canadian creators, producers, and storytellers. The first episode of all series will be available to stream on CBC Gem starting at 9 a.m. ET on their premiere dates noted below, with a new episode available weekly at the same time unless otherwise specified. CBC TV local broadcast times are noted in parentheses. For Newfoundland and Labrador, please add half an hour to all times. Holiday and New Year’s Eve programming will be announced separately.

Winter & Spring 2026 Series

  • Coronation Street (Weekdays at 7 p.m.)
  • Family Feud Canada Season 7 (64×30) (Four nights a week, Monday to Thursday, at 7:30 p.m.)
  • Murdoch Mysteries Season 19 (21×60) – Continues Monday, January 5 (8 p.m.)
  • Saint-Pierre Season 2 (12×60) – Premieres Monday, January 5 (9 p.m.)
  • This Hour Has 22 Minutes Season 33 (21×30) – Continues Tuesday, January 6 (8 p.m.)
  • Still Standing Season 11 (8×30) – Premieres Tuesday, January 6 (8:30 p.m.) Season 11 visits Osoyoos, BC; Glace Bay, NS; Arnprior, ON; Grand Manan Island, NB; Acton, ON; Lennox Island, PEI; Flin Flon, MB and St. Thomas, ON.
  • Small Achievable Goals Season 2 (8×30) – Premieres Tuesday, January 6 (9 p.m.)
  • Wild Cards Season 3 (10×60) – Premieres Wednesday, January 7 (8 p.m.)
  • Allegiance Season 3 (10×60) – Premieres Wednesday, January 7 (9 p.m.)
  • Dragons’ Den Season 20 (16×60) – Continues Thursday, January 8 (8 p.m.)
  • The Nature of Things Season 65 (10×60) – Continues Thursday, January 8 (9 p.m.) The season continues with engaging and timely topics including Proof: The New Science of Alcohol (Dec. 30 on CBC Gem and Jan. 8 on CBC TV); Survival of the Slowest (Jan 15) and Can Dogs Talk? (Jan 22).
  • Cirque Life New Documentary Series (5×60) – Premieres Thursday, March 19 (8 p.m.)
    Cirque Life pulls back the curtain on Cirque du Soleil and reveals an unprecedented look at the smash hit LUZIA. The cast and crew return home to Montreal for the first time since the show’s 2016 premiere, for an unforgettable summer under the big top. Amid roaring crowds and rising expectations, cameras capture every triumph and challenge as they grapple with up to ten performances a week during an epic four-month run. There’s no margin for error as this committed troupe keeps up with jaw-dropping acrobatics, life in the limelight, and a gruelling non-stop pace.
  • Just For Laughs Galas Season 21 (4×60) – Premieres Tuesday, March 24 (9 p.m.)
  • Must Love Dogs New Factual Series (10×30) – Premieres Monday, April 20 on CBC Gem
    This heart-warming new series follows the fascinating lives of CFL All-Star Brady Oliveira and realtor-rescue influencer Alex Blumberg. Together with the dedicated volunteers of K9 Advocacy, they rescue and find forever homes for dogs in need across Manitoba. Must Love Dogs offers an intimate look at how this Winnipeg power couple navigates high-stakes rescues, Brady’s drive to win for the Blue Bombers, and their race to rehome as many dogs as possible before a brutal winter sets in. It’s a love story between two people, their hometown, and every four-legged soul that steals their hearts.

CBC News

  • About That With Andrew Chang (19×30) – Continues Friday, January 9 at 8:30 p.m. on CBC TV (Weekday mornings on the CBC News streaming channel and available now on CBC Gem)
  • Marketplace Season 53 (15×30) – Continues Friday, January 16 (8 p.m.)
  • The Fifth Estate Season 51 (14×60) – Continues Friday, January 16 (9 p.m.)
  • The National (Live at 10 p.m. weekdays and Sundays on CBC TV and CBC Gem)
    CBC’s flagship national newscast with Chief Correspondent Adrienne Arsenault (Monday – Thursday) and Ian Hanomansing (Sunday).
  • CBC Morning Live (Weekday mornings on CBC TV and CBC News Network)
    New host David Common joins CBC News’ national morning show beginning Monday, February 2.
  • Power & Politics With David Cochrane (Weeknights on CBC News Network)
  • Hanomansing Tonight (Weeknights on CBC News Network)
  • Rosemary Barton Live (Sundays on CBC TV and CBC News Network)

CBC Sports

  • CBC Sports Presents (Saturday and Sunday afternoons on CBC TV and CBC Gem)
  • CBC Sports Primetime (Sunday evenings on CBC TV and CBC Gem beginning January 11)
    CBC Sports has the biggest competitions from the world of high performance sports including Alpine Skiing World Cups, Freestyle Skiing World Cups, Long Track Speed Skating World Cups, Snowboard World Cups, and the Canadian National Figure Skating Championship (Jan. 6-11 in Gatineau, Québec). Plus, the new PWHL season begins Saturday, November 29, with weekly games through March. Visit cbcsports.ca for the full schedule.
  • Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026
    As Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic Network, CBC will bring audiences across the country all of the excitement of the Olympic Winter Games (February 6-22) and Paralympic Winter Games (March 6-16) in Milano Cortina, ensuring they never miss a moment of the action. CBC’s extensive English-language coverage of the Olympic Winter Games will feature live broadcasts from every venue and include every Canadian medal-winning moment, totalling more than 2,000 hours of live content across its multiple platforms. Details about CBC’s Olympic Winter Games coverage plans and broadcast team were recently announced, with details on the Paralympic Winter Games to come soon.

CBC Kids

  • Hey Joojo! (Weekday mornings on CBC TV and available on CBC Gem)
  • It’s Andrew! (Wednesday and Friday mornings on CBC TV as of Dec. 10 and available on CBC Gem starting Dec. 5)
  • Dino Ranch: Island Explorers (Saturday mornings on CBC TV and available on CBC Gem)
  • Toopy & Binoo – Fabulous Adventures (Saturday mornings on CBC TV and available on CBC Gem)
  • Go Togo (Weekday mornings on CBC TV and available on CBC Gem and the CBC Kids streaming channel)
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CBC renews Allegiance, Wild Cards, Murdoch Mysteries, Heartland and Saint-Pierre

From a media release:

CBC today announced the renewal of popular original homegrown dramas including CBC’s most-watched new series SAINT-PIERRE for a second season, as well as Canadian Screen Award-nominated series ALLEGIANCE for a third season and enduring hits HEARTLAND and MURDOCH MYSTERIES for their 19th seasons. CBC original blue sky procedural WILD CARDS has also been renewed for seasons three and four. In the past year, all five dramas were among the Top 20 Canadian programs on television, and within the Top 10 series on CBC Gem. Additional CBC renewals across all genres and content areas will be announced later this spring.

“With the renewal of these five hit dramas offering compelling characters, unique stories and a strong sense of place from different regions across Canada, CBC will continue to showcase homegrown storytelling that audiences can’t find anywhere else,” said Sally Catto, General Manager, Entertainment, Factual & Sports, CBC.

Police procedural SAINT-PIERRE (12×60 in Season 2) was CBC’s #1 most-watched new series of the year and one of the top Canadian drama series nationwide. From creators Allan Hawco, Robina Lord-Stafford and Perry Chafe, the series stars Hawco and Josephine Jobert as two seasoned officers – with very different policing skills and approaches – working together to solve unique and exciting crimes in the French territory of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon. The series is produced by Hawco Productions in association with FIFTH SEASON, which handles global distribution.

Set and filmed in Vancouver, WILD CARDS (10×60 for both Seasons 3 and 4) is a blue sky procedural with a comedic twist that follows the unlikely duo of a by-the-book, sardonic cop Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) and a spirited, clever con woman Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan) who are partnered together to solve crimes. From Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Piller/Segan in association with The CW, the series is created by Michael Konyves with international distribution handled by FIFTH SEASON. Konyves recently won the 2025 WGC Screenwriting Award in the Drama Series category for his writing on WILD CARDS.

Created by Anar Ali (Transplant), ALLEGIANCE (10×60 in Season 3) is a character-driven police procedural set in Surrey, BC, about identity and belonging, policing and politics, and finding new paths to truth and justice for all. The series is nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards including Best Drama Series and Best Lead Performer for Supinder Wraich and Best Supporting Performer for Enrico Colantoni, and is produced by Lark Productions in association with Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Set against the glorious backdrop of the foothills of Alberta, HEARTLAND (10×60 in Season 19) is a multi-generational family drama that is much loved by fans of all ages in Canada and around the world. Based on the bestselling series of books by Lauren Brooke, the series follows Amy Fleming (Amber Marshall) and her family as they deal with the challenges of running the Heartland Ranch that has been with them for generations. Star Michelle Morgan is nominated for a Canadian Screen Award in the category of Best Lead Performer. The long-running series is produced by Dynamo Films and SEVEN24 Films.

Available in more than 120 countries and territories around the world, MURDOCH MYSTERIES (21×60 in Season 19) is set in Toronto in the early 1900s during the age of invention, where Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) enlists innovative forensic techniques to solve some of the city’s most perplexing murders. The much-loved series has received 10 Canadian Screen Award nominations including a Best Lead Performer nomination for Hélène Joy and Best Supporting Performer nods for Jonny Harris, Daniel Maslany and Clare McConnell, and is produced by Shaftesbury in association with ITV Studios and UKTV and distributed by Shaftesbury Sales Company and ITV Studios.

HEARTLAND, MURDOCH MYSTERIES and WILD CARDS are also nominated for the 2025 Cogeco Fund Audience Choice Award, which will be announced as part of THE 2025 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS. Hosted by Canadian actress and creator Lisa Gilroy, the awards show will stream live in its entirety on Sunday, June 1 beginning at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT on CBC Gem. THE 2025 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS is Canada’s biggest night in entertainment, with legendary icons and rising stars coming together to honour the very best in homegrown film and television.

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CBC renews original series Saint-Pierre for Season 2

From a media release:

CBC announced today that its original police procedural SAINT-PIERRE will be renewed for a second season with filming in Newfoundland and Saint-Pierre et Miquelon beginning this spring. The series is produced by Hawco Productions for CBC and CBC GEM in association with FIFTH SEASON, which handles global distribution.

Throughout its first season, SAINT-PIERRE was CBC’s #1 most-watched new series of the year and one of the top Canadian drama series nationwide.* The first season is currently available to stream for free on CBC Gem.

SAINT-PIERRE is the creation of Allan Hawco, Robina Lord-Stafford and Perry Chafe, with Hawco and Lord-Stafford as Showrunners. French star Josephine Jobert (Death in Paradise) and Canadian star Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle, Caught, Jack Ryan) lead the cast playing Arch and Fitz, with James Purefoy (Rome, Sex Education, The Following), Benz Antoine (Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin’), Erika Prevost (The Boys, Dare Me) and Jean-Michel Le Gal (Paris Paris, Accused) rounding out the stellar team.

After the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector, Donny “Fitz” Fitzpatrick, digs too deeply into a local politician’s nefarious activity, he is exiled to work in Saint-Pierre et Miquelon – the French Territory nestled in the Atlantic Ocean. Fitz’s arrival disrupts the life of Deputy Chief Geneviève “Arch” Archambault, a Parisian transplant who is in Saint-Pierre for her own intriguing reasons.

As if by fate, these two seasoned officers — with very different policing skills and approaches — are forced together to solve unique and exciting crimes. Although the islands seem like a quaint tourist destination, the idyllic façade conceals the worst kind of criminal activity, which tend to wash up on its beautiful shores. At first at odds and suspicious of each other, Arch and Fitz soon discover that they are better together.

“We are thrilled to continue this journey and explore even more of the world of SAINT-PIERRE and these two characters, Arch and Fitz, that we’ve grown to love so much,” says series creators Allan Hawco and Robina Lord-Stafford. “We are bursting with ideas for new storylines and can’t wait for audiences to see what’s next.”

Ava Knight, Director, Acquisitions at FIFTH SEASON, said: “We’re delighted audiences and buyers can soon return to Saint-Pierre’s shores for more fun and mystery with our brilliant leads, played by Allan Hawco and Josephine Jobert. Following season one’s formidable success, we look forward to now bringing both instalments to new homes globally.”

SAINT-PIERRE is executive produced by Janine Squires, Erin Sullivan, Robina Lord-Stafford, Perry Chafe, John Vatcher and Hawco.

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Links: Saint-Pierre, Season 1

From John Kirk of Original Cin:

Link: Saint-Pierre: Post-Doyle, the Next Best CBC Atlantic Crime Series Comes From (Not Far) Away

The island of Saint-Pierre takes centre stage as a character in its own right. The island isn’t really known to the majority of Canadians. Though it’s just off the coast and to the south of Newfoundland, it’s a part of the Canadian diaspora nonetheless. There are jokes aimed at our “funny, plastic money”, on Newfoundland culture and even the way French is pronounced. Continue reading.

From Alex Nino Gheciu of The Canadian Press:

Link: With maturity comes baggage in Allan Hawco’s new cop role in CBC’s ‘Saint-Pierre’

After CBC’s “Republic of Doyle” wrapped in 2014, Allan Hawco spent years searching for the next show to create.

The star and co-creator of the St. John’s, N.L.-set crime drama, which ran for six seasons, had several ideas but couldn’t land on a concept that resonated with him. Continue reading.

From Bill Brioux of Brioux.tv:

Link: Saint-Pierre’s Allan Hawco

No man is an island. Allan Hawco’s new series, however, is shot and set on an archipelago of eight islands represented by the French government off the coast of Newfoundland. Continue reading.

From Heather M. of The Televixen:

Link: Previewing Saint-Pierre: “Queen Bee”

The creative machine behind Republic of Doyle is back at it Monday night when Saint-Pierre, a new hourlong drama, lands on CBC and CBC Gem. Set on the titular French territory in the Atlantic Ocean and filmed in Doyle‘s picturesque Newfoundland stomping grounds as well as Labrador, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and Ontario, the series follows a newly transplanted Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector, Donny Fitzpatrick (Fitz), played by Allan Hawco. Continue reading.

From Jeevan Brar of The TV Watercooler:

Link: “There’s Something Inspirational About the Idea of People Who Really Are Trying to Do the Right Thing.” – Allan Hawco and Josephine Jobert Open Up About Their New Series Saint-Pierre

“When you audition for French projects, it’s pretty rare that you get to read the [whole] first episode. I just loved it.” Continue reading.

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Allan Hawco returns to CBC with rollicking, refreshing Saint-Pierre

For six seasons, Allan Hawco’s Republic of Doyle entertained viewers on CBC. The fast-paced detective drama was set in and around St. John’s and spotlit the unique island community through the eyes of Jake Doyle and his co-workers, friends, lovers and enemies.

Now Hawco is back and spotlighting another island community.

Debuting Monday at 9 p.m. on CBC and CBC Gem, Saint-Pierre—co-created by Hawco, Robina Lord-Stafford and Perry Chafe—boasts the humour, heart and unique environs that are Hawco’s bread and butter.

At the centre of the series is its two lead characters. Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Inspector Donny “Fitz” Fitzpatrick (Hawco) finds himself banished to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon—the French territory of 6,000 nestled in the Atlantic Ocean—after digging too deeply into illegal activity surrounding a local politician (played by Eric Johnson), who happens to be married to Fitz’s ex-wife (Vanessa Matsui).

Once on the island, Fitz is partnered with Deputy Chief Genevieve “Arch” Archambault (Joséphine Jobert). There are some fish-out-of-water moments for Fitz in the first episode—he not only suffers from sea sickness (bad news when you’re working on a small island) and a fear of heights—not to mention struggling with the language barrier (luckily, Fitz understands French better than he speaks it). Rounding out the main cast are Benz Antoine, Erika Prevost, Jean-Michel Le Gal and James Purefoy as the big bad in Season 1.

Much of Monday’s debut sets up the people and their world. And what a world it is! Quaint, brightly painted wood homes dot the coast of Saint-Pierre while older stone buildings stand sentry inland. French flags wave everywhere, and croissants and seafood are plentiful. Hawco revealed during a recent interview that he was on a location scout for fellow CBC/Hawco Productions project Son of a Critch when he visited the island, and knew it should be the setting for his next series. He had written two pilot projects and Saint-Pierre was the perfect fit for one.

“One [idea] was very close to what this show is, the very notion of these two partners who were thrust together by fate, and unwilling partners who didn’t know they needed each other until now,” he says.

Eagle-eyed fans of Death in Paradise will quickly identify Jobert, who portrayed Detective Sergeant Florence Cassell from 2015 to 2024 on the veteran British series. The chemistry Jobert has with Hawco is instantaneous and undeniable and is a huge part of why Saint-Pierre works so well.

“She’s my favourite type of person and actor,” Hawco says. “She’s prepared. She’s also totally flexible to go with anything in the moment. She’s practical about what the technical requirements of the job are while keeping a fluidity and an absolute freshness and spontaneity to her work. No ego, no status, no judgment. She’s generous with the crew. She understands people’s jobs, she respects them. She’s a true angel. She’s an absolute unicorn.”

Saint-Pierre airs Mondays at 9 p.m. on CBC and CBC Gem.

Images courtesy of CBC.

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