From Scott Stinson of the National Post:
Everything you need to know about the upcoming fall TV schedule
Scripted Canadian comedies have been rare in recent years. No longer. Continue reading.
Comedies, realities & cops – the Canadian upfronts
Astral cancels Rogue
From Amber Dowling of TV Guide Canada:
Canada’s Astral cancels ‘Rogue’
Astral Media, whose The Movie Network and Movie Central aired the inaugural season of Rogue, declined to pick up the series up for a second season, it confirmed to TV Guide Canada on Wednesday. Continue reading.
Bravo orders 19-2 adaptation
From a media release:
Bravo Orders English Adaptation of Hit Quebec Drama 19-2
- English adaptation of award-winning French-Canadian drama set to premiere on Bravo in 2014
- 19-2 is co-produced by Montreal’s Sphere Media Plus and Echo Media
Bravo announced today from the Banff World Media Festival that it has ordered 19-2, an English adaptation of popular French-Canadian series of the same name, for broadcast in early 2014. The scripted series is the latest to join Bell Media’s ever-growing slate of original specialty productions. Ten, one-hour episodes will be shot in Quebec this fall, to be produced by Montreal’s Sphere Media Plus and co-producers Echo Media. Bruce Smith (DURHAM COUNTY) acts as showrunner with Jesse Mckeown (DAVINCI’S INQUEST, ROGUE) serving as co-executive producer. With an average audience of 1.4 million viewers, 19-2 was a monster hit in Quebec, where the series premiered in 2011 and consistently won its timeslot in the A25-54 demo.
A richly-nuanced character-driven drama, 19-2 follows the lives of patrol officers Ben Chartier (Jared Keeso, FALLING SKIES) and Nick Barron (Adrian Holmes, ARROW). Nick is a veteran on Montreal’s urban police force and has just returned from a three-month leave following the traumatic shooting of his partner. On his first day back, he is unhappy to learn he has been partnered with Ben, who has just transferred from a small town to restart his life in the big city. Both men are good cops, who deeply care about the job, yet struggle to move beyond painful events in their past. Ben and Nick must attempt to put their differences aside as their lives further intertwine, both professionally and personally, and continue to take surprising and dramatic turns.
Degrassi graduation special airs June 21
From a media release:
DEGRASSI Celebrates the End of an Era with Hour-Long Graduation Special, June 21, Exclusively on MuchMusic
- DEGRASSI Summer Season Begins, July 11
- MuchMusic launches a brand new DEGRASSI after show, July 18 –
This June, DEGRASSI celebrates the graduation of an unforgettable crew of fan-favourite students. MuchMusic’s #1 Original Canadian Series DEGRASSI premieres the emotional, hour-long graduation special, “The Time Of My Life,†Friday, June 21 at 9 p.m. ET. The episode sees many beloved characters saying goodbye, including Fiona Coyne (Annie Clark) and Bianca DeSousa (Alicia Josipovic), and wraps up the best storylines of the season just in time for summer break!
But viewers won’t have to wait long to catch up with the remaining DEGRASSI students! With three fresh, new faces – the fierce and fashion-forward Zoë Rivas (Ana Golja), athlete and former prep-school kid Miles Hollingsworth III (Eric Osborne), and sarcastic wingman Winston “Chewy†Chu (Andre Kim) – the summer chapter of DEGRASSI begins July 11 in special, hour-long episode that kicks off a brand-new timeslot, Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET. Then, on July 18 immediately following DEGRASSI at 8:30 p.m. ET, MuchMusic launches the all-new, 30-minute DEGRASSI after-show, featuring exclusive interviews with cast members.
In “The Time Of My Life†(July 11), with graduation fast approaching, Imogen can’t imagine saying goodbye to Fiona and resorts to desperate measures to try and keep them together. Clare is attempting to move on with her life without Eli, but he is not ready to let her go and, like Imogen, goes to great lengths to preserve their relationship. Will it be too late? Mo wants to lock down a bromance with Jake before the summer, but doing so jeopardizes his relationship with Marisol.
DEGRASSI’s Class of 2013 is:
Marisol Lewis (Shanice Banton)
Eli Goldsworthy (Munro Chambers)
Fiona Coyne (Annie Clark)
Bianca DeSousa (Alicia Josipovic)
Jake Martin (Justin Kelly)
Owen Milligan (Daniel Kelly)
Mo Mashkour (Jacob Neayem)
Imogen Moreno (Cristine Prosperi)
Katie Matlin (Chloe Rose)
New Wednesday: The Listener
The Listener, CTV – “Early Checkout”
Toby (Craig Olejnik) pushes for an investigation when his girlfriend Tia (Melanie Scrofano) suspects her hospitalized colleague Victoria Chan (Loretta Yu, NORTH/SOUTH) was targeted after writing a scathing exposé of an influential hotel owner.
