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Haven

Showcase Diva rerunning Crash & Burn, Haven, The Guard

CRA$H & BURN (13x60min)
(Network Premiere)
Mondays at 11am, 6pm and 11pm ET beginning August 30

Cra$h & Burn follows Jimmy Burn, a cocky yet charming claims adjuster for a cut-throat, bottom-line insurance corporation. Jimmy maneuvers his way around insurance scams and the criminal underworld as he tries to escape his past and make a better life on the gritty post-industrial streets of Hamilton, ON.

HAVEN (13x60min)
(Network Premiere)
Thursdays at 8am, 11am and 6pm ET beginning September 2

Based on a novella by Stephen King, Haven centres on the small town of Haven, Maine, where FBI agent Audrey (Emily Rose, ER) discovers the curious enclave is a longtime refuge for people with supernatural abilities. As the townspeople’s dormant owers begin to express themselves, Audrey helps keep dangerous forces at bay while discovering the many secrets of Haven – including one surrounding her own surprising past the mysterious town of Haven.

THE GUARD, Seasons 1 to 3 (39x60min)
(Network Premiere)
Fridays at 8am, 11am and 6pm ET beginning September 3

This one-hour drama follows the search and rescue team of Canada’s favourite Coast Guard rescue specialists. The team embark on new challenges while continuing to endure the daily dangers of life out on the Pacific Ocean.

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Lost Girl, Rookie Blue

Showcase fall series include Lost Girl, Rookie Blue, Shattered

smallLOST GIRL (13x60min) [HD]
(World Broadcast Premiere)
Sundays at 9pm ET/PT beginning September 12

Lost Girl follows supernatural seductress, Bo (Canadian Anna Silk, Being Erica). Growing up with human parents, Bo had no reason to believe she was anything other than the girl next door – until she drained her boyfriend to death in their first sexual encounter. Now she has hit the road alone and afraid. She discovers she is one of the Fae, creatures of millennia-old folklore that pass as humans while feeding off them in secret. Relieved yet horrified, Bo decides to take the middle path between the humans and the Fae as she embarks on a personal mission to unlock the secrets of her origin.

ROOKIE BLUE (13x60min) [HD]
(Network Premiere)
Mondays at 9pm ET/PT beginning August 30

A fun, fresh, high-stakes drama following the lives of five young, ambitious cops right out of the Academy. From their very first day on the job, these rookies are plunged into the world of big city policing, a world where even the smallest mistake can have life-or-death consequences and serious emotional fall-out.

SHATTERED (13x60min) [HD]
(Network Premiere)
Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT beginning September 1

Showcase brings viewers the much anticipated, bold new Canadian original drama series, Shattered. Starring acclaimed actor Callum Keith Rennie (Californication, 24) as unconventional homicide detective, Ben Sullivan, harbouring the secret of his battle with Multiple Personality Disorder.

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Shelaina Anderson and Hani Abaza say goodbye to SYTYCD Canada

From the Toronto Star:

  • So You Think You Can Dance Canada: Shelaina and Hani’s exit interview
    “Their time on So You Think You Can Dance Canada was short, you can’t say it wasn’t eventful. Shelaina Anderson, 19, a contemporary dancer from Edmonton, knew she was leaving before Tuesday’s show because of the foot injury she sustained in rehearsal. It was more of a shock for her partner, Hani Abaza, 26, of Ottawa, a modern contemporary dancer.” Read more.

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