Record-Breaking Original Series Big Brother
Canada, Vikings, Continuum,
Top Chef Canada and Yukon Gold Return
with New Seasons
Over 60 New Series Pack Impressive Star Power with
Rob Lowe, Rebecca Romijn, Alan
Thicke, Holly Hunter,
Julia Ormond, Ginnifer Goodwin, Emile
Hirsch and Jenna
Dewan-Tatum
Over 600 Hours of Canadian Original Specialty
Programming
New Channel - DTOUR™ - Takes Viewers Off the Beaten
Path
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TORONTO,
June 5, 2013 /CNW/ - Shaw
Media announced today the outstanding slate of bold new series
and returning ratings hits that power its 2013/14 specialty
schedule. The broadcaster is coming off a year in which it
dominated the program rankers, including claiming the number
one specialty drama, the number one specialty episode
and the number one specialty reality series1.
Heading into the fall, Shaw Media strengthens its already
industry-leading portfolio with over 60 new shows, over
90 returning series, over 600 hours of original
content and the dynamic new channel DTOUR™.
"Shaw Media is celebrating a record year across multiple
brands," said Barbara
Williams, Senior Vice President, Content,
Shaw Media. "With the biggest success stories in the
industry this year, Shaw Media's fall lineups across our specialty
channels are poised to further strengthen our stronghold on the
specialty landscape."
Following a record breaking season on one of Canada's hottest entertainment destinations,
SliceTM has renewed Big Brother
Canada, the number one specialty reality series of
the year1, for a second season. Growing Pains'
Alan Thicke stars in In the
Thicke of It, following the hilarious and drama-filled
daily lives of Alan's unconventional family. From Lost and
Sold, the unclaimed goods auction series, to tapping into
the fascinating world of collecting in Extreme
Collectors, SliceTM brings viewers a range of
new original series chock-full of drama, comedy and the deliciously
unexpected.
Showcase reigns as the top destination for hit cable
dramas, offering thrilling new series and a lineup of sizzling
returning dramas. Starring Rebecca
Romijn (X-Men: First Class) and Jon Tenney (The Closer), King &
Maxwell brings viewers a fresh perspective on the police
drama. Coming in 2014 from the Executive Producer of Battlestar
Galactica is the most-anticipated sci-fi series of the year,
Helix. Showcase is excited to announce that the
channel's number one original series Continuum
has been greenlit for a third season and the channel's current
number one series Defiance is returning for a
second season5. As well, the Canadian original crime
drama Copper returns with a powerhouse lineup of
guest stars, including Emmy® and Golden Globe®-winning actress
Alfre Woodward, Billy Baldwin and Donal
Logue. Viewers can also look forward to new seasons of
Showcase's top-rated original series Lost Girl,
Beauty and the Beast, Haven, and the
dramas Rizzoli & Isles and Covert
Affairs.
In a year that saw it claim eight of the top 20 specialty
entertainment programs2, HISTORY® upheld its
position as Canada's number
one specialty entertainment channel. This fall, Canadian
Restorers introduces viewers to another group of
larger-than-life Canadian characters: the employees of The Guild.
HISTORY recognizes the 20th anniversary of Canada's mission to Sarajevo with the insider documentary
Sector Sarajevo and
also presents the must-see television event of the fall
Martian War, which re-imagines WWI in a
groundbreaking way. Returning in 2014 are
Vikings, this year's number one
specialty entertainment drama1, and Yukon
Gold, HISTORY's number one Canadian documentary
series this year2.
On the heels of another successful season of Top Chef
Canada, Food Network Canada has announced the return
of its number one series of all time for a fourth
season4. Chopped Canada makes its highly anticipated
debut to the network in 2014, bringing the hugely popular US format
to Canada with host Dean McDermott (winner of Rachael vs. Guy's
Celebrity Cook-Off season two). Coming this fall are brand-new
series Cutthroat Kitchen, taking the average cooking
competition further than it's ever gone before, and Guy &
Rachael's Kids Cook-Off, starring Guy Fieri, Rachael
Ray and the most adorable competitors ever!
HGTV Canada's biggest celebrities are packing the
schedule this fall with new seasons of Holmes Makes It
Right with Mike Holmes,
Leave It To Bryan with Bryan
Baeumler, Income Property with Scott McGillivray, and also brand-new series
Real Potential with Sarah
Richardson and Undercover Overhaul with the
Cousins starring the hugely popular Anthony Carrino and John
Colaneri. The channel's number one series two years
running3, Canada's Handyman Challenge, returns
with judges Bryan Baeumler,
Scott McGillivray and Paul Lafrance.
Experiencing a year of incredible growth, National
Geographic Canada landed as a top 15 specialty
channel, achieving an all-time audience high and its best season
ever1. This fall, Canadians can play along with
Brain Games host
Jason Silva as he delves deep into
the human brain. And later in the year Emmy® Award-winning
Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin star in the two-hour original
docu-drama Killing Kennedy. In addition, viewers can
look forward to the premiere of Legend of Mick Dodge, along with returning
favourites Border Security and Wicked
Tuna.
After the exciting launch of Lifetime in Canada last fall, the network that features a
dazzling array of Hollywood stars
and charismatic real-life personalities heads into its second year
with the exclusive new series and returning hits that women connect
with. The channel's fall lineup sees the premiere of Witches
of East End, starring Julia
Ormond (Mad Men) and Jenna
Dewan-Tatum (American Horror Story), along with the
return of fan-favourites Drop Dead Diva, Double
Divas and Abby's Ultimate Dance
Competition.
Later this year, Bonnie and Clyde premieres in a
star-studded, cross-network event simulcast on HISTORY and
Lifetime, starring Emile
Hirsch (Into the Wild), Holliday Grainger (The Borgias),
Academy Award®, Golden Globe® and
Emmy®-winner Holly
Hunter (The Piano) and Academy
Award®-winner William
Hurt (Damages).
Boasting a growth of 22 per cent year-over-year1, the
high-octane digital service Action adds a brand-new series
to its lineup of high-stakes programming. Premiering this fall,
Cash Dome Pawn, a new TruTV property, heads to
Action, joining new seasons of the channel's top 10 series
Hardcore Pawn, Lizard Lick Towing and
World's Dumbest.
DTOUR™ - Canada's newest
lifestyle channel - diverges off the beaten path with eye-opening
programming that reveals the drama, entertainment and ideas behind
the everyday and the extraordinary. Led by the most engaging
personalities, the channel's exclusive content broadens horizons
and fulfills ongoing curiosity. This fall DTOUR™ introduces the
young at heart to big personalities and powerful experiences as
classic rock legend Bret Michaels
creates miraculous mobile mansions in Rock My RV with
Bret Michaels, a retired
combat veteran and his wife test their relationship and survival
skills in Get Lost (WT) and Anthony Melchiorri whips hotels back into shape
in Hotel Impossible.
DTOUR™
Rock My RV with Bret
Michaels (Canadian Broadcast Premiere) FALL
2013
Follow classic rock legend Bret
Michaels as he transforms ordinary recreational vehicles
into the most miraculous mobile mansions on the road. RV owners are
dreaming up their ideal vacations, but they often find their "home
on wheels" isn't capable of making their dream trips come true.
That's where Bret and his design team come in - from transforming a
tired 1973 Winnebago family heirloom into a state-of-the-art road
warrior, to retrofitting a brand new RV to a tailgating behemoth
that blows every other vehicle off the road.
Hotel Impossible (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) FALL 2013
Competition is fierce in the hotel business, and online sites can
kill a business' reputation with one bad review. Staff are
untrained, surly or apathetic in a profession that lives or dies on
service. So what's a struggling hotel operator to do? Hire
Anthony Melchiorri, one of the most
sought after hotel "fixers". His no-nonsense approach can turn any
establishment around in weeks, from updating the décor to managing
the debt - and he plans to do just that.
Get Lost (WT)(Canadian Broadcast Premiere) FALL
2013
A Special Forces retired combat veteran and journalist husband and
wife duo are dropped somewhere unknown, in the middle of nowhere,
and must do whatever it takes to survive in the wild until they
find their way back to civilization.
Mysteries at the Museum (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) FALL 2013
Host Don Wildman scours local
archives, storefront collections and the hallowed halls of stately
institutions to find extraordinary relics at the heart of tales
that shock and amaze. These objects and artifacts reveal hidden
secrets and celebrate the past.
Burger Land (Canadian Broadcast Premiere) FALL
2013
In this docu-style series, host George
Motz meets America's best hamburger creators, tours their
establishments and finds out what goes into making their burger one
of the best in the land. In each episode, three of these burger
classics George has encountered before, but the fourth hamburger is
a new burger experience for George - a burger he's never tried
before but that comes highly recommended by one of George's local
burger experts.
Airport 24/7: Miami (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
FALL 2013
This is an all-access pass to the intense and dramatic world of
Miami International Airport, as
told through larger than life characters whose jobs it is to keep
one of America's largest airports running around the clock. MIA is
considered a Category X airport, a prime target for terrorist
threats. With 38 million passengers a year, it's an airport the
size of a small city and something is always bound to happen. Fuel
fire, smuggling rings, medical emergencies, sting operations,
aircraft malfunctions and more - viewers may think they know life
in an airport, but they haven't seen anything yet!
Bizarre Foods with Andrew
Zimmern (Canadian Broadcast Premiere) FALL
2013
Chef, writer and culinary explorer Andrew
Zimmern gives viewers a taste of the world's different
cultures by serving up what the locals eat. Andrew goes deeper into
experiencing the unusual food practices that even he never knew
existed. He gets involved sourcing and preparing his food, while
encountering extreme climates, rough terrain and off the beaten
path locations. Andrew takes on personal journeys to find
meaningful connections to people and their cuisine, from the most
remote corners of the earth to locations right in his own
backyard.
FOOD NETWORK CANADA
Guy & Rachael's Kids
Cook-Off (WT)(Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
SEPTEMBER 8
Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri team up again, and this time they are
challenging the most impressive, determined and downright adorable
competitors ever - kids! In each episode they mentor and guide the
young chefs, who prove to themselves and viewers that you don't
need a driver's licence to be an amazing cook.
Cutthroat Kitchen (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
FALL 2013
Just how far is a chef willing to go to win a cooking competition?
Cutthroat Kitchen hands four chefs $25,000 and the opportunity to spend that money
to either help themselves or sabotage their competitors.
Ingredients will be thieved, utensils destroyed and valuable time
lost when these chefs compete to cook delicious dishes while
plotting against the competition. With Alton Brown as the devilish provocateur, nothing
is out of bounds when money changes hands and viewers see just how
far one chef will go to ensure they have the winning dish.
Food Court Wars (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
FALL 2013
Food Court Wars pits two teams of aspiring food
entrepreneurs against one another as they battle to win their own
food court restaurant rent-free for a year. Hosted by Tyler Florence, each episode features a mall in
a different city that is looking to open a new 'local' eatery in
its food court. Stakes are high as teams must test their concept,
market their brand and run their outlet for a full day of feeding
hungry shoppers. The team whose restaurant makes the most profit
wins their eatery space - a prize worth $100,000.
Partners in Crime (WT) (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) FALL 2013
Every day, more than $25 million
worth of goods are stolen from retailers - and food businesses top
the list. In order to prevent this, stores hire security experts
like Scott McDonald and Connie Ribble. Funny and fearless, cunning and
comic, they can steal a store blind - all in the service of showing
the owner where the security flaws are. Ultimately, they are
making food businesses stronger, one heist at a time.
The Shed (WT) (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) FALL
2013
Meet the First Family of Mississippi BBQ, the Orrisons. Their
wildly popular BBQ joints earned them fame, fortune, devoted fans
and a lot of big toys. But no matter how big their business
grows, the boisterous, fun loving clan insists on running the
business as a family. Add in all the colourful employees and
regulars and it's obvious: this down home joint is a real-life
sitcom.
Restaurant Express (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) FALL
2013
Robert Irvine has gathered eight
aspiring restaurateurs for a bus road trip of a lifetime. Through a
rigorous set of challenges, Robert will be looking at every aspect
of their business acumen and testing all the skills needed to run
their own restaurant. In the end, only one person will remain on
the bus, ultimately dropped-off at their final stop: their very own
restaurant.
Trisha's Southern Kitchen (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) FALL 2013
Music superstar and best-selling cookbook author Trisha Yearwood brings her family-inspired
recipes and food traditions to Food Network Canada with Trisha's
Southern Kitchen. Each themed show invites viewers into
Trisha's kitchen for her favourite meals, nostalgic stories and
visits from family and friends, giving viewers a one-of-a-kind look
into Trisha's life, along with unique how-to tips and techniques
for creating down-home dishes.
Chopped Canada
(World Broadcast Premiere, Canadian Original) WINTER
2014
Hosted by Dean McDermott (winner of
Rachael vs. Guy's Celebrity Cook-Off season two), Chopped
Canada is a high stakes
culinary competition series where four chefs compete before an
all-star panel of expert judges, including Lynn Crawford (Pitchin' In), John Higgins (George
Brown College), Chuck Hughes
(Chuck's Week Off), Susur Lee (Top Chef Masters),
Roger Mooking (Heat Seekers),
Michael Smith (Chef Michael's
Kitchen), Vikram Vij (Vij's) and
Anne Yarymowich (formerly FRANK
Restaurant). Armed with skill and ingenuity, chefs race against the
clock to turn mystery ingredients into an extraordinary
three-course meal. Course by course the chefs will be chopped from
the competition until only one remains. There's $10, 000 on the line in this cut-throat
competition and everybody wants to win. Who will survive the
chopping block?
Brand-new seasons of returning series on Food Network Canada
include Rachael vs Guy: Celebrity Cook-off,
Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics,
Chopped, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives,
Giada At Home, Gordon
Ramsay's Ultimate Cookery Course, The Great
Food Truck Race, Halloween Wars, Mystery
Diners, Paula's Best Dishes,
Restaurant: Impossible, Restaurant
Stakeout, Restaurant Takeover and Top
Chef Canada.
HGTV CANADA
Power Broker (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) AUGUST 26
In Power Broker, Mike Aubrey
proves it's a buyer's market. Mike tours several homes with his
clients and shows them what to look for and how to decide whether a
home is ideal for them. In the tough and exciting negotiation that
follows, viewers will hang on to see which house they get and what
the price will be. Then a snap makeover shows how their new
purchase can turn into a home that looks like it is worth much more
than what they paid.
Catastrophe Inc (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) AUGUST 27
When disaster strikes, it's the police, paramedics, firefighters
and other first responders that save the day, but the unsung heroes
of every catastrophe are those who clean it up. Long after the
floods have receded and fires have been extinguished, the crew from
Catastrophe Incorporated toils away in the muck and grime to change
people's lives by restoring their homes.
Real Potential (World Broadcast Premiere, Canadian
Original) SEPTEMBER 19
Sarah Richardson shares the hidden
potential of not-so-pretty houses by touring through three homes
with prospective buyers. Thanks to Sarah's expert advice and
innovative thinking, the buyers find the one best suited to their
family. What follows is a practical renovation or design plan that
will transform the house picked into a dream home!
Undercover Overhaul with the Cousins (Canadian
Broadcast Premiere) OCTOBER
15
In each episode of Undercover Overhaul, a real neighbourhood
hero will be whisked away while Anthony
Carrino and John Colaneri
(the Kitchen Cousins) work their magic with new blueprints
and a budget-friendly makeover. Furiously paced and emotionally
charged, the series will follow the duo as they work feverishly,
using any means necessary, to finish the job before our hero
returns home for the big reveal.
Timber Kings (World Broadcast Premiere, Canadian
Original) WINTER 2014
Williams Lake, B.C. is home to the
Timber Kings, a family-run business of master log smiths who
build stunning multi-million dollar log homes. Whether it's for
celebrities or rich billionaires who want and expect the best, the
Timber Kings team makes dreams come true with custom built
and unique homes.
Brand new seasons of returning series include: Property
Virgins, House Hunters International, House
Hunters, Leave It To Bryan, Holmes
Makes It Right, You Live In What?,
Extreme Homes, House Hunters
Renovation, Income Property,
Celebrities At Home, Rescue My
Renovation and Hawaii Life.
HISTORY
Canadian Restorers (World Broadcast Premiere,
Canadian Original) AUGUST
26
Welcome to The Guild: an oil-drenched, history-soaked,
paint-splattered garage where the dreams of lofty aficionados and
greasemonkey gear-heads meet. Car restoration and customization is
a multibillion dollar industry worldwide, and everybody who brings
their car to The Guild has the same dream. Whether it's a rare
vintage Lancia in for a complete restoration or a '67 Chevy booked
for "go faster" stripes, every driver wants to be behind that wheel
as soon as possible and turn every head on the road. Canadian
Restorersis all about shop floor drama, gas fueled egos and
millions of dollars at stake.
Hatfields & McCoys: White Lightning (Canadian
Broadcast Premiere) AUGUST
27
To this day, the backwoods descendants of the Hatfields and the
McCoys continue to live in the remote and volatile hollows along
the West Virginia and Kentucky border. While their historic feud
started over 100 years ago, locals know there is still no love lost
between the Hatfields and the McCoys; but now a new state law could
actually change everything. To aid a troubled economy, West Virginia recently legalized the
distilling and selling of moonshine. Seeing the potential for a hot
new brand and billion dollar profits, a St. Louis investor offers to set the Hatfields
and the McCoys up in business to make a completely authentic
"Hatfield & McCoy" moonshine. Hatfields and McCoys: White
Lightning follows these two famous families as they try to put
aside their hateful history and come together to build this new
life from the ground up.
Treasures Decoded (World Broadcast Premiere,
Canadian Original) AUGUST
30
Using stunning documentary sequences, arresting science and filmic
dramatic reconstructions Treasures Decoded investigates five
of the world's greatest treasures. Each episode sheds new light on
these objects and their role in history, including the Shroud of
Turin, the Viking Map, the Great
Sphinx of Giza, El Dorado and the
Jesus Codex.
American Daredevils (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
OCTOBER 22
Daredevils have a long-held tradition in North American culture.
Their roots can be traced to the 1920s when the Barnstormers,
returning airmen from World War I, took to the skies and travelled
across the nation selling airplane rides and performing dangerous
tricks for people in small towns. Today, daredevils are a dying
breed with only a handful of men still touring the country
performing stunt shows and trying to scratch out a living in a
business where the bigger the stakes, the bigger the payday.
American Daredevils follows the lives of three colourful,
modern-day professional stuntmen and their crews as they hit the
road to embark on a season in which they will compete for records,
bragging rights and big venue paydays.
Sector Sarajevo (World
Broadcast Premiere, Canadian Original) FALL 2013
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Canada's peacekeeping mission to Sarajevo. Now, for the first time, the
stunning, inside story of Canada's
involvement in this operation is told in Sector Sarajevo.
Martian War (World Broadcast Premiere, Canadian
Original) FALL 2013
Presented as a suspenseful, moving documentary, Martian War
tells the story of the catastrophic events and unimaginable horrors
of 1913 to 1917 - a four-year period which saw humankind battle a
savage alien invasion and become progressively enslaved by terrible
machines of war. With powerful and detailed First World War
parallels, Martian War is a one-of-a-kind show.
Brand-new seasons of returning series on HISTORY include:
Vikings, Yukon Gold, Canadian
Pickers, Counting Cars, Pawn Stars,
American Restoration, Ice Road Truckers, Mountain
Men, American Pickers and Ice Pilots
NWT.
SLICE™
Extreme Collectors (World Broadcast Premiere,
Canadian Original) FALL 2013
This new series follows host Andrew
Zegers, a professional appraiser with a sharp eye and 30
years of experience, as he travels in search of truly incredible
and unique collections. Part road trip, part treasure hunt, the
show features Andrew touring through meticulously cared-for
collections in homes all across North
America. Tapping into the fascinating world of
collectors, Extreme Collectors is an entertaining ride as
each episode showcases four amazing collectors and their stunning
collections.
Lost and Sold (World Broadcast Premiere, Canadian
Original) FALL 2013
Lost and Sold is an auction series about the thrill of
finding value in lost and unclaimed goods. The series features a
hilarious group of quirky dealers who attend a weekly misguided
freight auction where they wheel and deal in pursuit of lost items
to flip for profit. From everyday items to obscure and wacky
one-offs, each week these dealers roll the dice in hopes of scoring
big.
Save Our Business (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
FALL 2013
Save Our Business is a transformational business-makeover
series headlined by British entrepreneur and millionaire,
Peter Jones. Jones travels across
America on a mission - investing his time and expertise and putting
his reputation and even his own money on the line to save small
businesses in trouble. Each week, Jones assesses the major problems
facing a struggling company and designs a plan to help save it from
collapsing.
Surviving Evil (World Broadcast Premiere, Canadian
Original) FALL 2013
Surviving Evil presents the real-life stories of how victims
of violence fought back against their attackers and, against the
odds, survived. Told in their own words, it's an empowering and
inspiring look at true-crime stories where the victim turns the
tables on their assailant.
Strangers in the Home (World Broadcast Premiere,
Canadian Original) FALL 2013
Each gripping episode of Strangers in the Home follows the
evolution of strangers becoming friends as trust is built and
defenses are lowered. This docu-crime series traces the path where
strangers cross the line of intimacy and deceit, and penetrate the
safe walls of the home, leaving trusting victims in their wake.
Child Star (WT) (World Broadcast Premiere,
Canadian Original) WINTER 2014
Child Star follows one of Hollywood's hottest talent scouts,
Starr Andreeff, as she searches for
the next child superstars of music and film, while wrangling the
most outrageous and high-maintenance stage parents. An inside look
into the lives of child and teen performers, the series reveals the
outlandish antics of Los Angeles'
most demanding parents. At the centre of this world is Starr, a
reformed child actor who made the transition from acting to
managing young Hollywood talent. A
rollercoaster ride through the emotional ups and downs of parenting
Hollywood's wee wannabes, Child
Star is a cold dose of reality in a town built on make
believe.
In the Thicke of It (World Broadcast Premiere,
Canadian Original) WINTER 2014
You might think after playing the perfect father and husband on
Growing Pains, Alan Thicke
would have being a family man all figured out. While he may have
hung up his cardigans, his fiery, half-his-age Latina wife Tanya
and three children - too smart for his own good Carter, rock
star Robin and Brennan, who runs a marijuana dispensary - keep him
on his toes. In between jet-setting around the globe and relaxing
at his seven acre estate in Santa
Barbara, Alan somehow finds time to write for Hollywood studios, appear in the latest
sitcoms, attend the Kardashians' Christmas party and hang out at
the Playboy mansion. In the Thicke of It follows the
hilarious, action-packed and dramatic daily lives of Alan's real
life Modern Family.
Brand-new seasons of returning series on Slice™ include:
Big Brother Canada, Mob Wives,
Real Housewives of New
Jersey, Real Housewives of Beverley
Hills, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Real Housewives of
New York, Real
Housewives of Miami,
King of the Nerds, I'm Having Their
Baby, Money Moron, The
Undateables and Ex-Wives of Rock.
Showcase
King & Maxwell (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
FALL 2013
King & Maxwell features Jon Tenney and Rebecca Romijn as bestselling
author David Baldacci's popular
characters Sean King and
Michelle Maxwell. These two aren't
your typical private investigators. Both are former Secret Service
agents, and their unique skills - not to mention their razor-sharp
chemistry - give them a leg up on conventional law
enforcement. He's charming and always one step ahead of the
game and she's a fearless force to be reckoned with. King &
Maxwell also stars Michael
O'Keefe and Chris
Butler as F.B.I. Special Agents Rigby and Carter, who
clash with King and Maxwell over their less-than-legal methods.
Helix (Canadian Broadcast Premiere) COMING
2014
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists
from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech
research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease
outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying
life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation
or total annihilation.
Cable premieres of hit movies on Showcase include:
Thor, Captain America: The First
Avenger, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger
Tides.
Brand-new seasons of returning series on Showcase include:
Continuum, Defiance, Copper,
Covert Affairs, Beauty and the Beast,
Lost Girl, Haven, Rizzoli &
Isles and Game of Thrones.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
Brain Games
(Canadian Broadcast Premiere) AUGUST
2013
Brain Games gives
viewers a truly engaging television experience with 12 mind-blowing
episodes, each chock full of interactive games and experiments
designed to mess with the mind. Delving into topics like focus,
fear, persuasion, decision-making and neural fitness,
Brain Games is a profoundly
entertaining and revealing journey into the three and a half pounds
of tissue that makes up the human brain.
The Legend of Mick
Dodge (Canadian Broadcast Premiere) FALL
2013
Appealing to aspiring survivalists, The Legend of Mick Dodge focuses on the quirky title
character, whose unique brand of Zen comes from living by his own
code - off the land and off the grid.
Killing Kennedy (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) FALL
2013
Based on the best-selling book by Bill
O'Reilly and Martin Dugard,
Killing Kennedy chronicles one of the most shocking events
in American history, following two men from very different
backgrounds on a collision course with fate. The two-hour
docu-drama stars Emmy® Award-winning actor Rob Lowe as President John F. Kennedy and Ginnifer Goodwin (Once Upon a Time) as
Jacqueline Kennedy.
Brand-new seasons of returning series on National Geographic
Channel include: Border Security, Drugs
Inc., Alaska State Troopers and Wicked
Tuna.
LIFETIME
Witches of East End (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) FALL 2013
Based on Melissa de la Cruz's
best-selling novel, Witches of East End follows Joanna Beauchamp (Julia
Ormond) and her two adult daughters Freya (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) and Ingrid (Rachel Boston) whom, unbeknownst to them, are
their family's next generation of witches. Leading ordinary modern
day lives in Long Island's
secluded seaside town of East Haven, Freya becomes engaged to a
wealthy newcomer, and a series of events forces Joanna to admit to
her daughters they are powerful and immortal witches. Mädchen
Amick stars as Joanna's mischievous witch sister Wendy.
Bonnie & Clyde (World Broadcast Premiere,
Simulcast on Lifetime and HISTORY) FALL 2013
Bonnie & Clyde follows Bonnie
Parker, Clyde Barrow and the
rest of the notorious Barrow Gang as they sweep through the central
United States committing
small-time robberies and daring bank heists, leaving murdered
police officers and civilians in their wake.
Brand-new seasons of returning series on Lifetime include:
Drop Dead Diva, Double Divas and
Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition.
ACTION
Cash Dome Pawn (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) AUGUST 26
Cash Dome Pawn introduces viewers to one of the wildest and
most outrageous pawn shops in America, the Cash Dome, run by Josh
"White Boy" Gallander. From dealing with disruptive clientele to
negotiating with housewives and businessmen, White Boy, his brother
Josh and their overwhelmed dad certainly have their hands full.
Cable premieres of blockbuster movies on Action include:
Green Lantern, Underworld: Awakening
and Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
New seasons of returning series on Action include:
Hardcore Pawn, Hardcore Pawn: Chicago, Lizard Lick Towing,
Container Wars and World's Dumbest.
DIY
Garage Gold (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) OCTOBER 13
Garage Gold tracks the adventures of Kraig Bantle and his family business, Garage
Brothers. They offer to clear cluttered, dysfunctional garages,
attics and basements free of charge. But here's the rub: they keep
everything they remove and sell any buried treasures for
profit.
Vanilla Ice Goes Amish (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) FALL 2013
Vanilla Ice, the rapper turned home construction expert from The
Vanilla Ice Project, goes to live and learn from Amish
builders.
Rescue Renovation (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
FALL 2013
Rescue Renovation host Kayleen
McCabe saves project-challenged homeowners who are in over
their heads with their renovations. Kayleen points out exactly what
went wrong and formulates a seven-day action plan to turn awful
renovations into jaw-dropping rooms.
Returning series include Professional Grade, Renovation
Realities, House Crashers, Kitchen Crashers, Bath Crashers, Yard
Crashers, I Hate My Yard, Man
Caves, I Hate My Bath, I Want That,
Bronson Pinchot Project and Rehab
Addict.
NAT GEO
WILD
Ultimate Animal Countdown (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
FALL 2013
Ultimate Animal Countdown is the definitive search for the
most amazing animals on the planet. Each episode explores one
of the big issues in the natural world: food or fighting, swarms or
sex. It takes 20 of the most extreme animal exponents and
ranks them from wild to wildest, in a rollercoaster ride to find
the most extraordinary behaviour.
Jobs That Bite! (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) COMING 2014
Germophobes and scaredy-cats need not apply; these jobs are for the
unsung heroes who take on the beastly challenge of working with all
things that slither, grunt, growl and bite. Whether it's tagging
sharks, wrangling ostriches or farming eels, host Jeremy Brandt is rolling up his sleeves to get
his wild on — and the fur's gonna fly!
Brand-new seasons of returning series on Nat Geo WILD include:
Caught in the Act, The Incredible
Dr. Pol and Fish Tank Kings.
H2
Haunted History (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
AUGUST 27
Each episode of Haunted History visits an eerie modern day
location and reveals the story of peculiar events that unfolded
there. Using surveillance footage, verité, found footage, infrared
and hand-held cameras, Haunted History revisits some of
North America's most mysterious
locations, including Alcatraz, Gettysburg Battlefield, the Devil's
Promenade in Oklahoma, and a
prison opened in 1876 that is said to be America's most haunted
penitentiary.
How Sex Changed the World (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) AUGUST 29
Food, water and shelter are all necessary to humankind's survival.
But there's another powerful need that has transformed history -
sex. How Sex Changed the World spans thousands of years and
sheds light on how sex has changed history: from Genghis Khan using it to expand the Mongol
Empire, to the survival of harems for thousands of years and even
how Hoover used it to blackmail top-level politicians.
All You Can Eat (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) AUGUST 29
Hosted by a charismatic, competitive eater, every episode of All
You Can Eat digs deeper into viewers' favourite foods, like
eggs, burgers or bacon, revealing the surprising history,
technology and process behind every plate.
Big History (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) NOVEMBER 3
Big History puts a scientific spin on history, linking
iconic events to modern day living. For example, the majority of
people carry a legacy of the Titanic in their pockets every day -
every time a cell phone call is placed, it uses radio wave lanes
assigned after the Titanic's telegraph rescue calls went
unanswered. Every call is also connected to explosions from the Big
Bang, which created tantalum, a rare and mysterious element used in
trace amounts in every phone. Without tantalum, phones would be 12
times larger.
New specials premiering on H2 include: Gold Fever,
Target Earth, 101 Weapons that Changed the
World, Giorgio's Ancient Aliens and
Seven Deadly Sins.
Brand-new seasons of returning series on H2 include:
Ancient Aliens, Modern Marvels,
The Universe, America Unearthed,
America's Book of Secrets and Mega Marvels
Countdown.
IFC
House of Lies (Network Premiere) FALL
2013
A scathing look at a self-loathing management consultant from a
top-tier firm, House of Lies stars Don Cheadle as Marty, a highly successful,
cutthroat consultant who is never above using any means necessary
to get his way with and for his clients. Jeannie Van Der Hooven
(Kristen Bell) is a razor-sharp,
Ivy League graduate who works at
Marty's firm. Marty's life is further complicated by an acerbic
ex-wife, a psychoanalyst father and a young son.
Network premieres of hit films on IFC include:
Colombiana, J. Edgar and Fright
Night.
Brand-new seasons of returning series premiering on IFC include:
Californication.
BBC CANADA
Big School (Canadian Broadcast
Premiere) AUGUST 30
Set in a secondary school, this comedy about a dysfunctional staff
room, unrequited love and interactive white boards stars David
Walliams (Little Britain)
as 40-something chemistry teacher, Mr. Church, who has taught at
Greybridge School for years.
Top Gear Top 41 (Canadian Broadcast Premiere)
FALL 2013
Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James
May and occasionally The Stig, have created some of the most
memorable moments on TV in the past 10 years. Top Gear Top
41 takes viewers on a journey through their favourite moments
from the past 19 seasons of the award-winning show.
Returning BBC CANADA hits
include: The Graham Norton Show and Top
Gear, including three fresh Top Gear
specials.
MYSTERY TV
New seasons and encore episodes of returning series on Mystery
TV include: Continuum, Rookie Blue,
Copper, Beauty and the Beast,
Haven and CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation.
DEJAVIEW
Encore episodes of returning series on DejaView include:
All in the Family, The Jeffersons,
Three's Company, M*A*S*H and
Golden Girls.
MOVIETIME
Network premieres of blockbuster movies on MovieTime include:
21 Jump Street, Moneyball and War
Horse.
TWIST TV
Returning series on Twist TV include: Money Moron, Real
Designing Women, Consumed, My Teenage Wedding and The
Talk.
1Source: BBM Canada PPM data, Total Canada,
8/29/11-4/29/12; 8/27/12-4/28/13 (A25-54, non-sports)
2Source: BBM Canada Meter data, Total Canada,
8/27/12 - 4/28/13 (some data
unconfirmed)
3Source: Source: BBM Canada PPM data,
1/2/12-12/2/12 (all data confirmed);
4+ airings, Viewers 2+ and 12/31/12-5/26/13 (data confirmed to May 19th); 3+ airings, Viewers 2+
4Source: BBM Canada PPM data - Aug 31/09 onward;
BBM-NMR meter data - up to Aug 30/09
5Source: BBM Canada PPM data, 8/27/12 - 8/9/12; 12/31/12
- 5/26/13
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