Peacock Scripted Originals Continue to Make Waves Across Corus'
Specialty Drama Networks With a Lineup of New Exclusive
Content Including Pitch Perfect (wt) Starring Adam Devine, A Friend of the Family with
Anna Paquin, Jake Lacy, Colin
Hanks, Lio Tipton,
Mckenna Grace and Hendrix Yancey,
The Undeclared War with Hannah
Khalique-Brown, Simon Pegg,
Maisie Richardson-Sellers,
Edward Holcroft, Adrian Lester, Alex
Jennings, German Segal,
Tinatin Dalakishvili, Hattie Morahan, Ed
Stoppard, Kerry Godliman and Mark
Rylance, The Best Man: The Final Chapters Featuring
the Film's Original Cast, and More
Corus' Unrivaled Slate of Unscripted Titles Includes New Series
Below Deck Adventure, Christina in the Country
Following Christina
Hall, Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin, Guy's Ultimate Game
Night, History's Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan, History's Greatest of
All-Time with Peyton Manning,
More Power with Tim Allen and
Real Girlfriends In Paris
Magnolia Network Canada Provides an Ongoing Slate of Inspiring
TV That Feels Like Home Curated by Chip and
Joanna Gaines
W Network Continues to Deliver Year-Round Signature Hallmark
Channel Premieres to Massive Audiences
With Four of the Top Five English Kids Specialty Stations****,
Corus' Kids Networks are the Leading Destinations for Family
Entertainment with Brand New Titles Including Gremlins: The
Secrets of Mogwai, Batwheels, Bugs Bunny
Builders and More, Plus a Returning Season of Are You Afraid
of the Dark?
Stream Corus' Top Specialty Networks Live and On
Demand Anytime with
STACKTV
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TORONTO, June 8, 2022
/CNW/ - With Corus' total specialty networks reaching over 25
million Canadians each month*****, Corus continues to dominate in
entertainment specialty with more Top 20 stations than any other
broadcaster***. Announced today as part of the #CorusUpfront, the
company's 2022/23 lineup of premium specialty programming delivers
star-studded scripted series, must-see factual and reality titles,
and best-in-class kids' content. Debuting across Corus' powerful
roster of networks and streaming platforms, this newly acquired
content is in addition to the previously announced slate of
Canadian originals renewed and greenlit for its specialty
portfolio.
"With new and longstanding partnerships, beloved brands that
viewers love, big talent and always-fresh content, Corus continues
to be the leader in Canada's
entertainment and kids specialty programming. As the exclusive
Canadian home to the most coveted content, Corus is proud to
deliver the most sought-after lineup of must-see TV year after
year," said Daniel Eves, Senior Vice
President, Broadcast Networks, Corus Entertainment. "By
offering all of our top premium programming live and on demand on
our streaming platforms, including STACKTV, we continue to generate
new audiences and increase reach of our content. This year on
STACKTV, audiences are up 80 per cent and continue to grow as we
expand our distribution."
Corus Entertainment presents its 2022/23 slate of new and
returning series across its specialty networks below.
A full overview of new and returning series are listed below.
For more details on all specialty programming, please click
here.
SCRIPTED DRAMA & ADULT COMEDY
As the exclusive home of marquee Peacock Original programming in
English Canada, last year saw Top 10 specialty entertainment
programs including Dr. Death, Dan
Brown's The Lost Symbol****** and
Bel-Air* driving massive audiences on linear specialty
networks as well as on STACKTV, and this broadcast season will
deliver even more new buzzworthy Peacock series backed by the
biggest stars. Landing on Corus' top drama networks, W
Network or Showcase, the following must-watch series
will also be available to stream live and on demand on STACKTV with
full series and long-term stacking rights. More information and
network details for these highly-anticipated series will be
announced as the broadcast season progresses.
Coming soon to the schedule is Pitch Perfect (wt)
starring Adam Devine who
reprises his beloved character Bumper Allen from the hit film
franchise as he moves to Germany to revive his music career when
one of his songs becomes big in Berlin. True crime fans can look forward to
the compelling limited drama series, A Friend of the
Family, starring Anna
Paquin, Jake Lacy,
Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton, Mckenna Grace and Hendrix Yancey, and
based on the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose
daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by
a charismatic, obsessed family "friend." Then, The
Resort - from the creators of Palm Springs and
Mr. Robot - is a dramedy about a multi-generational
exploration of love, marriage, and family vacations, set amidst one
of the Mayan Riviera's most bizarre unsolved mysteries. Also coming
soon, The Best Man: The Final Chapters, written and
directed by Malcolm D. Lee, reunites
the film's original cast including Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan,
Nia Long and Harold Perrineau nearly 25 years after the
film premiered in theatres. Lovers of young adult fiction can sink
their teeth into Vampire Academy, based on a series
of young adult paranormal romance novels by international
bestselling author Richelle Mead,
and Saturday Night Live alumni Pete Davidson stars in Bupkis,
a heightened, fictionalized version of his real life with
Edie Falco playing his
mom.
More premium scripted dramas include The Lazarus
Project, a riveting, action thriller;
Irreverent, a fish out of water crime drama; and
The Midwich Cuckoos, a modern reimagining of the
classic sci-fi novel led by the incomparable Keeley Hawes and Max Beesley. Upcoming drama series created,
directed and co-written by Peter
Kominsky, The Undeclared War, set in the world
of cyber security and stars Hannah
Khalique-Brown, Simon
Pegg, Maisie
Richardson-Sellers, Edward
Holcroft, Adrian
Lester, Alex
Jennings, German
Segal, Tinatin
Dalakishvili, Hattie
Morahan, Ed
Stoppard, Kerry Godliman and Mark Rylance; plus, Gemma Arterton stars in Funny
Woman, a story of a young woman who finds her voice in the
male dominated world of the 1960s sitcom.
Corus' drama networks will also see Tom Swift, an enthralling
action-adventure mystery starring Tian
Richards and Ashleigh
Murray and inspired by the Tom Swift book series that hails from
Stratemeyer Syndicate, which also publishes the Nancy Drew,
Hardy Boys and Bobbsey
Twins books. Also coming this fall is
Walker: Independence, a wild-west
origin story to CW's Walker set in the late 1800s, and later
this year, DC comics fans can look out for Gotham
Knights, a new superhero series featuring a team of
mismatched fugitives who must band together to become its next
generation of saviors known as the Gotham Knights.
In addition to this newly announced premium content, W
Network, a Top 10 specialty network**, invites returning
seasons of popular drama series including Season 2 of young adult
drama series One of Us Is Lying; the sixth and final
season of The Good Fight, Top 20 specialty
entertainment program Nancy Drew, Season 2 of
Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham which
takes place in New Zealand, and
Season 7 of Top 10 specialty entertainment program
Outlander*.
New seasons of fan-favourite series will also return to
Showcase including Season 2 of Top 10 specialty
entertainment program Bel-Air*, Season 2 of
horror series Chucky, Season 2 of the award-winning,
music-infused comedy series We Are Lady Parts, Season
3 of hit DC series Pennyworth, and Season 5 of the
critically-acclaimed drama series All American.
Adult Swim, a Top 20 specialty network**, continues to
offer the best in original animation and live action programming to
its massive loyal fanbase of young adults. Adult Swim fans can look
forward to Housing Complex C, which centres around
Kimi who lives in a small, low-cost housing complex located in the
seaside town of Kurosaki, where trouble seems to follow her
wherever she goes and horrific incidents begin to occur. Also
coming soon to Adult Swim in Canada are two new animated series Royal
Crackers, which follows two brothers who live in their
comatose father's house waiting for him to die (he never does) so
they can inherit his cracker company empire; and
Uzumaki, a four episode mini-series based on the
Shogakukan manga by legendary author Junji
Ito. Plus, fans can get excited for an anime spin-off of the
Emmy-winning series, Rick and Morty: The
Anime, which will also be coming to the network.
New seasons of Rick and Morty, a Top 10
specialty entertainment program********, Harley Quinn, Bob's
Burgers, Family Guy and The Eric Andre
Show will also return.
HALLMARK CHANNEL ON W NETWORK
Through Corus' established partnership with Hallmark Channel,
W Network continues to bring in significant audiences with
its popular seasonal programming events and fulsome offering of
heartfelt content which have built a dedicated Canadian fanbase. As
Canada's Christmas Network, the
most-watched holiday programming event, Hallmark Channel's
Countdown to Christmas, has become an annual tradition in
Canadian homes. The highly-anticipated seasonal stunt continues to
be a top audience driver, propelling W Network to the #1 specialty
station overall with Women 25-54 during the programming event again
this year*******.
UNSCRIPTED AND REALITY
Top 10 specialty network,** Food Network Canada is one of
the most influential brands in the country, offering an always
fresh lineup of premium culinary programming full of fan-favourite
faces. This fall, viewers will be treated to new series
Bobby and Sophie On the
Coast, with Bobby
Flay and his daughter Sophie setting off on an
incredible food tour across the sunny California coastline. Come fall, Guy's
Ultimate Game Night will see Guy
Fieri host Hollywood
celebrities and their closest friends and family for an evening of
off-the-hook food, drinks and games.
As the exclusive Canadian broadcast home of Magnolia content,
Magnolia Network Canada is a collection of inspiring stories
with something for everyone in the family. Curated by
Chip and Joanna Gaines,
featuring some of the most talented makers, artisans, chefs,
designers, and entrepreneurs across home and design, food and
gardening, the arts, and more. This summer, the brand-new special
Silos Baking Competition will see talented
home bakers compete for $25,000 and
an opportunity to get their winning dessert on the menu at Chip and
Joanna's Silos Baking Co. bakery. Later on, fans of home
improvement content can look forward to new series In With
the Old, following designers, builders, and old-home
enthusiasts with a passion for transforming abandoned structures,
and Making Modern with Brooke & Brice, featuring
a married duo who launch a home remodeling business which
flips the script on traditional home renovation roles by seeing
Brooke as the builder and Brice as the designer. Come next year,
new series The Retro Plant Shop with Mikey & Jo
follows Mikey McCall, with help from
her big sister Joanna Gaines,
launching the business of her dreams: a retro-inspired plant shop
that blends her passion for gardening with her love of unique,
vintage items. Rounding out the schedule, Magnolia Table with
Joanna Gaines and
Restoration Road with Clint
Harp both return for new seasons sure to delight
viewers.
Top 10 specialty network,** HGTV Canada is a haven for
design, renovation, and inspiration, and moves into the fall with
brand new programming full of familiar faces and fabulous spaces.
New series Christina in the Country will follow
Christina Hall, star of
mega-hit series Flip or Flop and Christina on the
Coast, on her next adventure expanding her design business
across the country and putting down roots at her Tennessee farm as a second home. Next year,
the network will introduce Farmhouse Fabulous (wt)
with Chelsea and Cole
DeBoer, formerly known from Teen Mom
2, sharing a look into their new venture launching a
full-time renovation and design business in South Dakota. Up next, Good Bones star
and designer Mina Starsiak
Hawk will take on the biggest renovation challenge of
her career in the new spin-off series, Good Bones: Risky
Business where she purchases and restores a heritage home
to its former glory.
National Geographic, a Top 20 specialty network,** will
see the premiere of the much-anticipated new series Edge of
the Unknown with Jimmy Chin,
from Academy Award®-winning executive producers E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin. The series takes audiences
inside the minds of elite adventure athletes through transformative
stories of confronting fear, devastating personal loss and Mother
Nature at her harshest. Also returning to the schedule are new
seasons of fan-favourite series Cesar
Milan: Better Human, Better Dog, where
Cesar Millan will take on his most
challenging cases yet, and Running Wild with Bear
Grylls, with the famed survivalist pushing the bodies and
minds of A-list celebrities to the limit in order to successfully
complete the adventure of a lifetime.
Slice viewers can look forward to a buzzworthy slate of
new and returning titles. New series Below Deck
Adventure will delight fans of the Below Deck
franchise, with the inaugural season set in Norway's glacial fjords where wealthy
thrill-seekers will experience dramatic adventures during their
mega-yacht trip of a lifetime. Reality TV lovers can also look
forward to the new series Real Girlfriends in Paris, with six bold twenty-something
American women packing their bags for the City of Lights where they
find each other, encounter a romantic rendezvous or two, and
embrace the spontaneity that comes with living in an exciting new
city. The third season of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, continuing to share
the unconventional lives of successful women navigating an
exclusive social circle in a city where religion, status and
perfection are praised to the highest degree. Winter House also returns for a new
season, with some of the most beloved Summer House and Southern Charm cast
members and their friends packing their bags and bundling up for
another cool winter getaway packed with wild parties, steamy
hookups, and so much more.
Exploring stories of human endeavour, achievement and progress
through award-winning series and specials, The HISTORY
Channel is set to premiere a sensational slate of new content.
This summer, fans of Alone can look forward to two
brand-new franchise spin-offs with Alone: Frozen and
Alone: Skills Challenge. Come fall, new series
History's Greatest Heists with Pierce
Brosnan goes inside the most unbelievable, elaborate
real-life heists of all time, and History's Greatest of
All-Time with Peyton Manning
will see the former star quarterback countdown the greatest
achievers of all-time across categories. More Power
features Tim Allen alongside
his Home Improvement co-star Richard Karn and DIY expert April Wilkerson, as they task three of the
best and brightest makers each episode to create mind-blowing
builds for a chance to win $5,000.
KIDS
YTV embraces its role as a leader in all things fun
for families as the first dedicated network for kids in
Canada. This fall, get ready for
hit tween drama series The Next Step as it pirouettes
over to YTV for Season 8 and a returning season of Are You
Afraid of the Dark?.
Over on TELETOON, hilarious comedy, unexpected surprises
and edge-of-your-seat action ensues through best-in-class
animation. Coming this fall exclusively to TELETOON, the epic
prequel Gremlins: The Secrets of Mogwai from HBO Max
unlocks the mystery of how a 10-year-old Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984
Gremlins movie) met the young Mogwai called Gizmo.
Treehouse is devoted to children from breakfast to
bedtime providing a strong balance of educational, imaginative and
entertaining programs in a safe place trusted by parents. This
fall, the network welcomes Batwheels, a preschool
animated action-adventure comedy series featuring the most heroic
and iconic vehicles from the DC universe, and Bugs Bunny
Builders, where at ACME Construction Company, Bugs
Bunny and Lola Bunny manage a crew of builders who by working
together as a team, use their tools and wild vehicles to pull off
some of the looniest construction jobs ever.
For the newest Disney series and movies, Disney Channel,
Disney Junior and Disney XD are the go-to networks,
providing entertainment for the whole family with exclusive
programming airing day and date with the U.S. Coming soon to
Disney Junior, families can enjoy a brand new season of
Marvel's Spidey and his Amazing
Friends.
Sources: *Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada,
SP'22 STD (Jan
3 – May 15/22), confirmed data, 3+ airings, A25-54,
AMA(000), CDN SPEC COM ENG, excluding sports
**Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, BY'21-22 YTD (Aug 30/21 – May
15/22), confirmed data, M-Su 2a-2a, A25-54, AMA(000), CDN SPEC COM
ENG
***Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, BY'21-22 YTD (Aug 30/21 – May
15/22), confirmed data, M-Su 2a-2a, A25-54, AMA(000), CDN SPEC COM
ENG, excluding sports and news
****Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, BY'21-22 YTD (Aug 30/21 – May
15/22), confirmed data, M-Su 2a-2a, K2-11, AMA(000), Kids English
Specialty Networks
*****Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, Aug 30/21 – Mar 27/22,
confirmed data, M-Su 2a-2a, Corus Specialty, Ind. 2+, CumRch(000)
averaged by Broadcast Month
******Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, Fall'21 (Aug 30/21 –
Jan2/22), confirmed data, 3+ airings, A25-54, AMA(000), CDN SPEC
COM ENG, excluding sports
*******Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, CTC (Oct18 – Dec 26/21)
confirmed, Mo-Su 2a-2a, AMA(000), F25-54, CDN SPEC COM ENG
********Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, SM'21(May 31 – Aug 29/22), confirmed data, 3+ airings,
A25-54, AMA(000), CDN SPEC COM ENG, excluding sports
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About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment
Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that
develops and delivers high quality brands and content across
platforms for audiences around the world. Engaging audiences
since 1999, the company's portfolio of multimedia offerings
encompass 33 specialty television services, 39 radio stations, 15
conventional television stations, a suite of digital and streaming
assets, animation software, technology and media services. Corus is
an internationally-renowned content creator and distributor through
Nelvana, a world class animation studio expert in all formats and
Corus Studios, a globally recognized producer of hit scripted and
unscripted content. The company also owns innovative full-service
social digital agency so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin
Canada, leading 2D animation software supplier Toon Boom and
children's book publishing house, Kids Can Press. Corus' roster of
premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, HGTV Canada,
Food Network Canada, Magnolia Network Canada, The HISTORY® Channel,
Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada,
YTV, Global News, Globalnews.ca, Q107, Country 105, and CFOX, along
with broadly distributed Canadian streaming platforms STACKTV,
Nick+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. For more information
visit www.corusent.com.
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