Last Fall's #1 New Canadian Series Nabs
Early Renewal Ahead of Season 2 Premiere
Family Law Season 3 Production Begins
May 24 in Vancouver
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TORONTO, May 17, 2022
/CNW/ - The verdict is in! Today, Global announced that
Season 3 of hit Canadian legal drama Family Law has
been greenlit for an all-new 10-episode season. Produced by SEVEN24
Films and Lark Productions, and created by Canadian award-winning
author Susin Nielsen, Season 3 is
set to begin filming in Vancouver
on May 24. The principal cast
including Jewel Staite,
Victor Garber,
Zach Smadu, Genelle Williams and Lauren Holly all return for the new season.
This renewal comes ahead of the show's Season 2 premiere, which
will be announced at a later date.
"As the most-watched new Canadian series this past fall and with
the recent acquisition by The CW in the U.S., we are thrilled that
Abby and the Svensson family will keep entertaining audiences at
home and abroad for seasons to come," said Lisa Godfrey, Senior Vice President of Original
Content and Corus Studios. "With this renewal today, we continue to
build Corus' commitment to creating original Canadian content and
compelling storytelling that reflects the lives and interests of
Canadians as well as audiences around the world."
Family Law is a witty, heartfelt look at the trials and
tribulations of an imperfect family. The one-hour legal drama
follows Abigail 'Abby' Bianchi (Jewel
Staite) as she navigates her new life with her family
including Abby's father Harry
Svensson (Victor Garber), her
half- brother Daniel Svensson
(Zach Smadu), and half-sister
Lucy Svensson (Genelle Williams). Season 3 will follow Abby and
her dysfunctional family as they help other dysfunctional families
– all while navigating their own personal dramas. Guest stars
for the new season will be announced soon.
Lauded as "the unexpected drama worth bingeing right
now," viewers can catch up on Season 1 of Family Law
with STACKTV and the Global TV App.
Family Law is produced by SEVEN24 Films
(Heartland, JANN) and Lark Productions
(Motive, Fortunate Son). It was created by
Susin Nielsen (Robson Arms, Cedar Cove), who also
serves as executive producer and showrunner. The series is
executive produced by Jordy Randall,
Tom Cox, Erin Haskett and Andy
Mikita. This season's writers include Sarah Dodd, Ken
Craw, Sonja Bennett,
Corey Liu and Jordan Hall, and directors include Andy Mikita, Jordan
Canning, David Frazee and
Alysse Leite-Rogers. For Corus,
Susan Alexander is Production
Executive; Rachel Nelson is Vice
President, Original Content, Scripted, Factual and Kids;
Lisa Godfrey is Senior Vice
President of Original Content and Corus Studios.
Global is a Corus Entertainment Network and is available through
all major TV distributors, including: Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers,
Bell, Videotron, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink, SaskTel and STACKTV,
available via Amazon Prime Video Channels, Rogers Ignite TV and
Ignite SmartStream. The Global TV App is available on iOS, Android,
Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TVs, Roku streaming
players, Roku TV™ models, and at watch.globaltv.com.
Source: Numeris PPM Data. FL'21 (Sept 13/21 – Dec 19/21) –
confirmed data. Total Canada.
AMA(000), CDN CONV COM ENG National Network, 3+ airings. Ind.2+,
A25-54, A18-49, A18-34.
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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.
About Lark Productions Established in 2010, Lark
Productions is an award-winning television production company with
a proven track record of producing exceptional programming in
Canada for the global marketplace.
Lark develops both scripted and unscripted content, often in
collaboration with Universal International Studios, a division of
the Universal Studio Group, through a first-look distribution
deal.
Lark's productions include Family Law for Global TV, spy
drama Fortunate Son for CBC in association with NBCUniversal
International Studios, CSA-nominated Motive (CTV,
USA Network), the hit formats
The Real Housewives of Toronto (Slice) and The Real Housewives
of Vancouver (Slice), Crash
Gallery (CBC), Paramedics: Life on the Line (Knowledge
Network), Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH (Knowledge
Network, Discovery Fit), and High Moon (SYFY).
About SEVEN24 Films SEVEN24 Films is an independent
film and television production company whose work has spanned over
two decades. Executive Producers Tom Cox and Jordy Randall have produced dramatic series,
mini-series, television movies and feature films garnering over one
hundred industry awards and nominations.
In addition to Family Law, SEVEN24's current projects
include the hit family series Heartland - the longest
running one-hour series in Canadian history - now in its fifteenth
season for CBC, Netflix and UPtv, Wynonna Earp on Syfy and CTV Sci-Fi, and
half hour comedy JANN for CTV and Hulu.
SEVEN24's focus on integration of scripted programming with
interactive content and social media has helped make
Heartland and Wynonna
Earp two of the most dynamic scripted television
projects in the digital space.
Previous projects include Damnation with NBC Universal
for USA, Fortunate Son, a
political thriller for CBC and NBCU International, Dark
Cargo, a noir thriller for YouTube Premium, Young Drunk
Punk for Rogers and CBC, the Canadian Screen Award winner
Borealis, the Gemini Award winning movie Mayerthorpe and Gemini Award winning
Mini-Series Burn Up.
Tom Cox and Jordy Randall were also co-producers on numerous
high-profile feature films including the Academy Award nominated
Brokeback Mountain and are both recipients of the Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of their
contribution to the arts.
SEVEN24 Films was recently named Playback Magazine's Production
Company of the Year.
SOURCE Corus Entertainment Inc.