Corus Studios Confirms 24 Original Series to
Premiere Across Lifestyle and Factual Networks
Highly Anticipated Series Pamela's
Garden of Eden Joins HGTV
Canada's Schedule This Fall
Top Chef Canada Celebrates 10
Seasons of Showcasing the Best of the Country's Culinary
Scene
Two New Documentaries Greenlit for The
HISTORY® Channel Including Two-Hour Feature Honouring
Canada's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
W Network Welcomes a Feature-Length
Documentary on the Story of Sexpert Sue Johanson Plus a Set of Four
Original Romantic Made-for-TV Movies
Upcoming Global Original Series Include
Second Seasons of Family Law and Departure, alongside
New Scripted Series Robyn
Hood
ET Canada Returns for
Season 18 and ET Canada Weekend Renewed for Season 2
Adult Swim Announces New Canadian Original and
Corus Kids Delivers Top Content, Fortifying Corus as a Leader in
Kids Entertainment in Canada
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TORONTO, June 2, 2022
/CNW/ - Today, Corus Entertainment announces its complete
lineup of premium original content for 2022/2023 with an incredible
45 total greenlights and renewals, including more than
600 episodes and 24 titles from Corus Studios.
"Corus is proud to showcase a standout lineup of Canadian
Original content featuring dynamic formats, charismatic
personalities, and renewals of fan-favourite series with homegrown
talent from Corus Studios, Nelvana, and our valued production
partners," said Colin Bohm,
Executive Vice President, Content and Corporate Strategies, Corus
Entertainment. "Our expanding portfolio of original shows is
driving significant growth in the key pillars of lifestyle,
factual, kids and scripted series, as we remain dedicated to
creating premium content with diverse, engaging narratives and
uniquely Canadian voices appealing to audiences across the country
and on an international scale."
This year, Global welcomes back Departure
and Family Law – two sophomore hits to its acclaimed
slate of original scripted series. In addition, casting is underway
and production is set to commence on the exciting new action drama
Robyn Hood. On the
unscripted side, Global remains home to the best in award-winning
entertainment news coverage with ET Canada.
With content sold to more than 150 countries around the globe,
Corus Studios continues to be a leader in original Canadian
lifestyle and unscripted series, extending its catalogue with
six new series and 16 returning shows across Food
Network Canada, HGTV Canada and The HISTORY®
Channel, plus a new feature-length documentary that will debut
on W Network.
Celebrating its 50-year milestone, Nelvana maintains its
position as a world-renowned international producer and distributor
of children's animated and live action content, with content seen
in over 180 countries around the world. This year is no exception,
with new series, seasons and episodes coming soon to Corus' leading
kids' networks, YTV, Treehouse and
TELETOON.
Stay tuned for more Corus content announcements in the coming
weeks including updates across scripted and new pickups for the
2022/23 season. For the latest updates, visit www.corusent.com.
**MEDIA NOTE** See below for a complete breakdown of
today's Corus Originals announcements including series synopses and
network information.
For full descriptions of new and returning original series
across all networks please click here.
GLOBAL
Global's acclaimed scripted slate includes Season 2 of
last fall's #1 new Canadian series Family Law*,
starring Jewel Staite and
Emmy® nominee Victor
Garber, which was recently greenlit for Season 3 with
production currently underway in Vancouver. Also upcoming on Global is
Season 2 of Canada/Ireland co-production Departure
starring Emmy® winner Archie Panjabi and
Oscar® winner Christopher
Plummer. Then, from acclaimed filmmaker Director
X and Boat Rocker is Robyn
Hood, a modern reimagining of the classic
Robin Hood story set to begin
production this summer in the Toronto and Hamilton area with casting to be announced
soon.
Additionally ET Canada is back on
Global for Season 18, fresh from winning four Canadian
Screen Awards including Best Talk Program or Series. In addition,
ET Canada Weekend has been renewed for Season 2
bringing audiences all the latest entertainment news headlines of
the week.
LIFESTYLE
Food Network Canada
A Top 10 specialty network** and the ultimate culinary
destination, Food Network Canada satisfies appetites with
the renewal of five standout original series as part of its
lineup.
Food Network Canada's new greenlights include the most
prestigious culinary competition series in the country and a Top 20
overall specialty entertainment program in spring '21*** Top
Chef Canada, which is making its return for a
milestone 10th season. In the serialized series,
a new roster of talented professional chefs will compete in
high-octane challenges for the sought-after title of Canada's Top Chef. The competitions continue
with Season 3 of the larger-than-life themed baking series
The Big Bake (7x60 Halloween and 7x60
holiday-theme) from Corus Studios. Celebrated YouTube personality
and cookbook author Danni
Rose joins the panel of resident judges alongside host
Brad Smith, chef and author
Eddie Jackson and acclaimed
pastry chef Ron Ben-Israel. A
Top 10 program on Food Network Canada this spring****, Corus
Studios' Great Chocolate Showdown (8x60) returns
with more delectable ooey-gooey creations in its fourth season.
More from Corus Studios includes previously announced new
episodes of sizzling competition series Fire
Masters (10x60) with host Dylan Benoit, and the always charismatic
John Catucci takes viewers on
mouthwatering food travelogue adventures with new episodes of
Big Food Bucket List (9x30).
The HISTORY Channel
The HISTORY Channel comes to life this year with more new
original content than ever before. The network's slate is set to
offer a slew of factual and unscripted content including the
renewal of five Corus Studios hit series and two groundbreaking
documentaries that are sure to educate and entertain audiences.
In honour of Canada's National
Day of Truth and Reconciliation, a new two-hour documentary sheds
light on the history of the relationship between Indigenous people
and settlers. True Story (2x60) offers a critical
lens to the past, revealing some shameful and heartbreaking truths,
as well as uplifting and inspiring hope.
For Remembrance Day, Our War (2x60) uncovers
stories about extraordinary individuals who made heroic
contributions to WWI and WWII. From the descendent of one of
Canada's first Black servicemen,
to the great-grand-nephew of a female intelligence officer
stationed at Bletchley Park, the documentary follows these
descendant's investigations into their families' historic
pasts.
New from Corus Studios this fall is previously announced series
Deadman's Curse (8x60), following a diverse team of
explorers on a quest to find a legendary cursed gold mine in B.C.
Fan-favourite Corus Studios series Backroad Truckers
(Season 2, 8x60), Big Timber (Season 3, 8x60),
Lost Car Rescue (Season 2, 6x60), and Rust
Valley Restorers (Season 5, 8x60) all return this year,
along with Salvage Kings (Season 3, 8x60), which sees
Ted taking the ultimate risk of opening his own salvage business
with a team of familiar and new faces.
HGTV Canada
HGTV Canada is the nation's destination for all things
home. With 12 Corus Studios series upcoming, including seven
returning favourites, HGTV Canada continues to be the go-to network
for inspiring and heart-warming programming that fits any
style.
The #1 Canadian Specialty series*****, Island of
Bryan (8x60) continues with new episodes this fall,
with even more Baeumler adventures upcoming. Corus is
prepping a new Untitled Baeumler Project (working
title) (10x60) in development and slated for 2023, plus Bryan will
also team up with co-host Scott
McGillivray in the new previously announced competition
series Renovation Resort (7x60). The frenemies
oversee four talented contractor/design duos as they each transform
a waterfront cabin into a one-of-a-kind vacation rental for a
chance to win a $100,000 prize.
Viewers will see Scott reunited with Debra Salmoni in Season 4 Scott's
Vacation House Rules (14x60), which is newly
greenlit.
Sarah Richardson takes on
her own vacation rental challenge this fall in the previously
announced Sarah's Mountain Escape (10x60). The series
follows Sarah and her husband, Alexander
Younger, as they transform a run-down B&B in
Whistler, B.C. into a four-season
luxury vacation rental property. Another West coast-based design
and renovation series is Pamela
Anderson in Pamela's Garden of Eden (8x60). The previously
announced series, coming this fall, follows Pamela as she
revitalizes her grandmother's six-acre legacy property on Vancouver
Island into a stunning retreat. Another new personality to the
network is no-nonsense luxury home designer Ali Budd, who leads a creative team to
renovate and build incredible million-dollar renovations in
Ali Budd (working
title) (8x60).
Off the heels of their series premieres, Sebastian Clovis will offer more empathy and
experience to overwhelmed homeowners in Season 2 of Gut
Job (8x60), while the cross-Canada renovators from Hoarder House
Flippers (8x60) will return to tackle a new batch of
disaster houses in a brand new season. Renewals continue with a new
season of Top 20 Specialty series Rock Solid
Builds (8x60)*****, as well as fellow Corus Studios
series' Farmhouse Facelift (8x60) and Making it
Home with Kortney and Kenny (10x60). New episodes of
Property Brothers: Forever Home (20x60) staring
HGTV Canada's beloved brothers are also confirmed.
W NETWORK
W Network spotlights the prolific career of sex educator
Sue Johanson in Sex
with Sue (1x90), directed by Lisa Rideout. Viewers will be reintroduced
to the former W Network personality and see the unexpected and
exciting ways her legacy lives on today.
Corus Studios dives deeper into scripted content with the
previously announced set of romantic movies The Love
Club (4x120min). The movies follow four women, each dealing
with their own dating debacle, who take a vow to call on one
another if they are ever in romantic trouble again – a vow that has
them resurrecting their "Love Club" ten years later as each of them
search for their unique happily-ever-after. The first movie is set
to premiere on W Network Winter 2023. The movies will be
distributed through Corus Studios.
ADULT SWIM
Corus is pleased to announce its second Canadian original series
for Adult Swim, the popular network that offers an unexpected blend
of authenticity, originality, and cleverness. The animated
Red Ketchup (20×30), commissioned and greenlit by
Corus' French channel Télétoon la nuit, is based on the cult
Quebec comic book series from the
'80s of the same name. Featuring FBI's crazed rogue agent,
Steve "Red" Ketchup, the series will
premiere in Canada on both
Télétoon la nuit and in English on Adult Swim in 2023. Plus, the
previously announced first Canadian original series for Adult Swim,
Psi Cops (24x11), is set to premiere on Adult Swim
Winter 2023. "Top" detectives Agent Kydd and Agent Felixx, of the
secret agency Psi Cops, investigate spiritual phenomena,
extraterrestrial life, and paranormal activity using their overly
competent incompetence.
KIDS
NELVANA
Nelvana continues to deliver premium entertainment for kids with
compelling storylines and characters, by nurturing creator-driven
projects and best-in-class partnerships.
The previously announced Best & Bester (52×11)
is set to premiere this fall on YTV. A co-production between
Nelvana, Eye Present and Gigglebug Entertainment, the series
follows two siblings and best friends obsessed with comparing the
best things of all time while enjoying the power to transform
themselves into anything they want, once a day – if only they can
figure out what the best thing to be actually is!
More fresh content from Nelvana landing on Corus' kids networks
this fall includes new episodes of Super
Wish (52x11) on YTV, produced by Nelvana and
Discovery's joint venture, redknot, and created by Nelvana's own
Vanessa Esteves and Daytime Emmy®
Award winning art director, Adrian
Thatcher. Plus, new episodes of Bakugan:
Evolutions (26x22) will bring epic action to
TELETOON. Then, everyone's favourite P.U.R.S.T. agents
continue the adventure with new episodes of the second season of
Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe (52×11). Produced
by redknot, the series is based on the best-selling books by
Ashley Spires, published by Corus
Entertainment's Kids Can Press. Also returning to the network is a
new season of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!
(52x11), accompanied by a brand new special with the beloved
engines Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! Mystery at
Lookout Mountain (1x60).
YTV
YTV is the place to be for non-stop Fam Fun! Reaching
more kids in its afterschool time block than any other kids
station****** The Zone is delivering another year of
cool contests, celeb interviews, games and sketches alongside
The Zone Weekend and Big Fun
Movies. Beloved hosts Spencer,
Alex and Duhin return, plus new host Melony
will make her on-air debut on June 6
on The Zone.
Premiering on YTV in 2023, Popularity Papers
(26x30) is the first scripted series to be announced since Corus
became a majority stakeholder in the Academy Award® and Emmy
Award®-nominated production company Aircraft Pictures. From
Aircraft Pictures and WexWorks Media, the live-action comedy
series, developed for television by Amanda
Brooke Perrin and showrunner Vivian
Lin, is based on the award-winning middle-grade book series
by Amy Ignatow. The series tells the
story of two best friends, Lydia
Goldblatt and Julie
Graham-Chang, who are on a mission to crack the popularity
code and dismantle this crazy social construct for middle-schoolers
everywhere. Using the scientific method, the girls conduct social
experiments on their peers with hilarious results.
Sources:
*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.
** Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, BY21-22 YTD
(Aug 30/21 - May 15/22), confirmed data, A25-54, AMA(000), CDN SPEC
COM ENG, M-Su 2a-2a
*** Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, SP'21 (Jan 4- May 30/21) 3+ airings, CDN SPEC COM ENG
excluding sports, A25-54, AMA(000)
****Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, SP'22 STD (Jan 3- May
15/22), confirmed data, 3+ airings, A25-54, AMA(000), Food Network
Canada
*****Source: 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, excludes sports
******Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada, BY21-22 YTD (Aug
30/21 – May 15/22), confirmed data, M-F 4p-6p, K2-11, CumRch(000),
English Kids Stations
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Established in 2015, Corus Studios, a division of Corus
Entertainment, is a premium content studio that develops, produces
and distributes a wide array of original lifestyle, unscripted and
factual content globally. Offering dynamic programming that
entertains, informs and drives audiences across platforms, Corus
Studios content is featured across Corus' suite of channels,
including HGTV Canada, The HISTORY® Channel, Food
Network Canada, and SLICE™. To date, Corus Studios content has been
sold in over 150 territories worldwide.
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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