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Corus Specialty Channel 2017-18 schedules

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This thread will discuss the schedule updates for the Corus Specialty Channels for the 2017-18 broadcast year. Note that Corus now owns the former Shaw Media channels. Here is an alphabetical list of Corus Specialty Channels, including French and Telelatino:

ABC Spark, Action, Adult Swim (Canada) on Cartoon Network, BBC CANADA, Cartoon Network, CMT (Canada), Cooking Channel, Cosmopolitan TV, Crime + Investigation, DejaView, Disney Channel, Disney Junior, Disney XD, DIY Network Canada, DTOUR, EuroWorld Sport, Food Network Canada, FYI, Global News, H2, HGTV Canada, Historia, HISTORY, IFC, La chaîne Disney, Lifetime, Mediaset Italia, MovieTime, Nat Geo WILD, National Geographic Channel, Nickelodeon (Canada), OWN: OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK, Séries+, Showcase, Slice, Sundance Channel, TeleBimbi, TeleNiños, TELETOON, TÉLÉTOON, TELETOON at Night, Télétoon la nuit, TGCOM 24, TLN, Treehouse, Univision Canada, W Network, YTV

I post schedule updates, series premieres and specials based on press releases as well as series renewals and cancellations as they are announced. I don't usually post on-going episode information, repeats, program descriptions or "PR-speak," so if you want more info, you can click on the associated link in the post.
 
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CORUS ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES 2017/18 SPECIALTY LINEUP WITH A DYNAMIC RANGE OF POWERHOUSE PROGRAMMING AND PERENNIAL FAVOURITES

ENTERTAINMENT

Bolstering Showcase’s outstanding lineup is the captivating new fall series, The Sinner. Also debuting this fall, gripping new scripted drama Absentia stars Canadian Stana Katic (Castle). Then, based on the comic book series, the all-new drama for 2018 is Marvel’s Runaways. Also finding a home on the network is the fourth season of the Golden Globe-winning series Transparent. Signature hits returning to Showcase this fall include: season two of Travelers, the third season of the suspenseful Golden Globe-winning hacker series Mr. Robot and season three of Supergirl.

HISTORY celebrates its 20th anniversary this year with intriguing titles and the previously announced new, original series Bud Dynasty and Hunting Nazi Treasure. New fall series Knightfall chronicles the mysterious but true accounts of the Knights Templar. The corruption and bloodshed culminate later this year with the season five premiere of this year’s #1 Specialty Entertainment program Vikings.

Following the successful launch of The Bachelorette Canada on W Network, The Bachelor Canada debuts this fall. The long-awaited third season of Outlander finds a new home on W Network. New serialized military drama and conspiracy thriller Valor stars Matt Barr and Christina Ochoa. The fourth season of Mozart in the Jungle debuts this year, followed by powerful new seasons of hit dramas The Good Fight, Nashville, and Imposters.

This summer, ABC Spark, Corus’ millennial-focused network and home to hit dramas The Fosters and BEYOND, debuts new series The Bold Type. Also slated to premiere on the network in 2018 are Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger and college-ish.

LIFESTYLE

Following a show-stopping All-Stars edition, Top Chef Canada returns in spring 2018 for a sixth season to Food Network Canada, as a new crop of the country’s most talented chefs go knife-to-knife in demanding culinary challenges. New series The Baker Sisters takes viewers on a guilt-free road trip to sample mouth-watering sweets from some of the best bakeries in North America; the one-hour special Bake It Possible! crowns the champion of Pillsbury and Betty Crocker’s epic baking contest; and Canadian Screen Award-nominated celebrity chef Anna Olson showcases her baking mastery in a new season of Bake with Anna Olson. Two brand new series this year feature iconic Guy Fieri and Duff Goldman, respectively in Guy’s Family Road Trip and in Dessert Games. Also new this fall is Bakers vs. Fakers, where amateur bakers show off their sweet skills and compete against professional chefs, and a new season of Worst Cooks In America: Celebrity Edition.

HGTV Canada’s heavy-hitting hosts Mike Holmes and Scott McGillivray bring inspiring new series to the schedule this year. In the new fall series Holmes: Buy It Right, Mike Holmes applies his construction expertise and creative vision to help people search for their dream home. Also coming this fall is the new, breakout hit series Home Town, which premiered to record audiences on HGTV this spring in the U.S. Debuting in spring 2018 is new series Buyers Bootcamp. Two brand-new and several returning hit Canadian original series join the HGTV Canada schedule this year. Sarah Off the Grid and Worst to First. New episodes of Property Brothers and Property Brothers: Buying and Selling also debut this fall, followed by brand new seasons of Bryan Inc. and Canadian Screen Award-nominated Masters of Flip later this year.

Coming soon to Lifetime, critically-acclaimed series UnREAL starring Shiri Appleby continues to push the limits with its highly anticipated season three premiere.

KIDS

At the helm of its powerful, family-friendly suite of children’s networks is YTV. The Zone, YTV’s flagship after-school programming block kicks back weekdays from 4 p.m.– 6 p.m. ET/PT with countless new episodes of the most popular animated Nickelodeon series including SpongeBob SquarePants and The Loud House, followed by primetime family viewing with new episodes of Nickelodeon’s best live-action series Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn, Henry Danger, Hunter Street, and Game Shakers. New original series added to YTV’s 2017/18 schedule include Mysticons (Nelvana) and ReBoot: The Guardian Code.

Treehouse, Canada’s #1 preschool network (K2-6), ushers in fall with new episodes of the popular Nickelodeon series Rusty Rivets, and new episodes of the dynamic duo, Max & Ruby.

Animation domination continues on TELETOON with new seasons and episodes of beloved Cartoon Network series such as Ben 10, Amazing World of Gumball, We Bare Bears, and Steven Universe. Plus, this fall, new series Hotel Transylvania: The Series joins the action-packed weekend morning lineup on TELETOON.

Corus continues to bring the magic of Disney to families every day with its robust roster of new series and returning hits. The two fastest-growing kids networks in Canada, Disney Channel and Disney Junior, set the stage with highly-anticipated premieres. Disney Channel kicks off summer with the premiere of the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants 2 and the return of everyone’s favourite psychic in the new series, Raven’s Home. Rounding out the schedule are new seasons from the coming-of-age series Andi Mack and brave new heroine, Elena of Avalor. Disney Junior welcomes an unusual but friendly face to its lineup with the new preschool series Vampirina. Then, the franchise-classic DuckTales returns to Disney XD in a new series starring David Tennant and Lin-Manuel Miranda.

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CORUS ENTERTAINMENT PROUDLY BOLSTERS ITS DIVERSE 2017/18 PROGRAMMING SLATE WITH NEW AND RETURNING CANADIAN ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONS
 
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It could be that the rights to past seasons aren't available to Corus now that Amazon Prime Video is available in Canada or they might be too expensive for old seasons. Corus may have decided that most people that wanted to see past seasons had already seen them on shomi. There is always the possibility that Corus may run marathons of past seasons, but that's unlikely for 3 past seasons each.
 
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If Prime is available now in Canada wouldn't that also negate getting the fourth season as well ?Perhaps you're right and Amazon thinks that by letting people see the fourth season they'll want to subscribe to Amazon Prime for the first three.Still seems strange to me. I'll check them out anyways.
 
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Amazon has an international distribution deal with Sony Pictures Television for those 2 series which predates Amazon's launch into Canada, so Amazon may be forced to give up the Canadian rights to the current season if a TV channel agrees to pick it up. It's also possible that the Corus licence isn't exclusive. In other words, Corus has the linear TV rights and Amazon retains the streaming rights.

See this post for shomi's announcement:
http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/12-...ing-shomi-streaming-video-17.html#post2402306

I also found this interesting post in the Amazon thread:
I asked Amazon why they don't have all seasons of Transparent, which is an Amazon show, and they replied it was a rights issue. I wonder if the failed Shomi still retains the rights to season 3 in Canada?
I checked on JustWatch.com and all 3 seasons of both shows are now on Amazon, so maybe shomi's rights expired.
 
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CORUS ENTERTAINMENT INKS DEAL FOR EXCLUSIVE CANADIAN BROADCAST RIGHTS TO THE ICONIC COLLECTION OF STAR WARS FILMS

Corus announced a multi-year licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Studios for the broadcast rights to the Star Wars movie franchise. Beginning fall 2017, 11 films from the epic franchise, including original trilogy titles and yet-to-be-seen theatrical releases, will make their debuts on Corus’ empire of conventional and specialty networks, including Global, Showcase, W Network, ABC Spark, YTV, Disney Channel, Disney XD, and more.

The installment that launched the enduring franchise, Star Wars: A New Hope, comes to Corus through a separate deal with 20th Century Fox. Broadcast details for all films will be announced at a later date. Please see the press release for descriptions of the Star Wars films.

The fourth and final season of Star Wars Rebels returns to Disney XD this fall.
 
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SEASON FIVE OF VIKINGS RAIDS HISTORY WITH EPIC TWO-HOUR SEASON PREMIERE NOVEMBER 29 AT 9 P.M. ET/PT

The two-hour, season five premiere of Vikings airs Wednesday, November 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on HISTORY, with an exclusive trailer of the new season is now available on HISTORY Canada’s Facebook page.

In support of the new season, Corus Entertainment also announced VIKINGS VR – a wholly original virtual reality app that will launch in conjunction with Fan Expo Canada (August 31-September 3).

Fans can catch up on past seasons of Vikings on HISTORY.ca, HISTORY on Demand, HISTORY Go app, and iTunes.


U.S. press release: "Archer" Headed to "Danger Island" For Its Ninth Season

The ninth season of Archer will premiere in 2018 and is shown on Teletoon in Canada.
 
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Treehouse Announces New Expanded Partnership with ABC Commercial and The Wiggles

The multi-year license agreement gives Treehouse broadcast rights to a diverse collection of content including both seasons of their hit TV series, Ready, Steady, Wiggle!, and rights to the premiere of the group’s upcoming new series, Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle. Also included in the agreement are rights to several studio-recorded specials including, The Wiggles Meet the Orchestra!, Taking Off!, Rock and Roll Preschool, Apples & Bananas, and more. In total, this agreement brings more than 60 hours of content from The Wiggles exclusively to Treehouse in Canada.
 
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"Transparent" Season Four rolls out Friday, September 22 on Amazon Prime Video. (Source) Showcase is currently catching up on seasons 1-3.

Lifetime U.S. has renewed UnREAL for a fourth season and scheduled season three for early 2018. (Source) Lifetime Canada previously announced they will show season 3.
 
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SHOWCASE ANNOUNCES THRILLING FALL SCHEDULE WITH MUST-SEE DRAMAS, OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD BLOCKBUSTER FILMS, AND RETURNING SMASH-HIT SERIES

The Sinner debuting Monday, August 21 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. (8 episodes)
Marvel’s Runaways premieres Sunday, November 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. (10 episodes)
Transparent season 4 debuting Friday, September 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT with two back-to-back episodes.
Supergirl season 3 premiere on Monday, October 9 at 8 p.m. ET.
Travelers season 2 premiere on Monday, October 16 at 9 p.m. ET.
Mr. Robot season 3 premiere this October.
Channel Zero continues this fall.

Further broadcast details for Mr. Robot and Channel Zero will be announced at a later date.

Star Wars Thanksgiving weekend (October 6-9), six film marathon including Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Further broadcast details will be announced at a later date.

Showcase will be available for a month-long National Free Preview from September 30 to October 31.
 
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USA Network's "Mr. Robot" Sets Fall Return for October 11

Showcase ran season 2 on the same days as USA last year.


History Premieres Event Series "The Cars That Made America" with Dale Earnhardt Jr. August 13 as Part of "Car Week" Debut

The press release if for History U.S., however I confirmed the following for History Canada on Zap2it:

  • "The Cars That Made America" - a three consecutive night, six-hour special event presented and executive produced by Dale Earnhardt Jr. premieres Sunday, August 13 at 8PM ET/PT and concludes on Tuesday, August 15 at 8PM ET/PT.
  • "Car Country," a two-hour special airing on Wednesday, August 16 at 8PM ET/PT
  • Pawn Stars -'If The Pawn Don't Fit'" airing on Monday, August 14 at 10PM ET/PT.
 
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HOME MAKEOVER HITS LIGHT UP HGTV CANADA'S FALL PROGRAMMING SLATE

Anchoring the fall slate is HGTV Canada’s new original series Worst to First, starting Monday, September 4 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Meet contractors Mickey Fabbiano and Sebastian Sevallo – best friends and family members who help 10 Vancouver families transform the most undesirable homes on the block into the envy of the neighbourhood. These shabby homes come with their challenges, but the handy duo is up for the task, turning each family’s dream into a reality in one of the hottest real estate markets in the world.

HGTV Canada’s fall lineup is filled with new and familiar faces as Canada’s beloved twins, Drew and Jonathan Scott, return with brand-new episodes of Property Brothers: Buying and Selling starting Monday, August 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Then, on Wednesday, August 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, the network gives audiences a taste of small-town charm with Home Town, as creative couple and Mississippi locals, Ben and Erin Napier help their community refurbish their homes, ensuring their small town’s future is as bright as its past. Plus, as previously announced, fan-favourite Sarah Richardson returns with her new Canadian original series Sarah Off The Grid and Mike Holmes’ launches his new series Holmes: Buy It Righton Sunday, September 10.

Fans will flip this fall as the Flip or Flop franchise expands in a big way. First, veteran series, Flip or Flop,returns for a new season starting Wednesday, August 30 at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, then onSeptember 27 at 9 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. ET/PT, meet family business owners, Ken and Anita Corsini, as they revitalize metro Atlanta neighbourhoods in the new series Flip or Flop Atlanta. Texas-sized flips will join the network’s schedule later this season with the premiere of Flip or Flop Fort Worth.

October brings returning seasons of makeover mavens, starting with mother-daughter duo, Mina and Karen, in Season 2 of Good Bones on Monday, October 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Restoration specialist, Nicole Curtis, is also back for a new season of rescuing run-down rejects in Rehab Addict, premiering Sunday, October 22 at 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. Stay tuned for remarkable reveals later this fall with the Scott brothers’ most personal project to date, Property Brothers at Home: Drew’s Honeymoon House, and a new season of Fixer Upper starring Chip and Joanna Gaines.

HGTV Canada will be available on a national free preview for the month of September.
 
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FOOD NETWORK CANADA TAKES VIEWERS ON A CULINARY THRILL RIDE WITH ITS BLOCKBUSTER FALL SLATE

Beginning August 28, viewers can look forward to new series and specials every day of the week, including I Hart Food, Beat Bobby Flay All-Star Takeover, Guy’s Family Road Trip, Texas Cake House, Dessert Games, Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition, and returning favourites including Barefoot Contessa, Giada in Italy, Ginormous Food, and more.

Weeknights on Food Network Canada are full of fierce competitions, sizzling showdowns and sweet treats beginning with new four-part special Dessert Games premiering on August 28 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Next is the new series Texas Cake House starting August 28 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. On August 29, Chopped returns with more heart-racing competitions at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

The battle between home cooks and culinary professionals begins on August 30, with a new season of Cooks vs. Cons premiering at 9 p.m. ET/PT. At 10 p.m. ET/PT, Worst Cooks in America: Celebrity Edition returns for a new season. Culinary credibility is on the line in Beat Bobby Flay All-Star Takeover, a brand-new four-part special premiering August 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Beginning September 9 at 10 a.m. ET/PT, Giada De Laurentiis continues her adventure exploring her birthplace and its delicious cuisine in the second season of Giada in Italy. Also returning for a second season is Ayesha’s Home Kitchen starting September 9 at 11 a.m. ET/PT. Kicking off Sundays, succulent new episodes of Barefoot Contessa with Ina Garten premiere September 10 at 10 a.m. ET/PT, followed by Valerie’s Home Cooking which returns for another season of homemade goodness beginning at 11 a.m. ET/PT.

On weekend primetime, it’s all about big eats and even bigger personalities, beginning with Guy’s Family Road Trip premiering September 1 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Up next is a new season of Ginormous Food premiering September 1 at 10 and 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. Come September 1 at 11 p.m. ET/PT, new series I Hart Food delivers a large helping of food and fun. Rounding out the weekend, Guy Fieri puts a fresh batch of chefs to the test in new episodes of Guy’s Grocery Games beginning September 2 and 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Food Network Canada is available on a National Free Preview for the month of September. Please check local listings for additional details.
 
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Season Six of "Don't Be Tardy..." Premiering October 6 on Bravo U.S. (Source) The series has aired on SLICE in Canada, although I don't know if it was at the same time.

Amazon Studios announced a fifth season of Transparent will begin production next year and is anticipated to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in 2018. (Source) Transparent season 4 will be shown on Showcase this fall.
 
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