Shaw Media 2012-13 Specialty Channel Lineup (Showcase, HGTV, etc.)

[Dr.Dave]

• Over 650 Hours of Canadian Original Programming
• 57 series premiering this fall

SLICE
The Mistress (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 27
Ex-Wives of Rock (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 29
Keasha’s Perfect Dress (WT)(World Premiere, Canadian Original) OCTOBER 2012

Brand-new seasons of returning series on Slice include: The Brides of Beverly Hills, Intervention Canada, Million Dollar Listings, Mob Wives, Pregnant in Heels and The Real Housewives of New Jersey.

Showcase
Copper (Canadian Premiere, Canadian Original) FALL 2012
Common Law (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Beauty and the Beast (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
World Without End (Canadian Premiere, Canadian Original) FALL 2012
Strike Back (Canadian Premiere) WINTER 2013

Cable premieres of hit movies on Showcase include:Inception, The Other Guys, Salt, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Shutter Island, The Town, and Grown Ups.

Brand-new seasons of returning series on Showcase include: Lost Girl, Covert Affairs, Warehouse 13, Haven, Royal Pains, Law & Order: UK, NCIS and Rookie Blue.

HISTORY
Great Lake Warriors (Canadian Premiere) AUGUST 27
Bomb Hunters (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 27
Mountain Men (Canadian Premiere) AUGUST 30
Secret Life Of… (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 31
Mankind: The Story of All of Us (Canadian Premiere) NOVEMBER 13

Brand-new seasons of returning series on HISTORY include: Canadian Pickers, Cajun Pawn Stars, Pawn Stars, American Pickers, American Restoration, Ice Road Truckers, Ancient Aliens and Ice Pilots NWT.

HGTV
Live Here, Buy This (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 27
May The Best House Win (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 30
Celebrities at Home (Canadian Premiere) AUGUST 31
Design Star All Stars (Canadian Premiere) AUGUST 31
White Room Challenge (Canadian Premiere) SEPTEMBER 28
Holmes Makes It Right (World Premiere, Canadian Original) OCTOBER 16
House Hazards (World Premiere, Canadian Original) OCTOBER 16

Brand-new seasons of returning series on HGTV include: Leave It To Bryan, Urban Suburban, Kitchen Cousins, House Hunters and House Hunters International.

FOOD NETWORK
Chef Michael’s Kitchen (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 27
SugarStars (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 27
Chuck’s Week Off (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 28
Cupcake Champions (Canadian Premiere) AUGUST 28
3 Days To Open With Bobby Flay (Canadian Premiere) AUGUST 29
Restaurant Takeover (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 30
Food Factory (World Premiere, Canadian Original) AUGUST 30
The Next Iron Chef: Redemption (Canadian Premiere) NOVEMBER 5

Brand-new seasons of returning series on Food Network include: Recipe to Riches, Paula’s Best Dishes, Top Chef, Chopped, Cupcake Wars, The Great Food Truck Race, Restaurant Stakeout, Restaurant: Impossible, Sandwich King, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and Halloween Wars.

TVtropolis
My Wife and Kids (Network Premiere) AUGUST 28
Impractical Jokers (Canadian Premiere) SEPTEMBER 1

New episodes of returning TVtropolis favourites include: Friends, Frasier, Drew Carey and Roseanne.

LIFETIME (was Showcase Diva)
Dance Moms (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Dance Moms Miami (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Bristol Palin: Life’s a Tripp (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
The Client List (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
7 Days of Sex (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
The Houston Family Chronicles (WT) (Canadian Premiere) TBC

H2 (Was CAVE TV)
10 Things You Don’t Know About (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
The Universe (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Mankind Decoded (Canadian Premiere) WINTER 2013

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL
Wicked Tuna (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Are You Tougher Than a Boy Scout (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
American Chainsaw (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012

New seasons of returning series premiering on National Geographic Channel include: Doomsday Preppers, Locked Up Abroad and Alaska State Troopers.

NAT GEO WILD
Incredible Dr. Pol (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Extreme Animal Rescue (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Leader of the Pack (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Wild Case Files (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Wild, Wilder, Wildest (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012

DIY Network Canada
I Want That (Canadian Premiere) AUGUST 28

Brand-new seasons of returning series on DIY Network include: Professional Grade, All American Handyman, House Crashers, Rehab Addict, Brothers on Call, Bath Crashers, I Hate My Bath, Income Property, Renovation Realities, Cool Tools, Man Caves, Mega Dens and Sweat Equity.

MovieTime
Network premieres of blockbuster movies on MovieTime include: Due Date, Hereafter, The Rite, Unknown, Red Riding Hood, Arthur and Hall Pass.

Action
Hardcore Pawn: Fort Bragg (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012

Cable premieres of blockbuster movies on Action include: Sucker Punch, Jonah Hex and Legion.

New seasons of returning series on Action include: Hardcore Pawn, Bait Car, Lizard Lick Towing, Impractical Jokers, Vegas Strip, World’s Dumbest and Top 20 Most Shocking.

Mystery TV
New seasons of returning series on Mystery TV include: Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU, NCIS, NCIS: LA and Hawaii Five-0.

IFC
Justified, Season 1 (Network Premiere) AUGUST 27

Network premieres of hit films on IFC include: The King’s Speech, The American, The Fighter, Blue Valentine, Limitless, The Mechanic, The Kids Are All Right, Brothers and Youth in Revolt.

Brand-new seasons of returning series premiering on IFC include: Weeds, Southland, Californication and Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

TWIST TV
Girl Meets Gown (Network Premiere) AUGUST 29
The Doctors (Network Premiere) SEPTEMBER 11

Brand-new seasons of returning series on Twist include: Twist Specials, My Family UK, My Family Australia, House of Bryan, Bethenny Ever After, Consumed and Rich Groom, Poor Groom.

BBC CANADA
Phil Spencer – Secret Agent (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Death in Paradise (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
DIY SOS The Big Build (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Top Gear (US) (Network Premiere) FALL 2012
Threesome (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012
Pramface (Canadian Premiere) FALL 2012

Brand-new seasons of returning series on BBC Canada include: Total Wipeout UK, Best of Top Gear Specials, Escape to the Country, Secret Millionaire, Law and Order UK, Silent Witness, Scott and Bailley and The Graham Norton Show.


Series descriptions available in the press release.

[thenewdc]

You failed to list programming for ABC Spark and Cartoon Network, or maybe that's Corus

[Dr.Dave]

Those are owned by Corus.

[Dr.Dave]

Just in case someone is wondering, The Cave is rebranding to H2 and Showcase Diva is rebranding to Lifetime, according to this thread.

I noticed that "Global Reality" wasn't in the up fronts, but I wasn't sure why. I just read a post that Rogers is telling staff that the channel is being dropped (and Rogers is the only major BDU to carry it).

[hercules130]

Does this mean that HBO is not going to air the season 3 of Strike Back? Also, Strike Back is full of nudity and violence. Will it be edited on Showcase?

[Dr.Dave]

Quite often Showcase airs series after they've had their first run on a premium channel. In other words, I would expect to see season 1 or 2 of Strike Back on Showcase, but the press release doesn't say one way or the other.

[hercules130]

That makes sense. It just your line up says "Canadian Premiere" for Strike Back while last year it was on HBO. I will be surprised if Showcase gets first run on the show instead of HBO.

[Dr.Dave]

Shaw Media has sealed a deal with Endemol to produce the first ever Canadian instalment of the wildly popular international sensation Big Brother and has teamed up with Canadian production heavyweight Insight Productions on the production of the series. The inaugural season of Big Brother Canada will air during the 2012/13 broadcast season exclusively on Slice.

Fans of Big Brother can connect with the series outside of the 3-day-a-week broadcast through a myriad of digital extensions including live streaming and social engagement opportunities that allow online users to impact decisions in the house.

Press Release.

[Dr.Dave]

@hercules130 Showcase will air Strike Back Season 1 according to this link I found on Shaw Media's site. They also have it correctly listed as the Network Premiere rather than the Canadian Premiere as they did in the press release.

[thenewdc]

This is great News about Big Brother. I've watched every season wall-to-wall, and still looking forward to this upcoming season of both BB U.S. and Canada. I think BB has more viewers per capita in Canada than it does in the U.S.

[juliedawn]

Yippee!! Finally some new Silent Witness coming on BBC Canada. And pleased that they are bringing back Scott and Bailey as well. Now we just need them to become HD (along with IFC).

What does concern me abt the BBC Canada line up is Top Gear (UK) - it says that Top Gear US is premiering (although why bother imo), and that returning are "Best of Top Gear Specials". So no new regular Top Gear?

[sherds]

Anyone know if season 2 of justified will be on showcase winter 2012 or spring 2013 ?

arthur

[Dr.Dave]

At launch, Lifetime will be available on a three-month free preview in nearly 10 million homes across the country. (Lifetime is the rebranding of Showcase Diva).

Drama-Time
Drop Dead Diva: Season 4 Sundays at 9pm ET/PT beginning September 2
The Client List Sundays at 10pm ET/PT beginning September 2

Reality-Time
Project Runway: Season 10 Mondays at 10pm ET/PT beginning August 27
Dance Moms Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT beginning August 28
Dance Moms: Miami Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT beginning August 28
Prom Queens Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT beginning August 29
The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet Sundays at 11pm ET/PT beginning September 2
America's Most Wanted Back-to-back episodes Fridays at 9pm ET/PT beginning September 7
The Houston Family Chronicles (WT) Fall 2012
Prank My Mom Fall 2012

Movie-Time
Blue Lagoon: The Awakening Fall 2012
Liz & Dick Fall 2012
Ring of Fire Fall 2012
Steel Magnolias Fall 2012

Show descriptions are in the Press Release.

[thenewdc]

Glad to see they picked up AMW.

[mike10]

Originally Posted by Dr.Dave

@hercules130 Showcase will air Strike Back Season 1 according to this link I found on Shaw Media's site. They also have it correctly listed as the Network Premiere rather than the Canadian Premiere as they did in the press release.

it is kind of funny if they are calling it season 1 because the real season 1 aired a few years ago on that channel

moviecentral/TMN and cinemax in the states picked up the show and acted like it was a brand new show and that the first season never existed