CBC ANNOUNCES 2019-20 ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING SLATE
New CBC original series confirmed for the 2019-20 broadcast and streaming season include:
Comedy:
TALLBOYZ (8x30, Fall 2019 – Accent Entertainment)
Drama:
FORTUNATE SON (8x60, Winter 2020 - Seven24 Films and Lark Entertainment)
THE SOUNDS (8x60, 2020 - Canada/New Zealand co-production, Shaftesbury and South Pacific Pictures)
THE TRICKSTER (6x60, 2020 - Sienna Films).
Documentary:
ENSLAVED (6x60, Winter 2020 -Associated Producers/A CBC Gem and documentary channel co-production with Epix in the United States)
Factual Entertainment:
BACK IN TIME FOR WINTER (7x60, Winter 2020 - 3Bird Media, eOne)
BATTLE OF THE BLADES (1x120, 6 x 60, Fall 2019 - Insight Productions)
FAMILY FEUD CANADA (60x30, late Fall 2019 - Zone 3, Fremantle)
FRIDGE WARS (6x60, Winter 2020 - an original CBC format produced in association with The Gurin Company)
HIGH ARCTIC HAULERS (8x60, Winter 2020 – Great Pacific Media, a Thunderbird Company)
YOU CAN’T ASK THAT (8x30, all episodes available June 14 on CBC Gem, Winter on CBC Television - Pixcom)
Complete list of CBC returning series for 2019-20 season (32 total):
ANNE WITH AN E (Season 3, 10x60, Northwood Entertainment)
BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW (Season 4, 10x30, Frantic Films)
BURDEN OF TRUTH (Season 3, 8x60, ICF Films, Entertainment One and Eagle Vision)
CBC ARTS: EXHIBITIONISTS (Season 5, 26x30, CBC Arts)
CBC DOCS POV (Season 5, 18x60)
CBC KIDS: TRUE AND THE RAINBOW KINGDOM
CORONATION STREET
CORONER (Season 2, 8x60, Muse Entertainment, Back Alley Films and Cineflix Studios)
THE DETECTIVES (Season 3, 8x60, WAM Media GRP Inc.)
DIGGSTOWN (Season 2, 6x60, Circle Blue Entertainment, Freddie Films and DHX Media)
DRAGONS’ DEN (Season 14, 10x60, CBC)
THE FIFTH ESTATE (Season 45)
FRANKIE DRAKE MYSTERIES (Season 3, 10x60, Shaftesbury)
THE GREAT CANADIAN BAKING SHOW (Season 3, 9x60, Proper Television)
HA!IFAX COMEDY FEST (Season 24, 6x30, Pilot Light Productions)
HEARTLAND (Season 13, 10x60, Seven24 Films and Dynamo Films)
IN THE MAKING (Season 2, 8x30, White Pine Pictures)
JUST FOR LAUGHS: GALAS (4x60, Just For Laughs TV)
KIM’S CONVENIENCE (Season 4, 13x30, Thunderbird Entertainment)
MARKETPLACE (Season 47, CBC)
MURDOCH MYSTERIES (Season 13, 18x60, Shaftesbury)
THE NATIONAL
THE NATURE OF THINGS (Season 59, 18x60)
ROAD TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES (Season 5, CBC Sports)
SCHITT’S CREEK (Season 6, final season - 14x30, Not A Real Company Productions Inc.)
STILL STANDING (Season 5, 13x30, Frantic Films)
TAKEN (Season 3, 8x30, Eagle Vision Inc.)
THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES (Season 27, 19x30, DHX Media)
THE WEEKLY WITH WENDY MESLEY (Season 3)
WHEN CALLS THE HEART (Season 5, 10x60)
WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL (Season 18, 5x60, Frantic Films)
WORKIN’ MOMS (Season 4, 8x30, Wolf + Rabbit Entertainment)
CBC KIDS
CBC Kids is expanding CBC Kids News to better serve young Canadians with the launch of a CBC Kids News weekly news show on CBC and CBC Gem. Launching this fall and hosted by kids, the show will break down the stories that matter most to young Canadians and invite them to share their opinions, making their voices heard from coast to coast to coast. Other new series for kids and tweens this year include ENDLINGS (12x30, Winter 2019-20, Sinking Ship); KINGDOM FORCE (26x22, Industrial Brothers, CBC co-production with Boat Rocker Studios); and MOLLY OF DENALI (38x30, Fall 2019, Atomic Cartoons, CBC Kids co-production with PBS).
CBC SPORTS
CBC SPORTS will continue to keep Canadians connected to the world of high-performance sport through weekly staple ROAD TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES (fall 2019, Season 5), available on CBC and CBC Gem, as well as live streams of key competitions on cbcsports.ca and via the CBC Sports app.
As Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic Network, CBC will bring sports fans in-depth coverage of the established and up-and-coming athletes to watch in the one-year countdown to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (July 24 – August 9, 2020) with featured events including the ongoing IAAF Diamond League (until September 7), World Aquatics Championships (July 12-28) and World Track & Field Championships (September 28 – October 6). The fall sees the return of winter sports on the competitive World Cup circuit. This summer, CBC SPORTS will also bring Canadians the excitement of the Calgary Stampede (July 5-14), the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth, championship show jumping from Spruce Meadows (June 8 – September 8), Little League Baseball Canadian Championship (August 1-10), and continued live coverage of the Canadian Premier League inaugural season, ongoing until October 19.
See the full press release for program descriptions. CBC GEM and streaming info will be posted in that thread.
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