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| Programming Highlights: Canada's Most-Watched TV Series Return to CTV's White-Hot Winter Schedule |
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on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:27 AM |
CTV revealed a midseason schedule today starring the hottest series on television. The schedule officially kicks off the week of January 5 with a new Monday night comedy block; the move of FRINGE, one of this fall’s biggest hits, to CTV on Tuesday, January 6; and the return of the hit CTV original series FLASHPOINT on Friday, January 9. Anchoring it all is the #1 television program in the country, AMERICAN IDOL, which returns with a four-hour, two-night, eighth season premiere on Tuesday, January 13 and Wednesday, January 14 at 8 p.m. ET. New to the schedule is the legal drama RAISING THE BAR, beginning Friday, January 9 from Emmy-Award winner Steven Bochco (NYPD BLUE, HILL STREET BLUES, LA LAW) and starring Canadians Currie Graham, Gloria Reuben and Jonathan Scarfe.
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| Programming Highlights: 1.9 Million Viewers Watch Nico Archambault Become First Ever Winner of CTV’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA |
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on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 10:29 AM |
The season finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA was watched by a record 1.66 million viewers, the most ever for the series, preliminary data from BBM Nielsen Media Research confirms. The thrilling two-hour finale peaked at 1.9 million viewers when 24-year-old Longueuil, QC dancer Nico Archambault was presented with a cheque for $100,000, the keys to a brand new, 2009 Mercedes-Benz C230 and was named Canada’s Favourite Dancer. In all, more than four million viewers tuned in to some part of the finale, which was the most-watched program on Canadian television last night in its timeslot.
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| Programming Highlights: Canada's Favourite Dancer is NICO on So You Think You Can Dance Canada |
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on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 09:32 PM |
Canada has watched him waltz, hip-hop and salsa and following tonight’s gripping season finale, CTV congratulates NICO Archambault, who was named Canada’s first-ever Favourite Dancer on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA. Host Leah Miller announced live that NICO, a 24-year-old Contemporary and Hip-Hop dancer from Montréal received the majority of the more than three million votes cast during the countrywide poll on Wednesday night and would claim the title of Canada’s Favourite Dancer and the grand prize of $100,000 and a 2009 C230 Mercedes-Benz.
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| Programming Highlights: Become Canada's Next Top Model! Cycle 3 Begins on CTV |
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on Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 03:01 PM |
CTV announced today it is looking for CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL. Recruitment starts today for competitors for the third cycle of the 2007 Gemini winner for Best Reality Program or Series, which will air for the first time on CTV in 2009. In a program first, CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL hopefuls have the option of submitting their application packages online at the series’ all-new website, model.ctv.ca. Applications are being received now through December 22, 2008. Thousands will apply, but only 10 women will compete on-air for an incredible grand prize that includes a $100,000 beauty contract.
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| Production news: Canadian Broadcaster Partners with Fox Television Studios and Omni Film for New Drama Series Defying Gravity |
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on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 05:34 PM |
CTV, along with Vancouver’s Omni Film Productions Limited and Fox Television Studios, jointly announced today they will partner on a new, one-hour Canadian drama series, DEFYING GRAVITY. Executive produced by series creator and award-winning writer/producer James Parriott (GREY’S ANATOMY, UGLY BETTY) and Michael Edelstein (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), DEFYING GRAVITY is a Canadian/U.S. co-venture that will air in Canada on CTV and SPACE, in the United Kingdom on BBC and in Germany on ProSieben. Starring Ron Livingston (BAND OF BROTHERS, Office Space), production begins on 13, one-hour episodes in Vancouver, British Columbia in early 2009. Casting is currently underway for a Canadian female lead to join Livingston. Canadian television director David Straiton (HOUSE, LIFE) has signed on to direct the series’ first episode.
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| Production news: CTV Crosses THE BRIDGE: New Drama Series Joins CTV’s Original Production Slate |
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on Monday, November 03, 2008 - 12:32 PM |
CTV announced today the order of a new one-hour original Canadian drama series, THE BRIDGE. Based on the insights of veteran insider and outspoken former Toronto police union head Craig Bromell, CTV has ordered 11, one-hour episodes, following the production of a two-hour pilot shot in Toronto last summer. THE BRIDGE provides an unflinching look at the struggle street cops face as they not only battle criminals – but also their own bosses – in order to protect society and, ultimately, themselves.
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| Programming Highlights: CTV gets Haunted by The Curse of Degrassi Halloween Special, Sunday, Oct. 26 |
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on Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 06:03 PM |
If you’ve got a taste for terror, you have a “Harvest Dance” date with the Degrassi: TNG Halloween special, The Curse of Degrassi, premiering Sunday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. ET on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times). Directed and written by original Degrassi cast member Stefan Brogren (“Snake”), the 30-minute episode gives a special nod to the classic horror movie Carrie. In what is becoming a regular Degrassi Halloween tradition, this season’s spooky special finds possessed students roaming the school as they prepare for the Degrassi Harvest Dance.
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| Programming Highlights: Sarah McLachlan, Mia Farrow and Nate Berkus Headline Me to We, October 25 on CTV |
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on Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 06:01 PM |
Empower. Inspire. Effect change. For the second year in a row, CTV will broadcast highlights from Free The Children’s National Me to We Day. Premiering Saturday, October 25 at 7 p.m. ET on CTV, Me to We is a one-hour television special linking viewers across the country to the extraordinary youth event taking place this Friday in Toronto. Hosted by etalk anchors Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim, Me to We features an impressive roster of speakers and performers – including Sarah McLachlan, award-winning actress Mia Farrow, celeb designer Nate Berkus, Canadian Idol winner Theo Tams, Crash Parallel, Liberal MP-elect Justin Trudeau, and Free The Children founders Craig and Mark Kielburger – who are joining together to celebrate the power of young people to change the lives of others.
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| Programming Highlights: CTV Secures Canadian Broadcast Rights To Merlin |
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on Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 05:38 PM |
Prepare to fall under the spell of Merlin. CTV announced today it has secured the exclusive Canadian broadcast rights to the widely sought-after hit series from FremantleMedia Enterprises. CTV joins some of the world’s leading broadcasters, including NBC in the United States, that have acquired the highly anticipated series, which just debuted to critical and ratings acclaim on the BBC. The announcement was made on Day 3 of the MIPCOM international television market in Cannes, France. Featuring a stellar cast and magical special effects, the 13-part, one-hour drama series joins an impressive mid-season schedule returning to CTV in 2009, including Lost, American Idol and Dancing With the Stars.
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| Production news: CTV Orders New Comedy Pilot Dan for Mayor |
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on Thursday, October 09, 2008 - 04:19 AM |
While politicians are stumping for votes across the country, CTV has thrown its support behind a new mayor. CTV announced today it has commissioned a new scripted, half-hour comedy pilot, Dan For Mayor, starring Corner Gas co-star Fred Ewanuick. This is the second comedy pilot ordered in as many weeks, following last week's announcement that CTV has commissioned a pilot for Brent Butt's latest project, Hiccups. Dan For Mayor is created by three of Canada's most respected comedy writers and producers - Mark Farrell (Corner Gas, This Hour Has 22 Minutes), Paul Mather (Corner Gas, Rick Mercer Report) and Kevin White (Corner Gas, This Hour Has 22 Minutes). The pilot for Dan for Mayor is slated to begin production outside Toronto on October 20.
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| New Programs: CTV Orders New Comedy Pilot From Brent Butt |
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on Thursday, October 02, 2008 - 02:18 PM |
With production just wrapped on the sixth and final season of Corner Gas (premiering Oct. 13), CTV and The Comedy Network announced today that it has commissioned a pilot for a new scripted half-hour original comedy series from Brent Butt. The star, creator and executive producer of Canada’s No. 1 comedy series, Butt moves behind-the-scenes to helm his latest project, Hiccups, which begins shooting in Vancouver later this month. The pilot episode stars the hilarious Nancy Robertson, who plays Wanda Dollard on Corner Gas.
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