“We’re delighted to announce the addition of the hit series The District and Just Legal to CLT’s fall schedule as well as the return of the political drama The West Wing,” says Jill Bonenfant, Director of Programming. “We’re also adding the daring new series The Killer Next Door to our popular Crime theme night, which moves to Tuesdays. Moving to Sunday Nights is the family-oriented Nature & Science theme; tune in for the medical investigation series Diagnosis Unknown. And, with a fresh batch of documentaries for History Mondays and a stellar lineup of hit movies o­n Thursdays and Saturdays, CLT will be serving up exceptional programming night after night.”

THIS FALL o­n CLT

The District
CLT Premiere
Inspired by the real-life experiences of former New York Deputy Police Commissioner Jack Maple, The District follows Washington, D.C. Police Chief Jack Mannion (Craig T. Nelson) as he and his team fight to make the District livable for all its citizens.

The West Wing
New Season - Season V
Winner of four consecutive Emmys for Outstanding Drama Series, this acclaimed and beloved series returns with a candid and realistic look into the Oval Office. As seen through the eyes of fictitious U.S. President Bartlet and his highly talented staff, this rapid-fire, high-stakes drama brings today’s front pages to life.

Just Legal
CLT Premiere
A new legal drama from acclaimed producer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI, The Amazing Race, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl ). 19-year-old Skip Ross may be a legal prodigy, but no prestigious law firm is willing to hire him. Grant Cooper is a down-and-out ambulance chaser who has lost his passion for the law. When the two form an unlikely partnership, they end saving their clients and, in the process, themselves.
History Mondays

The Secret History of the Credit Card
CLT Premiere
Do you pay off your credit card every month? Good for you, but according to your credit card company YOU are a deadbeat. Learn why in this o­ne-hour report as we trace the rise of America's credit card industry and explore serious concerns about some of if its business practices.

Wal-Mart Good for America?
CLT Premiere
They’re rolling into towns and cities across North America and, o­n a Saturday, you can’t find a parking spot within a mile of o­ne, but what are we supporting when we shop at Wal-Mart? Is Wal-Mart Good for America? explores the relationship between U.S. job losses and America’s insatiable desire for bargains. This investigative program examines the growing controversy over the Wal-Mart way of doing business, asking whether a single retail giant has changed the American economy.

Growing Up Canadian
CLT Premiere
What exactly does it mean to grow up Canadian? This refreshing new series endeavors to find out. Delightful archival footage, interviews, and photographs capture everything from 1920s school nose-blowing drills to a young Natalie MacMaster fainting in an inoculation line-up.  Join Canadians of all ages and backgrounds as they recall, with humour and candour, their daily defeats and victories through the years in our vast and dynamic country.

Mother Tongue
CLT Premiere
This moving documentary series explores women’s history in Canada with thirteen unique episodes dedicated to notable Canadian women from various ethnic communities. Mother Tongue proudly celebrates the herstory of real-life heroes such as Kimiko Murakami – a Japanese Canadian woman whose determination saw her family through internment – and Anna Markova – a Russian Doukhabor woman who left forced-labour imprisonment in the Soviet Gulag, moved to Canada, and organized a community of women activists. 

The Prime Ministers
CLT Premiere
Celebrate the centennial with a history lesson you won’t want to miss! The Prime Ministers leaves no stone unturned in its focus o­n both the personal and professional lives of our first 14 prime ministers, from John A. Macdonald to Lester B. Pearson. Produced by veteran journalist Holly Doan, this series is as much a lesson in national civic affairs as it is a captivating portrait of our hometown heroes.

Crime Tuesdays

The Killer Next Door
An English-Canada Premiere
What drives seemingly ordinary people to commit murder? The Killer Next Door looks into the dark side of human nature, using insider interviews, dramatic recreations and analysis from psychiatrists and criminologists to uncover this mystery: What made them kill?

Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege & Justice
New Season
Consummate insider Dominick Dunne returns with a new series of notorious cases, delving into the lowest depths of high society. This season, Dunne unearths more dirty secrets of the rich and famous, including the accidental shooting death of a socialite’s husband, a greedy millionaire’s botched attempt o­n his wife’s life, and the dark side of the Gucci fashion family empire.

Psychic Detectives
New Season
For most, psychics are relegated to the realm of palm readers, late-night infomercials, and episodes of the X-Files. For law enforcement investigators, however, psychics are an unconventional yet potentially valuable tool they can call upon when a case goes cold. Often a last resort, these psychic detectives can lead police to new evidence that may help put killers behind bars.

Book Wednesdays

Writers' Confessions
CLT Premiere
We count their characters among our friends. Now get to know the writers behind the works we love. With each episode of Writers’ Confessions, an impressive array of Canadian writers candidly and thoughtfully share insights and anecdotes about everything from where they get their inspiration to how they handle the business of being published authors.

Canadian Cowboy
World Premiere
Western Canada’s popular Canadian Cowboy Country Magazine comes alive in this rugged half-hour weekly series. Canadian Cowboy details Western Canada’s unique and varied landscape with a look at stunning homes, noteworthy people, off-the-beaten-path vacation ideas, intriguing arts and culture, and agriculture and ranching.

Book-Based Movies
Your favourite literary characters come to life o­n the small screen each Wednesday night as CLT presents Book-Based Movies.

Titles for this fall include:

• The Crucible
• Much Ado about Nothing
• The English Patient
• Bullets Over Broadway
• Twelfth Night

Movie Thursdays & Saturdays

Pop the popcorn, turn down the lights, and settle in for the night as CLT presents great films two evenings a week. Box office hits every Saturday and home-grown Canadian features every Thursday, in addition to Wednesday’s Book-Based movies, make CLT the home of hot cinema.

Titles for this fall include:

• Courage Under Fire
• 8 Seconds to Glory
• Living Out Loud
• Corina, Corina
• Flirting with Disaster

Distinguished Artists
CLT Premiere
Follow your Thursday film viewing with a series made in the spirit of Inside the Actors Studio. Distinguished Artists goes o­ne-on-one with artists from Canada and around the world. Host Lorne Frohman sits down with actors Carl Reiner and Sarah Polley, authors Paul Quarrington and Guy Vanderhaeghe, musicians Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, and many more.

Justice Friday

Booked
CLT Premiere
Finally, a juicy book club for the criminally minded! Booked pairs crime book aficionados with justice and crime professionals to investigate the nature of our century’s most memorable fictional crime novels. Join forensic scientists, criminologists, investigators, police officers, and bookworms as they explore works by criminal masterminds the likes of Dashiell Hammett (The Maltese Falcon) and Karin Fossum (He Who Fears the Wolf).

Duty Calls Special Edition
CLT Premiere
Ex-cop and university professor Dr. Curtis Clarke exposes the dark and harrowing worlds of sex crimes, drug abuse, forensics, and crime prevention. Join Clarke for his fascinating commentary o­n the issues, structures, and functions of modern policing.

The Criminal Mind
New Season
Real-crime novelist Kirstie McLellan returns with a new season of this investigative series probing the most fascinating criminal cases of our time. Experts from the fields of forensics, psychology and criminal law discuss the nuances of noteworthy cases, the specific challenges of those cases, and future implications for other investigations – all with a uniquely Canadian view.

Crime Files Cold Case Edition
CLT Premiere
Join veteran journalist, producer, and host Sue Sgambati each week as she revisits some of Canada’s unsolved mysteries. Forensic experts, criminal profilers, lead investigators and victims’ families join Sue to re-examine infamous cold cases including the Christine Jessop murder; the brutal sexual assault and slaying of 90-year-old Margaret McDonald; and the mysterious “girl in the suitcase.”

Nature & Science Sundays

Building the Alaska Highway
CLT Premiere
May 1942: thousands of American soldiers began o­ne of the most difficult construction projects ever undertaken – the building of the Alaska Highway. Journey across the rugged wilderness of Alaska, BC, and the Yukon Territory and watch as these young men battle bitter cold, ravenous mosquitoes, and raging rivers to lay 2450 kilometers of road over o­ne of the world’s harshest landscapes.

The Great Transatlantic Cable
CLT Premiere
For most of the 19th Century a message traveled between Europe and North America o­nly as quickly as a ship could carry it. In good weather, it could take weeks to get an answer to a question, in bad it could take months. All that changed when Cyrus Field, a New York paper manufacturer, succeeded in his 12-year quest to lay a 3200 kilometer-long cable beneath the Atlantic, creating a communications corridor that would change history.

Diagnosis Unknown
New Season
One case, o­ne patient, and the team who struggle to find a cure. Diagnosis Unknown is a scripted reality series featuring the world’s best doctors and scientists. Follow these dedicated professionals and their patients as they struggle to trace the paths of disease.

CLT ORIGINALS

CareersTV
New Season
The award-winning CareersTV entertains, informs, and inspires. Entering its sixth season, CareersTV travels Canada and the world to report o­n career and educational issues, workplace and business trends, and lifelong learning. Each episode includes full-length feature stories and enlightening regular segments, including stories about first jobs of the rich and famous and how they got their foot in the door, as well as off-the-beaten-path careers.

HELP!tv
New Season
Entering its 11th season, HELP!tv connects you with experts and resources. Turn to HELP!tv every weekday for tips, live demonstrations and expert advice in the areas of Recreation & Lifestyle, Body & Health, Personal Development & Relationships, and Careers & Your Money. HELP!tv: Every day help for everyday living.