Astral’s The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central hook-up Nurse Jackie addicts by providing subscribers with first access to remaining episodes of the series on multiplatform services. The previews start following episode six, which airs on Monday, May 20 at 9 p.m. ET on The Movie Network and 8 p.m. PT on Movie Central – immediately following the linear broadcast, episode seven will be available to subscribers on TMN GO, On-Line and On-Demand services only. This pattern will repeat itself for the remainder of the series’ 10-episode run, allowing multiplatform viewers to stay one week ahead of the linear broadcast schedule. Read More

Corus Entertainment is pleased to congratulate Canadian screenwriters for their achievements at the 17^th Annual Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) Screenwriting Awards ceremony, which took place on Monday, April 22 in downtown Toronto. Read More

Sharp-witted and flawed New York City nurse Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco) returns to Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) in an all new season of Showtime’s critically acclaimed, dark comedy Nurse Jackie. The fifth season of Nurse Jackie premieres Monday, April 15 at 8 p.m. PT on Movie Central and 9 p.m. ET on The Movie Network. Read More

Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) are going Rogue with the debut of their thrilling new original drama. The 10-part, one-hour series stars Thandie Newton as Grace, a morally and emotionally conflicted undercover detective who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s death. The first hour of Rogue is now available as a free sneak peek across multiple platforms, and the series premieres with two back-to-back episodes on Wednesday, April 3 at 9 p.m. ET/MT, day-and-date with DirecTV’s Audience Network in the U.S. Read More

The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) and Movie Central (Western Canada) today announced that the 10-episode suspense-drama Rogue, starring Thandie Newton (Mission Impossible 2, Crash) and Marton Csokas (The Debt, Alice In Wonderland), will premiere in Canada on Wednesday, April 3 at 9 p.m. ET/MT day-and-date with DIRECTV’s Audience Network in the US. Rogue is a Canada/UK co-production commissioned by The Movie Network and Movie Central in Canada and DIRECTV in the US. Read More

Monday nights are about to get racy and riotous on Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral’s The Movie Network(Eastern Canada) when three of Showtime’s hit comedies return with all new episodes. Shameless kicks off its third season at 8 p.m. PT/9 p.m. ET, followed by Season 2 of House of Lies at 9 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET, and the sixth season of Californication at 9:30 p.m. PT/10:30 p.m. ET. Movie Central and The Movie Network are also offering Canadians the opportunity to sample the season premiere episodes of House of Lies and Californication free of charge. The episodes will be available on www.moviecentral.ca and www.themovienetwork.ca beginning Monday, January 14, and via the free Video On Demand and online services offered by participating television providers. Read More

Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central is giving our network programmers some time off this summer and letting our subscribers pick which film they want to see. Subscribers can vote online by choosing their favourite from a list of Hollywood hits. Each week the film with the most votes will air Wednesday at 9 p.m. MT / 8 p.m. PT during the month of August. Read More

Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central (Western Canada) and Astral’s The Movie Network (Eastern Canada) are pleased to unveil the original series, miniseries, specials and documentaries that have been greenlit for production in 2012/2013. The line-up includes: returning comedy favourites Call Me Fitz, Less Than Kind and Funny as Hell; prominent international co-productions The Heretics and Rogue; and documentaries and special presentations Altman, In Studio,  the David Steinberg Documentary, The Reelside,Revolution: Sharkwater 2, Vincent Goes to Hell: An Alice Cooper Doc Opera and Water. Read More

Corus Entertainment today announced Script to Screen, a new program partnership with Corus’ western-Canada pay TV service Movie Central and the Winnipeg-basedNational Screen Institute (NSI). Script to Screen will provide established and emerging Canadian screenwriters with robust funding, creative support and industry guidance to fully develop feature film concepts for film and television, from script to screen. Read More

This June, Movie Central gives subscribers a chance to see Hollywood blockbusters with Movie Central On Demand before their premiere. Available on June 1, Movie Central subscribers will be able to see some of the top marquee titles with Movie Central On Demand, including The Hangover Part II and Crazy, Stupid, Love.  Also in June, the season finales of Good God and Nurse Jackie Season 4. Read More