CDN Viewer’s WHAT’S ON? for April 24 – May 7, 2022

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On the network front, the next two weeks see the return of Duncanville as well as the finale of Blue Bloods, Call Me Kat, Good Sam, Magnum, P.I. and The Endgame.  Also, ABC’s new True crime series Who Do You Believe? premieres.  On the reality front, Holey Moley & The Chase return with an all-new season while Big Brother Canada, Judge Steve Harvey and To Tell The Truth conclude their current season.

On the specialty & streaming front, the next 2 weeks see the premiere of 13 new series, the return of Balthazar, Barry, Gentleman Jack, Tehran, The Wilds, Undone & Ziwe and the series finale of Better Things, Grace and Frankie, Hidden Assets & Ozark.  New series premiering in the next two weeks include Amazon Prime Video’s new Italian crime drama Bang Bang Baby and Bosch spin-off Bosch: Legacy, Apple TV+’s new thriller Shining Girls, Netflix’s new crime drama Clark, HBO’s 8-Part limited series comedy The Baby and 6-Part crime drama We Own The City, HBO Max’s new true crime miniseries The Staircase, Paramount+’s new biography miniseries The Offer and new Sci-fi series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Showtime’s new comedy I Love That For You and new sci-fi series The Man Who Fell to Earth & Starz’s new 8-Part Political drama Gaslit.  In addition, Julia, Moonknight, Outer Range, Outlander, Pachinko, Slow Horses, Star Trek: Picard and Tokyo Vice conclude their current season.

Other highlights include the premiere of new National Geographic adventure series Primal Survivor: Escape the Amazon and new Discovery channel docuseries Expedition: Back to the Future, which sees Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd set out on an epic journey in search of the iconic DeLeorean Time Machine from the iconic film series.  Also, Howie Mandel returns as host of Netflix’s new game show Bullsh*t The Gameshow.

On the reality front, new 2 new Food Network competition series premiere:  Battle of the Brothers & The Globe, while The Julia Child Challenge concludes its inaugural season.

Happy Viewing!

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SUNDAY APRIL 24

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GASLITSERIES PREMIERE (Starz Canada @ 9pm ET)  **8-Part Limited Series**
A modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.

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BATTLE OF THE BROTHERSSERIES PREMIERE (Food Network Canada @ 9pm ET)
Chefs, restaurateurs and sibling rivals Bryan and Michael Voltaggio mentor America’s next great chefs in an intense team competition; the brothers mentor their teams and square off to save their chefs from elimination.

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HOME TOWN KICKSTARTSERIES PREMIERE (HGTV Canada @ 9pm ET)
Six local heroes’ homes, six small businesses and six public spaces in six small towns across the country get upgraded.

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BarrySEASON 3 PREMIERE (HBO Canada @ 10pm ET)

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTHSERIES PREMIERE (Crave 1 @ 10pm ET)

Based on the Walter Tevis novel of the same name and the iconic film that starred David Bowie, THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH will follow a new alien character (Ejiofor) who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.

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THE GLOBESERIES PREMIERE (Food Network Canada @ 10pm ET)
Robert Irvine hosts a competition in which four talented chefs compete across three rounds of culinary gameplay with ingredients from around the world.

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THE BABYSERIES PREMIERE (HBO Canada @ 10:30pm ET)
The Baby follows Natasha, who is furious that her closest friends are all having babies. But when she is unexpectedly landed with a baby of her own, her life dramatically implodes and twists her life into a surreal horror show.

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MONDAY APRIL 25

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BalthazarSEASON 4 PREMIERE (Acorn TV)


WE OWN THIS CITYSERIES PREMIERE (HBO Canada @ 9pm ET) **6-Part Miniseries**
Chronicles he rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. It examines the corruption and moral collapse that befell an American city in which the policies of drug prohibition and mass arrest were championed at the expense of actual police

Better ThingsSERIES FINALE (FX Canada @ 10pm ET)

Gentleman JackSEASON 2 PREMIERE (HBO Canada @ 10pm ET)

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TUESDAY APRIL 26

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The Julia Child ChallengeSEASON 1 FINALE (Food Network Canada @ 8pm ET)

Judge Steve HarveySEASON 1 FINALE (ABC @ 9pm ET)

PEACEMAKERSERIES PREMIERE (CTV Sci-Fi Channel @ 9pm ET)


PRIMAL SURVIVOR: ESCAPE THE AMAZONSERIES PREMIERE (National Geographic Canada @ 9pm ET)
Survivalist Hazen Audel fights his way through 500 miles of unexplored Amazon using only traditional survival methods; he faces extreme environments, and he must reach the Atlantic coast before he’s trapped by floods during the rainy season.

To Tell the TruthSEASON 6 FINALE (ABC @ 10pm ET)

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WEDNESDAY APRIL 27

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BULLSH*T THE GAMESHOWSERIES PREMIERE (Netflix)
Contestants strive to correctly answer difficult trivia questions. And when they can’t, they simply move on to plan B: lying through their teeth.

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THURSDAY APRIL 28

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BANG BANG BABYSERIES PREMIERE (Amazon Prime Video)
Alice is a teenage girl who finds herself involved in the Milan’s criminal underbelly for the love of her father. To cope, Alice will use her imagination, influenced by music, TV and pop culture of her time: the 80s.


THE OFFERSERIES PREMIERE (Paramount+)
The Offer is based on Oscar®-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy’s extraordinary, never-before-seen experiences of making “The Godfather.”

Tokyo ViceSEASON 1 FINALE (Crave @ 10:40pm ET)

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FRIDAY APRIL 29

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PachinkoSEASON 1 FINALE (Apple TV+)


SHINING GIRLSSERIES PREMIERE (Apple TV+)
Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi (Elizabeth Moss) learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams with veteran reporter Dan Velazquez to understand her ever-changing present – and confront her past.

Slow HorsesSEASON 1 FINALE (Apple TV+)

UndoneSEASON 2 PREMIERE (Amazon Prime Video)

Grace and FrankieSEASON 7, PART 2 PREMIERE (Netflix) **Final Episodes**

OzarkSEASON 4, PART 2 PREMIERE (Netflix) **Final Episodes**


TEN PERCENTSERIES PREMIERE (Sundance Now)
British comedy that follows the small London talent agency of Nightingale Hart as it struggles to adapt in an ever-changing industry. After tragedy strikes the company, the personal and professional lives of the agents and assistants are thrown into turmoil. But duty calls – their celebrity clients are in constant need of help from their agents, with issues ranging from marital problems to over-commitment to lingering method acting to stage fright.

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SUNDAY MAY 1

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DuncanvilleSEASON 3 PREMIERE (FOX @ 7:30pm ET)


I LOVE THAT FOR YOUSERIES PREMIERE (Crave 1 @ 8:30pm ET)
Inspired by true events, this hilarious new comedy follows childhood leukemia survivor Joanna Gold (Vanessa Bayer) as she chases her lifelong dream of becoming a home shopping channel host.

OutlanderSEASON 6 FINALE (W Network @ 9pm ET)

ZiweSEASON 2 PREMIERE (Crave 1 @ 11pm ET)

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MONDAY MAY 2

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Hidden AssetsSERIES FINALE (Acorn TV)

The EndgameSEASON 1 FINALE (Citytv and NBC @ 10pm ET)

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TUESDAY MAY 3

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Holey MoleySEASON 4 PREMIERE (ABC @ 8pm ET)

The ChaseSEASON 3 PREMIERE (ABC @ 9pm ET)


WHO DO YOU BELIEVE?SERIES PREMIERE (ABC @ 10pm ET)
Simultaneous storytelling takes viewers through compelling true-crime cases from dual perspectives. The audience steps into the shoes of two contrasting narratives to hear the recounts directly from the victims and criminals with never-before-revealed details. The viewers will play armchair detective to deduce and piece together different versions of the truth.

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WEDNESDAY MAY 4

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Moon KnightMINISERIES FINALE (Disney+)

Good SamSEASON 1 FINALE (Global and CBS @ 10pm ET)

Good TroubleSeason 4 Spring Finale (ABC Spark @ 10pm ET)


EXPEDITION: BACK TO THE FUTUREDOCUSERIES PREMIERE (Discovery Channel Canada @ 10pm ET)
Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd set out an epic journey in search of the iconic DeLeorean Time Machine from the “Back to the Future” trilogy of movies, hoping to deliver it to The Michael J. Fox Foundation.

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THURSDAY MAY 5

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CLARKSERIES PREMIERE (Netflix) **6-Part Limited Series**
This is the unbelievable story of Clark Olofsson, the controversial criminal who inspired the term “Stockholm syndrome.” Based on his truths and lies.

Cursed FilmsSEASON 2 FINALE (Shudder)

Big Brother CanadaSEASON 10 FINALE (Global @ 8pm ET)

JuliaSEASON 1 FINALE  (Crave 1 @ 8pm ET)

Call Me KatSEASON 2 FINALE (CTV @ 7pm and FOX @ 9pm ET)

Star Trek: PicardSEASON 2 FINALE (CTV Sci-fi Channel @ 8pm ET)


STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDSSERIES PREMIERE (CTV Sci-Fi Channel @ 9pm ET)
The series follows Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise as they explore new worlds throughout the galaxy during the decade before Star Trek: The Original Series.


THE STAIRCASEMINISERIES PREMIERE (Crave 1 @ 9:50pm ET) **8-Part Limited Series**
Tells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16-year judicial battle that followed.

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FRIDAY MAY 6

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BOSCH: LEGACYSERIES PREMIERE (Amazon Prime Video)
Harry Bosch, retired homicide detective turned Private Investigator, fights to work cases without the authority his former job provided. Attorney Honey “Money” Chandler, having survived an attempted murder, struggles to maintain her faith in the justice system. And Maddie Bosch discovers the possibilities and challenges of being a rookie patrol cop on the streets of Los Angeles.

Outer RangeSEASON 1 FINALE (Amazon Prime Video)

The WildsSEASON 2 PREMIERE (Amazon Prime Video)


THE BIG CONNDOCUSERIES PREMIERE (Apple TV+) **4-Part Limited Series**
Four-part documentary series that tells the unbelievable true story of larger-than-life attorney, Eric C. Conn, who defrauded the government and taxpayers over half a billion dollars in the largest Social Security fraud case in United States history.

TehranSEASON 2 PREMIERE (Apple TV+)

Magnum P.I.SEASON 4 FINALE (CTV and CBS @ 9pm ET)

Blue BloodsSEASON 12 FINALE (CTV and CBS @ 10pm ET)