Daily live coverage of the OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 continues on CBC Gem including the Closing Ceremony on August 11 and the PARALYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 kick off on August 28
New CBC/Radio-Canada original series streaming this month include Season 2 of CBC time-travel anthology drama PLAN B (August 11) starring Vinessa Antoine and Season 3 of Radio-Canada crime comedy/drama C’EST COMME ÇA QUE JE T’AIME (HAPPILY MARRIED) (August 23)
Canadian Screen Award-winning CBC Films title NIGHT RAIDERS begins streaming August 24
International series include Peabody Award-winning comedy BETTER THINGS (Season 1 streaming now, Season 2 available August 14) created by and starring Pamela Adlon as a single working mother in Los Angeles; Emmy-nominated comedy RESERVATION DOGS (Season 1 streaming now, Season 2 available August 16) from Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi following the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in Oklahoma; and Emmy-nominated drama FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE (August 11) starring Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes and Lizzy Caplan
New seasons of acclaimed series LOUDERMILK (August 11), starring Ron Livingston, and KILLING EVE (August 16), starring Golden Globe-winner Sandra Oh and Emmy-winner Jodie Comer, also debut this month
Lifestyle programming includes new episodes of ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY (August 16) and the exclusive Canadian premiere of game show DOUBLE THE MONEY (August 30) hosted by Sue Perkins (The Great British Baking Show)
Feature film INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, from Oscar-winning writers/directors Joel and Ethan Coen (No Country For Old Men, Fargo) and starring Oscar Isaac, begins streaming August 16
CBC/RADIO-CANADA ORIGINAL SERIES
PLAN B Season 2 (6×60, Drama, KOTV, Canada) *CBC Original*
Begins streaming Sunday, August 11
In Season 2 of this high-concept CBC original drama series, a new character is given the opportunity to change her life – and the lives of those around her – by making use of Plan B, a mysterious time-travel agency. After Montreal police officer Mia Coleman (Vinessa Antoine, Diggstown) and her partner Tyler (Patrick Emmanuel Abelard) take a lenient approach to a marital dispute, the husband, Paul Whitman (Vincent Leclerc), murders his wife Keri (Sarah Booth, Three Pines) and their two small children, then kills himself. Mia is devastated, but soon stumbles across Plan B and finds herself able to book a trip into the past, and perhaps alter the outcome.
C’EST COMME ÇA QUE JE T’AIME (HAPPILY MARRIED) Season 3 (8×60, Comedy/Drama, Productions Casablanca Inc., Canada) *Radio-Canada Original*
Begins streaming Friday, August 23
Summer 1976. Sexism is back in Sainte-Foy, as the Montreal mafia now has an iron grip on the city. Huguette Delisle is a shadow of her former self. Will Quebec’s greatest criminal dare to dive back into a life of crime to avenge her honour? Can she count on help from Gaétan, Micheline, Serge and Marie-Josée? Together, will they be brave enough to go to Montreal in this Olympic year to hunt down the invaders? But most importantly: will they finally find love?
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CBC FILMS TITLES
NIGHT RAIDERS (101mins, directed by Danis Goulet, Sci-Fi Dystopia, Canada)
Begins streaming Saturday, August 24
The year is 2043. A military occupation controls disenfranchised cities in post-war North America. Children are property of the State. A desperate Cree woman (Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers, The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open, Blood Quantum) joins an underground band of vigilantes to infiltrate a State children’s academy and get her daughter back. NIGHT RAIDERS is a female-driven dystopian drama about resilience, courage and love, and marks the feature film directorial debut of award-winning Saskatchewan-born Cree/Métis writer/director, Danis Goulet (Wakening, Barefoot). The film went on to win six Canadian Screen Awards including Best Original Screenplay for Goulet and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for Tailfeathers.
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ACCLAIMED INTERNATIONAL SERIES
BETTER THINGS Seasons 1 & 2 (20×30, Comedy, FX Productions/Pig Newton/3 Arts Entertainment, USA)
Season 1 streaming now
Season 2 begins streaming Wednesday, August 14
BETTER THINGS centres on Sam Fox (co-creator Pamela Adlon, Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated for this role), a single, working actor with no filter raising her three daughters, Max (Mikey Madison), Frankie (Hannah Alligood) and Duke (Olivia Edward) in Los Angeles. She’s mom, dad, referee and the cops. Sam also watches out for her mother, Phil (Celia Imrie), an English expatriate, who lives across the street. Sam is flawed and fierce with her love for her daughters, and her own mother as well, sometimes heaping the love on when she feels guilty. Sam’s just trying to earn a living, navigate her daughters’ lives, have fun with a friend or two and also – just maybe – squeeze in some private time once in a while.
RESERVATION DOGS Seasons 1 & 2 (18×30, Comedy, FX Productions, USA)
Season 1 streaming now
Season 2 begins streaming Friday, August 16
From Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, RESERVATION DOGS is a half-hour comedy that follows the exploits of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma. Filmed on location in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the series is a breakthrough in Indigenous representation on television both in front of and behind the camera. Every writer, director and series regular on the show is Indigenous. This first-of-its-kind creative team tells a story that resonates with them and their lived experiences – and invites audiences into a surprisingly familiar and funny world. Recently nominated for four 2024 Primetime Emmys for its third season including Outstanding Comedy Series and Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai).
FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE Season 1 (8×60, Drama, ABC Signature Studios, USA)
Begins streaming Sunday, August 11
FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE is the story of recently divorced 41-year-old Toby Fleishman (Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife (Claire Danes, Homeland) disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return. Also starring Lizzy Caplan (Masters of Sex). Nominated for seven Primetime Emmys including Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series (Lizzy Caplan).
LOUDERMILK Season 2 (10×30, Comedy, Primary Wave Entertainment, USA)
Begins streaming Sunday, August 11
After a relapse in New Orleans and a falling out with his best friend and sponsor, Ben (Will Sasso), Loudermilk (Ron Livingston) is back in Seattle trying to piece his world back together. With his “Sober Friends” meeting hijacked, a messy new relationship, and a stumbling start back into writing, Loudermilk is forced to do a little soul searching (which he hates) and decide what he wants from life. While he still has the ability to help those around him, Loudermilk just may find that the person who needs the most work is himself.
KILLING EVE Season 2 (8×60, Drama, Sid Gentle Films, BBC America, Endeavour Content, UK)
Begins streaming Friday, August 16
Picking up where Season 1 left off, KILLING EVE Season 2 follows Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) as she navigates the fallout of stabbing love-drunk psychopath and career assassin, Villanelle (Jodie Comer). The two are drawn ever closer as MI6 are tasked with an even bigger threat than the likes of one lone killer. Under Carolyn’s (Fiona Shaw) watch, Eve manipulates her complex relationship with Villanelle to recruit her for a crucial operation. The second season is just as dark and glorious as the first and surely it can’t be long before both Eve and Villanelle realize that there is power in a partnership – no matter how toxic that may become.
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LIFESTYLE
ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY Season 30 (B2) (13×60, Lifestyle, Naked TV, UK)
Begins streaming Friday, August 16
When homeowners are reviewing their quality of life and questioning the need to live in expensive and polluted urban spaces, ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY’s satisfying journeys of rural property searches and lifestyle changes have never felt more relevant. Having been on screen for twenty years, this heritage brand now focuses on escaping to the countryside in its broadest sense, presenting practical lifestyle content and constructive suggestions for the viewer, all the while capturing the seasonal beauty of the British landscape. A warm and knowledgeable cast of presenters helps a broad range of property hunters with differing budgets and wish lists.
DOUBLE THE MONEY (6×60, Factual Entertainment, South Shore, UK)
*Exclusive Canadian Premiere*
Begins streaming Friday, August 30
Hosted by Sue Perkins, DOUBLE THE MONEY is the revolutionary real-world game that challenges pairs of contestants to double their money in a race to win a hefty cash sum. In episode one, players receive a modest cash pot and must double it within 36 hours using any (legal) money-making enterprise they can think of. As the competition progresses, the stakes get higher and the time is extended. They must never repeat the same method, and anyone that fails is eliminated. When the pressure is on, who will have the smart strategies and ingenious ideas to win the battle for the life-changing prize?
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FEATURE FILMS
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (105mins, Comedy/Drama, directed by Joel & Ethan Coen, USA/France/UK)
Begins streaming Friday, August 16
From legendary directors Joel and Ethan Coen (Fargo, No Country for Old Men, True Grit), INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS follows a week in the life of a brilliant but troubled folk singer struggling to make it as a musician in 1960s New York. Featuring a stellar ensemble cast that includes Oscar Isaac, Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman and Garrett Hedlund—and brimming with unforgettable music produced by T Bone Burnett—INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS is “a great film by two American masters.” (Variety).
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COMING IN SEPTEMBER
AMMONITE
CRIMES OF THE FUTURE
THE KNOWING
LOUDERMILK Season 3
PAID IN FULL
RESERVATION DOGS Season 3
SECRETS OF PRINCE ANDREW
TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS