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– Citytv launches Stage UP mentorship program for rising creatives who determine as Black, Indigenous, or Folks of Color with authentic hit sequence Hudson & Rex, in partnership with Entry Reelworld and Rogers Sports activities & Media –
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TORONTO, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Add equal components universally-proven codecs, various Canadian storytelling, and large expertise, garnish with probably the most dramatic twists (ever!), and serve with a facet of significant canine cuteness and you’ve got the right combine for Citytv’s 2021/22 authentic lineup, introduced at present on the Rogers Sports activities & Media Upfront.
Citytv is constructing on the worldwide success of the Received Expertise and Bachelor franchises with the launch of Canada’s Received Expertise, Bachelor in
Paradise Canada, and The
Bachelor After Present. And there’s extra, with the return of Citytv’s highest-rated authentic scripted sequence Hudson & Rex and the latest chapter of OMNI Tv’s Blood and Water.
Created by Simon Cowell, the Received Expertise franchise holds the Guinness World Information title as probably the most profitable actuality TV format, and now Canadians can as soon as once more take the stage and listen to the golden buzzer as Citytv has commissioned Canada’s Received Expertise in partnership with Fremantle, SYCO Leisure, and McGillivray Leisure Media Inc. The present begins manufacturing this Fall in Niagara Falls, ON, and premieres in Spring 2022 with 9 authentic episodes. Canada’s Received Expertise celebrates home-grown hopefuls from throughout the nation as younger and outdated, from each nook of the nation, present the nation what they’ve received.
“Canada has an abundance of unimaginable expertise in entrance of and behind the digicam and we will’t wait to carry extra distinctive Canadian tales to our audiences that not solely entertain but in addition replicate and resonate with our communities throughout the nation,” stated Nataline Rodrigues, Director of Authentic Programming, Citytv. “Whether or not it’s drama, actuality, or a mixture of each, our new Canadian sequence supply one thing for everybody.”
Preserve the bubbly flowing, Bachelor Nation. As introduced earlier this 12 months, Bachelor in Paradise Canada is coming solely to Citytv this Fall, airing Sundays at 8 p.m. ET. The drama continues past the rose ceremony with the launch of The Bachelor After Present, airing Sundays at 10 p.m. ET. Hosted by KiSS 92.5’s Deepa Prashad and Daryn Jones, the 2 will dish on all of the juicy gossip and drama from the Bachelor universe – The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise – and throughout Bachelor Nation.
Citytv’s #1 authentic scripted hit sequence Hudson & Rex, which skilled 77% viewers progress since Season 1*, is again with extra bark as manufacturing for Season 4 begins in St. John’s later this month and can air in mid-season. New this 12 months, in partnership with Access Reelworld and Rogers Sports activities & Media, Citytv pronounces Stage UP, a brand new mentoring initiative which gives on-the-ground set expertise to rising writers and administrators who determine as Black, Indigenous, or Folks of Color. This 12 months’s program sponsors are Hudson & Rex producers Shaftesbury and Pope Productions, who welcome profitable candidates to their set and writers room to shadow the crew, hone their expertise, and develop further coaching. Click on right here for data on apply.
On OMNI Tv, non-public detective Michelle Chang (Selena Lee, Forensic Heroes IV, As soon as Extra) is again on the case as Blood and Water: Fireplace & Ice, the unique Chinese language-Canadian drama, returns for a compelling third and ultimate season, premiering Sunday, June 13 at 10:30 p.m. ET. Season 3 continues the saga of the billionaire Xie household during which Michelle finds shocking allies as she hunts down Norris Pang, the ruthless legal who kidnapped her daughter. Produced by Breakthrough Leisure, in affiliation with OMNI Tv, the eight 30-minute episodes star Selena Lee, Elfina Luk, Sean Baek, Loretta Yu, Fiona Fu, and Oscar Hsu.
Rounding out Citytv’s authentic content material providing are common schedule staples Breakfast Tv, two-time CSA winner as Greatest Morning Present, and Cityline, the longest-running and most profitable Canadian daytime present for ladies.
*Supply: Numeris: Ind. 2+, Complete Canada, Citytv Complete, Hudson & Rex Season 1 (2019/03/25-2019/07/25) vs. Season 3 (2021/01/05-2021/04/20), AMA(000)
Citytv’s New Collection Description – Mid-Season
CANADA’S GOT TALENT
Canada’s Received Expertise is the world’s best expertise competitors, for acts of all ages and all skills. From Victoria to St John’s, Iqaluit to Windsor, Canada’s Received Expertise units out to find probably the most distinctive, expert, heartwarming, and showstopping performers Canada has to supply. Dancers, singers, illusionists, comedians, and each possible expertise in between will compete earlier than a panel of celeb judges, a reside studio viewers, and all the nation. At stake is the title of Canada’s Received Expertise Champion and a life-changing prize past their wildest desires. With compelling tales and mesmerizing performances, this competitors is not like some other.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Fremantle, SYCO Leisure, and McGillivray Leisure Media Inc., in affiliation with Citytv
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Scott McGillivray, Angela Jennings, and Mike Bickerton
About Citytv
Citytv and Citytv.com presents viewers intensely-local, urban-oriented, and culturally-diverse content material via its seven tv stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, and Montreal, plus the award-winning Citytv Video app. A definite various to different typical tv stations, Citytv delivers an entertaining mixture of Canadian and bought prime-time programming, information, and local-interactive codecs with influential manufacturers resembling Cityline, CityNews, and Breakfast Tv. Citytv is a part of Rogers Sports activities & Media, which is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX, NYSE: RCI). Go to Citytv.com.
About OMNI Tv:
OMNI Tv is Canada’s solely multilingual and multicultural tv broadcaster. Out there in 11 million Canadian households, the OMNI model consists of the nationwide TV channel OMNI Regional plus 5 native tv stations. OMNI presents a variety of regionally produced and bought programming in additional than 40 languages, together with information, present affairs and leisure content material in Arabic, Cantonese, Filipino, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, and Punjabi. OMNI is a part of Rogers Sports activities & Media, which is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX, NYSE: RCI). Go to OMNITV.ca.
Media Contacts
Alessia Staffieri, Citytv and OMNI Tv, Alessia.Staffieri@rci.rogers.com, 647.262.8412
Charmaine Khan, Citytv and OMNI Tv, Charmaine.Khan@rci.rogers.com, 416.277.0450
Andrea Goldstein, Rogers Sports activities & Media, Andrea.Goldstein@rci.rogers.com, 647.801.4394
