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– Again-to-back nights of the legendary Dick Wolf model with Chicago on Wednesdays (Med, Fireplace, P.D.) and Legislation & Order on Thursdays (new present For the Protection, Particular Victims Unit, Organized Crime) –
– New heartfelt life-affirming drama Extraordinary Joe joins the Citytv slate on Mondays –
– Citytv and Fremantle renew mega-hit America’s Obtained Expertise with distinctive promoting alternatives, plus the return of Canada’s Obtained Expertise with Simon Cowell –
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TORONTO, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Providing audiences extra bingeable nights of gripping dramas, buzzy actuality collection, and laugh-out-loud comedies, Citytv publicizes its 2021/22 schedule at at this time’s Rogers Sports activities & Media Upfront, with a lineup rooted in blockbuster franchises and confirmed hits with built-in fandom.
Constructing on the success of final yr’s schedule, Citytv is the one nationwide English Canadian community to develop viewers share year-over-year with a rise of 8% in prime-time tuning*.
“Our funding in making a world-class schedule for Citytv displays our deep and continued dedication to Canadians’ love of tv and the significance of this highly effective medium,” mentioned Julie Adam, President of Information & Leisure, Rogers Sports activities & Media. “This yr, we’ve doubled down on juggernaut hit franchises and codecs which audiences have adored for many years and can assist us break via the jam-packed content material panorama. We will’t look forward to Fall on Citytv!”
Becoming a member of the 17 returning fan-favourite hits and particular occasions on Citytv this season are two new exhibits and one new-to-Citytv collection. On the witness stand this Fall (DUN DUN!) are new collection Legislation & Order: For the Protection and new-to-Citytv Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit, each from legendary producer Dick Wolf. Legislation & Order: For the Protection is the most recent chapter of the enduring Legislation & Order model which, for the primary time, tells the story via the lens of the protection lawyer. Then, Season 23 of Legislation & Order: SVU, starring Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson, chronicles the lives of the Particular Victims Unit of the New York Metropolis Police Division, an elite squad of detectives who examine crimes of sexual assault, baby abuse, and home violence. Plus, new heartfelt life-affirming drama Extraordinary Joe follows Joe Kimbreau, performed by James Wolk (Mad Males, You Once more), who faces a life-changing choice at his school commencement.
“We had a successful lineup final yr and have made it even stronger by boosting key nights of the week with epic titles to solidify Citytv’s place as the most important and finest for prime time,” mentioned Hayden Mindell, VP of Programming, Citytv. “With world-renowned producers Dick Wolf, Mike Fleiss, and Simon Cowell anchoring our schedule, Citytv is stacked with massive nights that draw loyal audiences week after week.”
Now in its 16th season, America’s Obtained Expertise (AGT) is the world’s most profitable actuality TV format, bought to 75 territories and garnering greater than a billion viewers worldwide. Deepening its funding within the world sensation, Citytv has renewed AGT with Fremantle with new and distinctive alternatives for advertisers. Advertisers will now have the ability to nearly combine their merchandise into the published for Canadian audiences and have entry to the Obtained Expertise YouTube stock, which garners 250 million Canadian views yearly.
“In at this time’s complicated and fragmented media world, the one factor that continues to be fixed is that TV continues to be the optimum atmosphere that delivers a mass viewers for advertisers. The ability of Citytv’s content material, mixed with our wealthy information choices, supplies advertisers with sponsorship and integration alternatives that attain their focused viewers and optimize their investments,” mentioned Al Darkish, SVP of Income, Rogers Sports activities & Media.
The brand new and returning hits to the Citytv 2021/22 schedule are:
- Knock-your-socks-off actuality/competitors collection American Idol, America’s Obtained Expertise, Bachelorette, Bachelor in Paradise, Bachelor in Paradise Canada, The Bachelor After Present, Canada’s Obtained Expertise, and Dancing with the Stars
- Smash-hit dramas Chicago Fireplace, Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., Hudson & Rex, Legislation & Order: For the Protection, Legislation & Order: Organized Crime, Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit, and Extraordinary Joe
- Really feel-good comedies Black-ish,
Duncanville, Kenan, Mr. Mayor, and Younger Rock - The enduring New Yr’s Eve countdown celebration Dick Clark’s New Yr’s Rockin’ Eve and Hockey Night time in Canada
Right here’s a take a look at Citytv’s 2021 Fall schedule, day-by-day:
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Airing in mid-season are American Idol, Canada’s Obtained Expertise, Duncanville, Hudson & Rex, Kenan, Mr. Mayor, and Younger Rock.
Moreover, FX Canada is the unique dwelling to FX and FX on Hulu originals with a world-renowned lineup:
- New collection – The Choe Present and Y: The Final Man
- Returning dramas – American Horror Story: Double Characteristic and Impeachment: American Crime Story
- Returning comedies – Dave, Mr Inbetween, and What We Do within the Shadows
Full episodes and previous seasons can be found on Citytv Now and FX Now on-line, Rogers on Demand, Amazon Fireplace TV, and on the authenticated Citytv and FX apps for iOS, Android, and fourth-generation Apple TV.
*Numeris: Whole Canada, Citytv Whole, AMA(000); Ind2+, M-Solar 7p-11p, Citytv programming between 08/31/2020 – 5/23/2021, excluding IndieNET+
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Citytv’s New Sequence Descriptions
– Fall
All dates are topic to alter. All instances ET/PT. (s) = simulcast
ORDINARY JOE
60-minute scripted drama collection (s)
Life is all concerning the decisions you make – and generally, what you do in a single second can change all the pieces. This new heartfelt, life-affirming drama follows Joe Kimbreau, who faces considered one of these selections at his school commencement. The three parallel tales that diverge from that evening discover Joe and the folks round him with totally different careers, relationships, and household lives, displaying the sudden ways in which issues change – and keep the identical. However when it comes right down to it, there isn’t any ‘proper’ alternative; it doesn’t matter what occurs, Joe’s life is at all times messy, thrilling, powerful, unpredictable…and delightful.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: twentieth Tv, Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, 6th & Idaho, 3 Arts
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Russel Buddy and Garrett Lerner will write and government produce together with government producers Matt Reeves, Adam Kassan, Rafi Crohn, Howard Klein. Adam Davidson will direct and government produce the pilot episode
CAST: James Wolk (Mad Males, You Once more), Natalie Martinez (Loss of life Race, Finish of Watch), Elizabeth Lail (You, As soon as Upon a Time), Charlie Barnett (You, Russian Doll, Chicago Fireplace, Chicago P.D.), David Warshofsky (Snowfall, Now You See Me)
LAW & ORDER: FOR THE DEFENSE
60-minute scripted drama collection (s)
In its 30-year historical past as essentially the most profitable model in tv, Legislation & Order has solely ever explored the attitude of its iconic prosecutors…till now. From legendary government producer Dick Wolf comes Legislation & Order: For the Protection, the most recent entry within the beloved model that takes an unflinching look inside a prison protection agency. Each week, the collection will put the attorneys – and the prison justice system – beneath the microscope like solely Legislation & Order can, delivering hard-hitting, ripped-from-the-headlines tales that present a brand new vantage level on justice.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, and Wolf Leisure
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Dick Wolf, Carol Mendelsohn, Arthur W. Forney, Julie Weitz, and Peter Jankowski
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT
60-minute scripted drama collection (s)
Created by Emmy Award-winning producer Dick Wolf, Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit, now in its twenty second season, is the longest-running prime-time live-action collection of all time. This difficult-hitting and emotional collection from the Legislation & Order model chronicles the lives of the Particular Victims Unit of the New York Metropolis Police Division, an elite squad of detectives who examine crimes of sexual assault, baby abuse and home violence. As commander of the SVU, Capt. Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) is a seasoned veteran of the unit who has seen all of it. She leads with empathy and professionalism, all of the whereas coping with her troublesome previous as a product of rape and her accountability as a trailblazer in survivor advocacy, each of which affect the way in which she pertains to the victims and perpetrators of every case.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group, in affiliation with Wolf Leisure
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Dick Wolf is creator and government producer. Warren Leight, Julie Martin, Mariska Hargitay, Norberto Barba, Arthur Forney and Peter Jankowski are government producers.
About Citytv
Citytv affords 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 corresponding to 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 FX
FX includes a rising roster of critically acclaimed and award-winning dramas and comedies, together with the unique FX on Hulu originals. FX’s distinctive content material contains unique Canadian programming, motion pictures, and FX unique collection corresponding to American Crime Story, American Horror Story, Pose, Snowfall, Dave, Fargo, and Atlanta. FX is a part of Rogers Sports activities & Media, which is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX, NYSE: RCI). Go to FXNowCanada.ca.
Media Contacts
Charmaine Khan, Citytv and FX, Charmaine.Khan@rci.rogers.com, 416.277.0450
Alessia Staffieri, Citytv and FX, Alessia.Staffieri@rci.rogers.com, 647.262.8412
Andrea Goldstein, Rogers Sports activities & Media, Andrea.Goldstein@rci.rogers.com, 647.801.4394
