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 Topic: CTV
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| Programming Highlights: The Mentalist Joins CTV's Midseason Schedule January 4 |
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on Monday, December 22, 2008 - 11:06 AM |
CTV's announced today that the most buzzed about new drama series of the fall, THE MENTALIST joins the network's white-hot midseason schedule, Sundays at 10 p.m. ET, beginning January 4 following DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES at 9 p.m. ET (check ctv.ca to confirm local broadcast times). Starring Golden Globe Award nominee Simon Baker, THE MENTALIST follows Patrick Jane (Baker), a former celebrity psychic-turned-California police detective who uses his skills of observation and expertise at reading people to solve crimes. Premiering last September on 'A', THE MENTALIST quickly became one of the most talked-about new drama series of the year. Meanwhile, in the U.S., the crime drama is the undisputed #1 new show of the season, and last week, catapulted to the top spot in all of television ahead of ratings juggernauts CSI and GREY'S ANATOMY.
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| Programming Highlights: New Legal Drama Series RAISING THE BAR Premieres Fri., Jan. 9 |
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on Friday, December 19, 2008 - 12:30 PM |
CTV calls the TV court to order with the compelling new legal drama series RAISING THE BAR, Fridays at 10 p.m. ET premiering Friday, January 9 following the return of all-new episodes of the hit series FLASHPOINT at 9 p.m. ET (check CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times). The one-hour drama, created by 10-time Emmy® Award-winning producer Steven Bochco (L.A. LAW, NYPD BLUE) and professor/writer David Feige, follows a group of young lawyers who work on opposite sides of the law – the public defender’s office and the district attorney’s office. Starring a strong, Canadian cast including Currie Graham (WOULD BE KINGS, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), Gloria Reuben (ER) and Jonathan Scarfe (ER), the series looks beyond the courtroom battles to the relationships between former law school classmates who have become professional adversaries. RAISING THE BAR was one of TNT’s top-rated series when it premiered on the American cable network this past September. Attracting 7.7 million viewers in the U.S., the first episode of the series was ad-supported cable's #1 new series launch of all time.*
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| Programming Highlights: Original Movie OF MURDER AND MEMORY premieres January 7 |
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on Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 08:37 PM |
When freedom is on the line, one moment can be the difference between justice served and justice denied. Premiering Wednesday, January 7 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times), OF MURDER AND MEMORY is an Original CTV movie inspired by Canadian author Linda Spalding’s involvement in the murder trial of a presumably innocent woman in Hawaii. Spalding’s real-life experiences and guilty conscience led her to write a novel about the case, entitled, Who Named the Knife. Bringing the story from the pages to small screen is a star-studded cast including Annabeth Gish (BROTHERHOOD), Chandra West (JOHN FROM CINCINNATI), Hugh Dillon (FLASHPOINT), Gabriel Hogan (RENT-A-GOALIE) and Maury Chaykin (ENTOURAGE).
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| Casting Call: CTV Announces Final Call to Catwalk Contenders for CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL |
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on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 - 06:03 PM |
Girls with a passion for fashion and dreams of jumpstarting their modelling career have six days left to apply for CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL. Deadline for applications is Monday, December 22, 2008. Visit model.ctv.ca to apply online – a program first this year – or download the official application kit and apply by mail. More than 2,000 applications from across the country have been submitted to date. Thousands more will apply, but only 10 women will compete on-air for an incredible grand prize that includes a $100,000 beauty contract. Cycle 3 of the hugely popular Gemini Award-winning series is scheduled to hit the airwaves Spring 2009 on CTV.
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| Programming Highlights: New Episodes of Hit Series FLASHPOINT Explode onto CTV January 9 |
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on Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 09:50 PM |
FLASHPOINT, the hit CTV original series that climbed to the height of the ratings charts in both Canada and the U.S. this past summer, returns to the CTV schedule this winter on Friday, January 9 at 9 p.m. ET on CTV. The return of the Canadian series will provide a lead-in to the series premiere of Stephen Bocho’s new legal drama RAISING THE BAR at 10 p.m. ET. Visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times and catch up on demand on previously aired FLASHPOINT episodes. Production of the new episodes begins in January in Toronto. Colm Feore (TRUDEAU, Paycheck) and Wendy Crewson (REGENESIS, HUNT FOR JUSTICE) guest star in the next new episode (Jan. 9), joining series regulars Enrico Colantoni, Hugh Dillon, Amy Jo Johnson and David Paetkau.
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| Programming Highlights: Canada's Most-Watched TV Series Return to CTV's White-Hot Winter Schedule |
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on Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:27 AM |
CTV revealed a midseason schedule today starring the hottest series on television. The schedule officially kicks off the week of January 5 with a new Monday night comedy block; the move of FRINGE, one of this fall’s biggest hits, to CTV on Tuesday, January 6; and the return of the hit CTV original series FLASHPOINT on Friday, January 9. Anchoring it all is the #1 television program in the country, AMERICAN IDOL, which returns with a four-hour, two-night, eighth season premiere on Tuesday, January 13 and Wednesday, January 14 at 8 p.m. ET. New to the schedule is the legal drama RAISING THE BAR, beginning Friday, January 9 from Emmy-Award winner Steven Bochco (NYPD BLUE, HILL STREET BLUES, LA LAW) and starring Canadians Currie Graham, Gloria Reuben and Jonathan Scarfe.
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| Programming Highlights: 1.9 Million Viewers Watch Nico Archambault Become First Ever Winner of CTV’s SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA |
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on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 - 10:29 AM |
The season finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA was watched by a record 1.66 million viewers, the most ever for the series, preliminary data from BBM Nielsen Media Research confirms. The thrilling two-hour finale peaked at 1.9 million viewers when 24-year-old Longueuil, QC dancer Nico Archambault was presented with a cheque for $100,000, the keys to a brand new, 2009 Mercedes-Benz C230 and was named Canada’s Favourite Dancer. In all, more than four million viewers tuned in to some part of the finale, which was the most-watched program on Canadian television last night in its timeslot.
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| Programming Highlights: Canada's Favourite Dancer is NICO on So You Think You Can Dance Canada |
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on Sunday, December 07, 2008 - 09:32 PM |
Canada has watched him waltz, hip-hop and salsa and following tonight’s gripping season finale, CTV congratulates NICO Archambault, who was named Canada’s first-ever Favourite Dancer on SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA. Host Leah Miller announced live that NICO, a 24-year-old Contemporary and Hip-Hop dancer from Montréal received the majority of the more than three million votes cast during the countrywide poll on Wednesday night and would claim the title of Canada’s Favourite Dancer and the grand prize of $100,000 and a 2009 C230 Mercedes-Benz.
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| Programming Highlights: Become Canada's Next Top Model! Cycle 3 Begins on CTV |
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on Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 03:01 PM |
CTV announced today it is looking for CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL. Recruitment starts today for competitors for the third cycle of the 2007 Gemini winner for Best Reality Program or Series, which will air for the first time on CTV in 2009. In a program first, CANADA’S NEXT TOP MODEL hopefuls have the option of submitting their application packages online at the series’ all-new website, model.ctv.ca. Applications are being received now through December 22, 2008. Thousands will apply, but only 10 women will compete on-air for an incredible grand prize that includes a $100,000 beauty contract.
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| Production news: Canadian Broadcaster Partners with Fox Television Studios and Omni Film for New Drama Series Defying Gravity |
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on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 05:34 PM |
CTV, along with Vancouver’s Omni Film Productions Limited and Fox Television Studios, jointly announced today they will partner on a new, one-hour Canadian drama series, DEFYING GRAVITY. Executive produced by series creator and award-winning writer/producer James Parriott (GREY’S ANATOMY, UGLY BETTY) and Michael Edelstein (DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), DEFYING GRAVITY is a Canadian/U.S. co-venture that will air in Canada on CTV and SPACE, in the United Kingdom on BBC and in Germany on ProSieben. Starring Ron Livingston (BAND OF BROTHERS, Office Space), production begins on 13, one-hour episodes in Vancouver, British Columbia in early 2009. Casting is currently underway for a Canadian female lead to join Livingston. Canadian television director David Straiton (HOUSE, LIFE) has signed on to direct the series’ first episode.
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| Production news: CTV Crosses THE BRIDGE: New Drama Series Joins CTV’s Original Production Slate |
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on Monday, November 03, 2008 - 12:32 PM |
CTV announced today the order of a new one-hour original Canadian drama series, THE BRIDGE. Based on the insights of veteran insider and outspoken former Toronto police union head Craig Bromell, CTV has ordered 11, one-hour episodes, following the production of a two-hour pilot shot in Toronto last summer. THE BRIDGE provides an unflinching look at the struggle street cops face as they not only battle criminals – but also their own bosses – in order to protect society and, ultimately, themselves.
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| Programming Highlights: CTV gets Haunted by The Curse of Degrassi Halloween Special, Sunday, Oct. 26 |
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on Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 06:03 PM |
If you’ve got a taste for terror, you have a “Harvest Dance” date with the Degrassi: TNG Halloween special, The Curse of Degrassi, premiering Sunday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. ET on CTV (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times). Directed and written by original Degrassi cast member Stefan Brogren (“Snake”), the 30-minute episode gives a special nod to the classic horror movie Carrie. In what is becoming a regular Degrassi Halloween tradition, this season’s spooky special finds possessed students roaming the school as they prepare for the Degrassi Harvest Dance.
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| Programming Highlights: Sarah McLachlan, Mia Farrow and Nate Berkus Headline Me to We, October 25 on CTV |
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on Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 06:01 PM |
Empower. Inspire. Effect change. For the second year in a row, CTV will broadcast highlights from Free The Children’s National Me to We Day. Premiering Saturday, October 25 at 7 p.m. ET on CTV, Me to We is a one-hour television special linking viewers across the country to the extraordinary youth event taking place this Friday in Toronto. Hosted by etalk anchors Ben Mulroney and Tanya Kim, Me to We features an impressive roster of speakers and performers – including Sarah McLachlan, award-winning actress Mia Farrow, celeb designer Nate Berkus, Canadian Idol winner Theo Tams, Crash Parallel, Liberal MP-elect Justin Trudeau, and Free The Children founders Craig and Mark Kielburger – who are joining together to celebrate the power of young people to change the lives of others.
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| Programming Highlights: CTV Secures Canadian Broadcast Rights To Merlin |
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on Sunday, October 19, 2008 - 05:38 PM |
Prepare to fall under the spell of Merlin. CTV announced today it has secured the exclusive Canadian broadcast rights to the widely sought-after hit series from FremantleMedia Enterprises. CTV joins some of the world’s leading broadcasters, including NBC in the United States, that have acquired the highly anticipated series, which just debuted to critical and ratings acclaim on the BBC. The announcement was made on Day 3 of the MIPCOM international television market in Cannes, France. Featuring a stellar cast and magical special effects, the 13-part, one-hour drama series joins an impressive mid-season schedule returning to CTV in 2009, including Lost, American Idol and Dancing With the Stars.
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