2020 Upfront: Amid pandemic, Rogers stands pat in primetime, dives even deeper into sports

By Etan Vlessing TORONTO – The L.A. screenings went quick and quietly and virtually this year for Rogers Sports and Media, but there's big moves afoot elsewhere with the broadcaster. The annual Hollywood shopping spree for Citytv came and went with only four new shows purchased from studio suppliers for simulcast, while another 21 shows are returning for the fall and mid-season campaigns. “We had a tremendous amount of success in a number of places," Hayden Mindell, vice president of television programming at Rogers, told Cartt.ca as he stressed stability for the Citytv schedule after most U.S. networks besides Fox...