TORONTO – Corus-owned Global will offer up six new dramas and four new comedies alongside 23 returning series in its fall primetime lineup, the broadcaster said Monday.
The new dramas include military drama SEAL Team, that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan, and execute dangerous missions; S.W.A.T., a series inspired by the 1970s television show, that stars Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds) as a S.W.A.T. sergeant in Los Angeles; Wisdom of the Crowd, starring Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winner Jeremy Piven (Entourage) as a visionary tech innovator who creates a cutting-edge crowdsourcing app to solve his daughter’s murder; The Brave, a fresh drama following a team of highly trained analysts and Special Ops forces who work together to execute missions in some of the most dangerous places in the world; and Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, starring four-time Emmy Award-winner Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) as lead attorney Leslie Abramson, in a dramatization of the notorious murder case that explores what drove two young brothers to kill their parents.
Global’s comedy slate includes the return of Will & Grace with its original cast; family comedy 9JKL; and the second season of office comedy Great News.
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Canadian productions include new seasons of design competition Home to Win; the critically-acclaimed drama Mary Kills People and detective drama Private Eyes. Additionally, Corus Studios and Nelvana have grown their slates of original content which is now available in more than 160 countries and territories around the world. More details are available here.
Corus also announced the return of popular series such as Transparent, Mozart in the Jungle, Travelers, Supergirl, Mr. Robot, Outlander, and Vikings on its specialty services, as well as new seasons of franchises The Bachelor Canada and Top Chef Canada. More on that, as well as its kids content, is available here.
