CBC’s first round of renewals includes 17 returning series

TORONTO – CBC kicked off Canadian Screen Week by unveiled its first batch of programming renewals for its 2019-20 season.Spanning drama, comedy, factual, arts and documentary programming, the public broadcaster said that returning series confirmed to date include Anne With An E, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Burden of Truth, CBC Arts: Exhibitionist, CBC Docs POV, Coroner, The Detectives, Dragons’ Den, Frankie Drake Mysteries, The Great Canadian Baking Show, Heartland, In The Making, Kim’s Convenience, Murdoch Mysteries, The Nature of Things, Schitt’s Creek (pictured) and Still Standing.Additional renewals across all genres and content areas will be announced later this spring.“CBC is...