TORONTO — “With an impressive slate of 10 new series plus eagerly awaited returning series, we’re delivering can’t-miss, fresh content that will entertain audiences throughout the season,” said Daniel Eves, senior vice-president of broadcast networks at Corus Entertainment, on Wednesday announcing the 2020 fall schedules for Showcase and W Network.
Sundays on Showcase will see three new series premiering, starting Sunday, September 13. Following the recent announcement of Corus’ exclusive deal with NBCUniversal to air Peacock Original programming in Canada, the new Peacock series Brave New World will premiere September 13 at 9 p.m. ET on Showcase. Based on Aldous Huxley’s novel, the dystopian thriller stars Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!), Jessica Brown Findlay (Downton Abbey) and Harry Lloyd (Game of Thrones), and is set in New London, a visually stunning environment filled with optimism and beauty, and raises the question of what society is willing to give up in pursuit of endless happiness.
Next to premiere on Showcase on September 13, at 10 p.m. ET, is Intelligence (above), a workplace comedy based in the U.K.’s government communications headquarters. The series is created by and stars Nick Mohammed (The Martian, Christopher Robin) alongside David Schwimmer (American Crime Story, Friends). This will be followed by the British comedy Hitmen, debuting at 10:30 p.m. ET. A comedic look at the inside world of contract killers, Hitmen follows best friends and misfit duo Fran (Sue Perkins, Last Christmas) and Jamie (Mel Giedroyc, Spies of Warsaw) as they navigate being killers for hire.
Other series premiering on Showcase this fall include: British drama Bulletproof (September 30, 9 p.m. ET); American psychological thriller Tell Me a Story (September 30, 10 p.m. ET); American comedy No Activity (October 25, 10 p.m. ET); and gritty British drama Temple (November 15, 9 p.m. ET).
Returning to Showcase this fall is the critically acclaimed series Absentia with its third season set to premiere on Thursday, September 24 at 9 p.m. ET. Starring Canadian actress Stana Katic (Castle), season three of the haunting drama sees Emily on a dangerous journey far from Boston, testing her like never before.
Fans of The Good Fight will be happy to hear its fourth season will premiere on W Network on Thursday, September 3 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Season four sees the return of Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski, The Good Wife) along with her colleagues Liz Reddick (Audra McDonald, Beauty and the Beast), Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo, Get Shorty), Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo, Deadwater Fell), Marissa Gold (Sarah Steele, The Good Wife) and Jay Dipersia (Nyambi Nyambi, Mike & Molly) navigating a very different landscape after being forced to become a small subsidiary.
New to the W Network schedule this fall is Why Women Kill, premiering Sunday, September 6 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The darkly comedic series follows the lives of three women, Lucy Liu (Kill Bill), Ginnifer Goodwin (Big Love) and Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Good Place), as they each deal with infidelity in their marriages in three separate decades.
Then, the thrilling new series Devils premieres on W Network on Wednesday, September 16 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Starring Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy) and Alessandro Borghi (Suburra), the drama unfolds when a murder investigation leads to the discovery of a worldwide financial conspiracy by a group of traders at a large investment bank.
W Network’s fall schedule will also include Hallmark Channel seasonal event.
Showcase will be available on a national free preview from August 28 to September 30, and W Network will be available on freeview from November 1 to December 13.
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