PASEDENA, CA – Bell Media’s CTV has ordered two new Canadian series, the half-hour ensemble scripted comedy Satisfaction and police drama Played.
Satisfaction takes a “humorous look at a group of friends who are completely uninhibited as they share their relationship woes and romantic wins, life crises, and personal ambitions” and stars Luke MacFarlane, Stephanie Lemelin, Ryan Belleville, Vik Sahay, and Leah Renee. From Halifax's DHX Media, it’s written by Tim McAuliffe and produced by Michael Donovan. CTV has ordered 12 half-hour episodes in addition to the pilot shot last fall in Toronto. The series is set to begin production in late spring.
CTV has also ordered 13, one-hour episodes of Played (working title), an ensemble, procedural police drama that follows the activities of the CIU (Covert Investigations Unit), a Toronto-based police unit that goes undercover to infiltrate criminal organizations. In each episode, the detectives perform a “high-wire, nerve-wracking act that requires a serious confidence game as they go undercover and convince the bad guys that, they too, are criminals – all the while trying to prevent their jobs from corroding their own lives” says CTV.
Played is developed for TV by Gemini Award winning executive producers Adrienne Mitchell and Janis Lundman , Emmy-Award nominated Michael Prupas and Greg Nelson who is creator and co-showrunner with Mitchell. Produced by Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Back Alley Film Productions in association with Bell Media, the series is set to begin production in Toronto this spring.
The two programs join CTV's lineup of original scripted series including Motive, Saving Hope, and The Listener.
