TORONTO – CTV unveiled today what it says is a powerful 2014/15 primetime schedule featuring “a peerless mix” of returning Top 20 hits and television's most-promising new programs.
CTV has maximized scheduling opportunities, made strategic timeslot moves, and introduced key new series on four out of seven nights and in all timeslots, says the company’s press release. In addition to its previously announced new acquisitions of nine new dramas and two new comedies, CTV also revealed today it has secured two more hits for its fall schedule: America's #1 new comedy, The Millers, which it got from Global, which had to drop the show thanks to a scheduling conflict, and Sunday-night’s Resurrection, which Citytv had to drop.
CTV's fall schedule features 19 hours of primetime simulcast programming weekly, more than any other Canadian network. CTV's 2014/15 schedule – featuring six new dramas and two new comedies premiering this fall – will be presented by Phil King, President – CTV, Sports, and Entertainment Programming, at the CTV Upfront presentation today in Toronto.
"Some networks program to women, others to men. We're not the home of comedy, nor the home of drama. CTV is the home of hit television, delivering mass audiences every night of the week, in every timeslot, in every genre. It's the result of programming diversity, scheduling balance, and staying ahead of trends, all which are represented in our new schedule,” said King in a release.
“The new series complement Canada's most-successful original production slate for network television, announced today, including the #1 Canadian drama Saving Hope. The hit original series returns this fall for Season 3 with an abridged, five-episode arc on Thursdays at 9 p.m. following Grey's Anatomy. Culminating with a cliffhanger finale this fall, 13 additional episodes will air mid-season, on Wednesdays at 10 p.m. Canadian success stories Masterchef Canada, Motive, and the #1 Canadian sitcom Spun Out, which was renewed for a second season today, also return with new episodes in 2014/15 on CTV,” reads the release.
