NEW YORK — U.S. media conglomerate WarnerMedia today announced the creation of a new Canadian talent development team which will focus on increasing representation of diverse talent in front of and behind the camera.
The company says the move is part of its ongoing commitment to building a more inclusive and innovative industry and to forging deeper connections with audiences around the world.
Leading the new Canadian talent development team’s efforts under WarnerMedia’s Global Access Programs initiative are Canadian industry notables Deanna Cadette (pictured, left), serving as executive director, and Melanie Nepinak Hadley (mush gih wii kihnew ikwe, right) in the…
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TORONTO — Pier 21 Films (the production company behind political satire series The Beaverton) today announced it has made two new appointments in its development division.
Former CBC executive Karen Tsang (right) has been hired as Pier 21 Films’ new vice-president of development, and Bill Lundy has been promoted to senior vice-president of development. Both will report to the company’s chief operating officer, Nicole Butler.
Lundy and Tsang will collaborate on Pier 21 Films’ development projects as well as expand the company’s reach for developing new intellectual property while continuing to grow relationships with networks in Canada and internationally, says the…
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TORONTO — Season four of CBC’s The Great Canadian Baking Show will feature two new hosts — comedians, actors, writers and Second City alumni Alan Shane Lewis (pictured, left) and Ann Pornel (right), the public broadcaster announced today.
The two new hosts will join returning judges Bruno Feldeisen and Kyla Kennaley to cheer on 10 new Canadian amateur bakers as they compete in a series of themed culinary challenges that celebrate their diverse backgrounds, families and communities.
Based on the hit British format and produced by Proper Television, production on the fourth season of The Great Canadian Baking Show is currently…
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By Steve Faguy
MONTREAL — Ratings for sports-talk radio stations in Canada’s five largest markets rebounded this summer after losing half their audience in the spring as the Covid-19 pandemic ground sporting events to a halt, according to a Cartt.ca analysis of public Numeris data (please see charts below).
The eight stations (four TSN, three Sportsnet and one RNC Media) in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal saw a combined average minute audience of 17,200 in the three months ending Feb. 23. In the spring, when NHL and NBA teams would normally be making playoff runs and MLB and MLS teams…
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TORONTO – CBC today announced broadcast and streaming premiere dates for its fall 2020 slate of new and returning shows.
The lineup includes 1,300 new hours, 24 series and launches Monday, October 5 with the new thriller The Sounds and season two of Pure on CBC TV and the free CBC Gem streaming service.
Beginning October 6, CBC’s Tuesday night comedy lineup returns with the final season of Baroness Von Sketch Show, followed by new seasons of Still Standing, This Hour Has 22 Minutes and Catastrophe.
Hosted by Gavin Crawford, a new TV adaptation of CBC Radio’s news quiz show Because News…
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VANCOUVER and TORONTO — Vancouver-based Thunderbird Entertainment Group today announced production of the fifth season of its hit CBC original comedy series Kim’s Convenience is beginning today in Toronto.
Season five is set to premiere on CBC TV and CBC Gem in winter 2021. CBC has already announced it is renewing the series for a sixth season.
In season five, the Kim family faces one of its toughest challenges yet, as they navigate a difficult medical diagnosis for Umma (Jean Yoon). With Appa (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) stepping up as primary caregiver, and recently graduated Janet (Andrea Bang) moving back in, boundaries are…
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CALGARY — CBC original family drama Heartland began filming its 14th season in Alberta this week, CBC announced today.
Produced by Dynamo Films and Seven24 Films, season 14 of Heartland (10 episodes x 60 minutes) will premiere in winter 2021 on CBC and CBC Gem. The drama series follows life on the Heartland ranch as Amy Fleming (played by Amber Marshall, above) and her family deal with the challenges of running a horse ranch which has been in their family for six generations.
Due to Covid-19, which delayed production of season 14, the cast and crew are returning to set under…
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TORONTO — CBC and NBCUniversal International Studios today announced additional casting for the new buddy-cop series Lady Dicks, which has started shooting in Ontario.
Announced earlier this year, Lady Dicks (10 episodes x 60 minutes) is produced by Cameron Pictures and stars Meredith MacNeill (Baroness von Sketch Show) and Adrienne C. Moore (Orange Is the New Black). MacNeill (pictured left) and Moore (right) play two radically different female detectives in their early 40s in this irreverent drama series.
Co-created by Tassie Cameron (Mary Kills People, Ten Days in the Valley, Rookie Blue, The Robber Bride) and Sherry White (Little Dog,…
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SVOD BEHEMOTH NETFLIX is the number one “Must Keep TV” brand in Canada in 2020, according to the results of a report from Toronto-based Solutions Research Group.
Based on 1,350 interviews in both official languages among Canadians aged 12 and older, this result mirrors SRG’s most recent “Must Keep TV” report in the U.S. where Netflix clinched the top spot, bumping ABC from the top position. The rankings are based on a question on which networks, channels or services respondents consider must keep TV for them and for others in their households.
Next to Netflix, rounding out the top five…
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OTTAWA — News consumption has increased during the Covid-19 pandemic, with almost 50% more online Canadians reporting they have watched local TV news programs during the pandemic compared to the fall of 2019, according to a report from CBC/Radio-Canada’s Media Technology Monitor (MTM).
Released today, the MTM’s News in the Time of Covid report also found a 27% increase in the viewing of Canadian TV news specialty channels during the pandemic.
In addition to looking at the consumption of news during Covid-19, the report also examines the sources used by online Canadians to stay informed. Almost half of online Canadians said…
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