CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION

Prepared for Michael Hennessy, President & CEO Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA)

Curated by Bill Brioux

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 1 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION

CANADIAN TV ENTERS A GOLDEN AGE

For the last 30 years, in my time reporting on it, television in has undergone many changes. The one constant, however, has been the nagging impression that Canadian television is somehow inferior to the US brand.

This notion has only intensified in recent years, in what some call the new “Golden Age” of TV drama. So, as many have been asking, where is Canada’s Golden Age?

Well, you’ll find it in the pages of this book. Not everything that comes out of Canada is the quality of The Sopranos or Mad Men or . Then again, few shows from America can come close to Bill Brioux these classics.

The fact is Fargo, the most-nominated TV series at the 2014 Emmy Awards, is produced in the province of . Yes, the producers and many of the stars are Americans, but you should hear them gush about Canadian crews.

Billy Bob Thornton, for one, is a fan. “One night, it went down to 40 below and they wouldn’t allow us to work,” he told me of working near on Fargo. “You figure if a Canadian says it’s too dangerous to go out there, it probably is too dangerous to go out.”

FX Networks, considered the top non-premium US cable brand and a rival to HBO overall, invested The fact is television $100 million in Canada during the past TV season. has become a Fargo, The Strain and Man Seeking Woman were borderless business. the result – three shows any jurisdiction would be proud to produce.

Mexican-born director and executive producer Guillermo del Toro has shot five projects in , including The Strain. “The crews are so fantastic,” he says. “When we work together in anything I produce, I feel the crew happy and blooming.”

What about our creators and showrunners? A sign of Canada’s maturity as a TV nation is that homegrown executive producers can now feel confident planting their production flags on foreign soil. Mark Ellis and Stephanie Morgenstern, the team behind the Can-Am success story Flashpoint, took their latest project—the war drama X Company—to Hungary.

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 1 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION In Man Seeking Woman, you have a Canadian—Ottawa-native Jay Baruchel—as the main star of an American production shooting in Canada. Toronto subs for Chicago in the narrative but that’s okay, says Baruchel. “What makes a Canadian project Canadian is something we all have to figure out,” he says. “It doesn’t always have to be Laura Secord running through the forest. If someone is from Canada and they create in Canada, and the money and tax dollars go back into Canada, that’s Canadian art.”

Bill Brioux (left) in Toronto in Nov., 2014, moderating a celebration of 100 episodes of with series star Yannick Bisson. The fact is television has become a borderless business. In the past few years, I’ve travelled to Dublin, Budapest, Dieppe and Buenos Aires to report on Canadian-made productions. It was an eye-opener for me to see the giant footprint Canada has in Cannes at the annual MIPCOM TV marketplace. Shows such as The Book of Negroes shuttle actors and crews from Nova Scotia to Johannesburg en route to producing memorable television.

Within Canada, it’s not just and Toronto competing against Hollywood, Atlanta, Wilmington, New York and New Orleans as television production hubs. I’ve chased TV stories from Dawson City to Winnipeg to Regina to St. John’s to to Ottawa to Halifax to Hamilton, all in the past two years. Canadian television production is booming, and the proof can be found in these pages.

This book doesn’t even tell the full story. Great children’s shows, TV-movies and documentaries are also in production from coast to coast. What we have here is a window on the main comedies, dramas and reality shows produced either in Canada or by Canadians.

Because it is a first attempt to cull and catalogue on behalf of the Canadian Media Production Association, one or two shows may fall through the cracks. Apologies in advance, but if your production is somehow not showcased here, take heart that you live in a land where the TV industry is so vibrant and abundant that we left even your show out! With your help, this will be a more complete listing next time.

It has been my good fortune to travel to sets in local and far-flung locations to speak with producers, actors, writers and crews to bring this great TV success story together. Welcome to a Golden Age of television any nation would be proud to call its own.

Bill Brioux

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 2 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION ...... 1

RATINGS ...... 4

TELEVISION GENRES

DRAMA ...... 5

COMEDY ...... 27

UNSCRIPTED ...... 37

FOREIGN LOCATION & SERVICE PRODUCTION ...... 49

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ...... 60

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 3 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION RATINGS

TOP CANADIAN SHOWS 2013 - 14 SEASON BROADCAST NUMERIS (BBM CANADA) AUG. 26, 2013 - AUG. 31, 2014, 2+ (,000)

1. AMAZING RACE CANADA 2 CTV TUES 2774 2. MASTERCHEF CANADA CTV MON 1819 3. ROOKIE BLUE GLO THURS 1597 4. SAVING HOPE CTV THURS 1582 5. MURDOCH MYSTERIES CBC MON 1335 6. MOTIVE CTV THURS 1282 7. THE LISTENER CTV MON 1114 8. DRAGON’S DEN CBC WED 1069 9. BATTLE OF THE BLADES CBC SUN 1054 10. REPORT CBC TUES 1010

TOP CANADIAN SHOWS 2013 - 14 SEASON SPECIALTY NUMERIS (BBM CANADA) AUG. 26, 2013 - AUG. 31, 2014, 2+ (,000)

11. VIKINGS HIST THURS 904 12. BIG BROTHER CANADA SLICE THURS 702 13. BIG BROTHER CANADA SLICE WED 672 14. BIG BRIOTHER CANADA SLICE SUN 625 15. CANADA’S WORST DRIVER DISC MON 605 16. CONTINUUM SHO SUN 532 17. YUKON GOLD HIST WED 418 18. THE NEXT STEP FAM FRI 368 19. SPACE SAT 347 20. SPACE SAT 337

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 4 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 5 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA ASCENSION CBC

Premiere Feb. 9, 2015 • Originally commissioned by US cable net (Season 1) • Synopsis: In 1963, the US launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children Executive Philip Levens on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension Producers (), to populate a new world. Fifty-one years into their Jason Blum journey and approaching the point of no return, the (Stranded), ship’s population begins to question the true nature of Ivan Fecan, their mission after a young woman is murdered. Tim Gamble, • Shot in Montreal Brett Burlock • Six episodes

Starring Brian Van Holt, Tricia Helfer, Jacqueline Byers, Brandon P. Bell, Tiffany Lonsdale, Wendy Crewson

Production Lionsgate and Sea Companies to Sky Studios in association with -based Lift Off Productions and Blumhouse Productions

RATINGS: Ascension opened to 869,000 overnight estimated viewers

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 6 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA BITTEN SPACE

Returning Feb. 7, 2015 • Bitten averaged 348,000 viewers in its timeslot, (Season 2 making it Space’s highest-rated original series of all time Created By Daegan Fryklind • On May 22, 2014, the series was renewed for a second season of 10 episodes Executive Daegan Fryklind, • Based on the best-selling “Otherworld” books by Producers Grant Rosenberg, Canadian author Patrick Banister, • Vandervoort says she was yakking about dogs and John Barbisan, PETA on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight when John Morayniss, the producers spotted her and called her in for this Margaret O’Brien, series Tecca Crosby, • Toronto plays Toronto in this series (as it does in the J.B. Sugar novels), nice for a change. It all takes place in the same studios where Flashpoint filmed, with Nikita Starring , next door. Greyston Holt, • Vandervoort, who also was on V, is well acquainted Greg Bryk, with the sci-fi fan base. She’s worked a Comic-Con or Paul Greene, two and knows what she’s in for. She has a black belt Steve Lund, in real life, so that helps. Michael Xavier, Genelle Williams

Production Hoodwink Company Entertainment, No Equal Entertainment One,

RATINGS: Bitten drew an average of 347,000 viewers a week in 2013-14, making it the 9th most-watched Canadian specialty program that season

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 7 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA THE BOOK OF NEGROES CBC

Premiere Jan. 7, 2015 • Opened to 1,941,000 CBC viewers, making it the highest-rated original drama for the network since Executive Damon D’Oliveira 1990 Producers Clement Virgo • Filming took place in Cape Town, South Africa as well Daniel Iron as various locations around Nova Scotia Bill Niven • Based on the novel of the same name by Canadian Margaret O’Brien author Lawrence Hill • The six-part miniseries premiered on BET in the United Starring Aunjanue Ellis States on February 16, 2015 Lyriq Bent • The miniseries drew raves from the critics: “Visually, Cuba Gooding Jr. the show is stunning, and Canadian director Clement Louis Gossett, Jr. Virgo’s painterly eye creates scenes of incredible Ben Chaplin beauty while telling an epic tale of inhumanity.” Allan Hawco – The Greg Bryk • “Aunjanue Ellis is astonishing throughout…” Jane Alexander –

Production Conquering Lions Company Pictures, Entertainment One

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 8 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA CONTINUUM SHOWCASE

Returning 2015 (Season 4) • The series premiered in the US on January 14, 2013 on Syfy • Reviewer Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times described Created by Simon Barry the series as “slick” and highlighted its attention to detail. Reviewer David Hinckley of the New York Daily News Starring Rachel Nichols, compared Continuum positively to Life on Mars, another Victor Webster, series with a time travelling police officer. Erik Knudsen, • Continuum premiered to an overnight, estimated Stephen Lobo, 900,000 on Showcase. That made the sci-fi series the Roger Cross, most watched TV show in Canada Sunday at 9p.m., Doig, beating a movie on CTV, and topping both CBC (a rerun Tony Amendola, of Republic of Doyle) and Global (a repeat of The Good Omari Newton, Wife) combined. More than twice as many Canadians Luvia Petersen, watched Continuum on Showcase that night as America’s Jennifer Spence, Got Talent on City (387,000). Brian Markinson • Another 265,000 watched Continuum the same night at 11 p.m. Executive Simon Barry, • The Continuum launch got maximum exposure in the Producers Sara B. Cooper narrow window between season-enders and summer start-ups. There was no Stanley Cup playoff game Production Reunion Pictures, on opposite, just the one, new, well-crafted Canadian Company Boy Meets Girl series, and viewers gobbled it up. More proof that, if you Film Company, schedule it—meaning a Canadian scripted drama—they , GK-tv will come. • “I’ve been trying for ten years now to get a show on the air Shot in Vancouver in terms of developing and selling ideas. So this feels like a 10 year overnight success,” says creator Simon Barry on RATINGS: Continuum drew an average of 532,000 Continuum’s record-breaking specialty premiere. viewers a week in 2013-14, making it the 6th most-watched Canadian specialty program that season • The third season cliffhanger finale was the No. 1 program in key demos for all of Canadian specialty • Renewed for a fourth and final season of six episodes to be seen in 2015 • Seen internationally in 132 countries

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 9 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA SHOWCASE

Returning TBA (Season 5) • The show was renewed for a split 26-episode fifth season. The first half will be aired in 2014 with the Developed by Sam Ernst second half in 2015. Jim Dunn • Airs in the US on NBC Universal’s Syfy • Jason Priestley directed episodes and also did a four- Starring Emily Rose, episode guest arc Lucas Bryant, • Based on the short story by Stephen Nicholas Campbell, King Eric Balfour • Main production centre in Chester, N.S. is the town’s curling rink Executive Laszlo Barna, • Haven has been sold for broadcast in several countries Producers Jim Dunn, worldwide, including , Denmark, France, Sam Ernst, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Portugal, South Noreen Halpern, Africa, Spain, the UK and the US Matt McGuinness, • The supernatural series was still pulling 200,000 to David MacLeod, 300,000 viewers in Season 4 on Showcase John Morayniss, , Michael Rosenberg, Lloyd Segan, Scott Shepherd

Production Entertainment One, Company Big Motion Pictures Productions, Piller Segan Shepherd, Shaw Media, Universal Networks International

Shot in Nova Scotia

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 10 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA HEARTLAND CBC

Returning Sept. 28, 2014 • Production is based in and around High River, Alta., (Season 7) with additional filming in studio and on location in nearby Calgary Airs Sundays at 7 p.m. ET • Ratings: The series premiered in Sept., 2007, to 513,000 viewers and averaged around half a million Created By Lauren Brooke total viewers that first season. By Season 3, the premiere topped one million viewers for the first time. Executive Heather Conkie, The 100th episode “After All We’ve Been Through” Producers Tom Cox, was watched by 945,000 viewers. Jordy Randall, • The series is imported to over 25 countries, including Michael Weinberg France, the UK, Australia, Germany and Italy • It airs on the family friendly cable channel Up in the Starring Amber Marshall, US Michelle Morgan, • One of the quietest success stories in Canadian Graham Wardle, television. Family series rarely draw awards, critical Gabriel Hogan, attention. Chris Potter, • During this eighth season Heartland will air its 125th Jessica Amlee, episode. The CBC press site claims this makes it the Shaun Johnston, longest-running Canadian one-hour dramatic series in Jessica Steen, history. Beachcombers, however, ran 19 seasons, 387 Nathaniel Arcand, episodes. Kerry James • Well scheduled early on Sunday nights; proof family hour scheduling still has an impact Production SEVEN24 Films, • Series is a very consistent ratings draw, particularly Company Dynamo Films among younger viewers

Opening “Dreamer” Theme by Jenn Grant

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 11 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA KILLJOYS SPACE

Premiere 2015 (Season 1) • 10 episodes • Synopsis: A sci-fi adventure drama series that follows Created by Michelle Lovretta a trio of fun-loving, hard-living interplanetary bounty () hunters sworn to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants throughout the Quad, a distant star Executive Michelle Lovretta, system on the brink of a bloody, multi-planetary class Producers David Fortier, war. Ivan Schneeberg, • In development since 2012 as part of Bell Media’s Chris Grismer Writer Only Drama Development program

Starring Aaron Ashmore, Luke Macfarlane, Hannah John-Kamen

Production Temple Street Company Productions

Shot in Toronto

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 12 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA LOST GIRL SHOWCASE

Returning Dec. 7, 2014 • Premiered on Showcase on September 12, 2010 (Season 5) • In the US, it premiered on Syfy on January 16, 2012 • Episodes on Syfy in the US are 90 seconds shorter to Created By Michelle Lovretta allow for more commercial advertisement time • Showcase has announced that Season 5 will be Developed by , the series’ last. The original 13-episode season was Prodigy Pictures Inc. extended to 16 episodes and split into two parts consisting of eight episodes each. The first episode Executive Jay Firestone, of the fifth season premieres on December 7, 2014. Producers Vanessa Piazza, The second half is scheduled for 2015 (date to be Michelle Lovretta determined). (Season 1), • There will be 77 episodes in total by the time Lost Girl Peter Mohan wraps up (Season 1), • As of Feb. 25, 2015, the show’s Facebook page had Jeremy Boxen 409,654 likes and its official had 77,500 (Season 2), followers, giving the series a large social media Grant Rosenberg presence. (Season 2), • The series premiere in Sept., 2010 drew over 400,000 Emily Andras viewers (2+) and another 184,000 for the episode (Season 3, 4), rerun at 10:40 p.m., making Lost Girl, at the time, the Michael Grassi highest-rated Canadian scripted series premiere on (Season 5) Showcase • Ratings for the series peaked in Season 3 Starring Anna Silk, • Shoots in a one time pencil factory in Toronto’s West End Kris Holden-Ried, Ksenia Solo, , Rick Howland, K. C. Collins

Production Prodigy Pictures Companies Inc. in association with Shaw Media (Showcase)

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 13 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA MOTIVE CTV

Returning Mar. 8, 2015 • Produced in Vancouver (Season 3) • Sold as a “how-dunit” rather than a whodunit • Season 1 average around 1.1M viewers a week in Created by Daniel Cerone Canada on CTV • Season 2 total viewers edged closer to 1.3M per week Developed by Rob Merilees, • Season 1 in the US on ABC drew around 4.7M viewers Rob LaBelle per week • Season 2 average 4.3M per week Executive Daniel Cerone, • Premiered on the CTV television network on February Producers Erin Haskett, 3, 2013, immediately following Super Bowl XLVII. James Thorpe, The series premiere had 1.23 million viewers, making Lindsay Macadam, Motive the number one Canadian series premiere Louise Clark, of the 2012–13 season; what was remarkable about Rob LaBelle, that was the Super Bowl had a 35 minute lighting Rob Merilees, malfunction delay, pushing the start of Motive way Dennis Heaton back past 10:30 p.m. • The next three Sundays also topped over a million— Starring Kristin Lehman, out of simulcast (ABC didn’t start running the series Louis Ferreira, until May) Brendan Penny, • Then the series was shifted to Thursdays, a strong Lauren Holly, night for the network but shifting a new show is Cameron Bright, always a gamble. Motive never really missed a beat. Roger Cross, The first Thursday night episode March 14 drew a Valerie Tian, total of 983,000 viewers and it soared to 1,202,000, Warren Christie 1,240,000 and 1,193,000 the next three Thursdays. • On May 21, 2014, CTV ordered a third season of Motive Production Bell Media, • Lehman says her hope going in was simply to be in Companies Foundation Features, something Canadians actually watched. “I signed on Lark Productions to do a Canadian show,” she says. Having survived 10 or 12 years slogging through pilots and pickups in the RATINGS: Motive drew an average of 1,282,000 US before breaking through in . viewers a week in 2013-14, making • She feels the acting holds its own with any US network it the 4th most-watched Canadian fare and is proud of the natural rhythm she’s found scripted series that season with Ferriera

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 14 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA MURDOCH MYSTERIES CBC

Returning Oct. 6, 2014 • Begins eighth season in Sept.; 18 episodes ordered. Series will (Season 8) pass 100 episodes in this its eighth season • CBC’s No. 1 scripted program and No. 1 drama in Total Airs Mondays at 8 p.m. E.T. households; draws more viewers than Dragon’s Den, Mercer Report; topped only by • Shot in Toronto series has never been more popular. Executive Scott Garvie, • Average close to 1.5 million viewers a week for new episodes Producers Noel Hedges, in 2013-14 Cal Coons, • Will be stripped in the supper hour starting this fall on CBC Peter Mitchell, • The series originated on City back when it was still the CHUM/ Christina Jennings City group. It was canceled in 2011 after five seasons on City. Programmers at Rogers argued it was an ‘odd fit” for their Showrunner Peter Mitchell network, which was moving more toward a mix of edgy, urban US comedy imports. Starring Yannick Bisson, • The series hit a high of 700,000 viewers on City thanks to a Hélène Joy, well-publicized guest stint by prime minister Stephen Harper; Thomas Craig, otherwise rarely cracked the half million mark on City. Jonny Harris, • Murdoch Mysteries is Harper’s favourite TV show. Told it was Georgina Reilly moving to CBC in 2012, the PM said, “I’ll watch it anyway.” • CBC came to the rescue and ordered a sixth season days after City’s announced cancellation Production Shaftesbury • The first five seasons are still in high rotation on Roger’s Company City stations especially all summer, as City overplays it in a transparent attempt to come anywhere close to meeting its Shot and set in Toronto Canadian content quota • Despite so much exposure on two different networks the series remains a steady draw in Canada; Rogers pulls 300,000 to 400,000 with episodes seen five, six times already • Imported to 120 countries. • Produced with the assistance of the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit; the Film and Television Tax RATINGS: Murdoch Mysteries drew an average Credit; and the Canadian Television Fund of 1,335,000 viewers a week in 2013- • The series airs in the UK on Alibi (formerly known as UKTV 14, making it the 3rd most-watched Drama) Canadian scripted series that season • In the US, the series began airing on the Ovation cable TV and No. 1 overall on CBC network in 2013 under the title The Artful Detective

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 15 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA 19-2 BRAVO

Returning Jan. 19, 2015 • Produced with the participation of the Quebec Film (Season 2) and Television Tax Credit, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, the Canadian Media Fund and Airs Mondays 9 p.m. ET the COGECO Program Development Fund • Benz Antoine reprises his role from the original French- Executive Jocelyn Deschenes, language series Producers Luc Chatelain, • The French series, created by and starring Réal Bossé Bruce M. Smith, and Claude Legault, debuted in 2011 on Radio-Canada Carolyn Newman, to critical and ratings success Greg Phillips, • The English 19-2 was originally ordered as a for Saralo MacGregor CBC, but was picked up by Bravo when CBC passed on it Starring Jared Keeso, • 19-2 is the first English drama in memory that is clearly , set in Montreal Benz Antoine, • Bell has qualified 19-2’s first season run on Bravo as a Bruce Ramsay, success, reaching an average of 190,000 viewers a Conrad Pla, week, making it the No. 3 show on the network Dan Petronijevic, Laurence Leboeuf, Maxim Roy, Mylène Dinh-Robic

Production Sphère Média Plus Companies and Echo Media The acting is solid and organic, the in association with pace is perfect, the writing is real Bell Media and natural and believable, and the stories hit home. “ — Denette Wilford, HuffPost TV Canada ” CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 16 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION …the most important Canadian show in years.

— John Doyle, “ The Globe and” Mail DRAMA ORPHAN BLACK SPACE

Returning April 18, 2015 • Renewed for a ten-episode third season (Season 3) • Tatiana Maslany has received universal acclaim for her performance as the various clones, winning the Television Created by Graeme Manson, Critics Association Best Dramatic Performance Award, beating Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad • Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter called her Starring Tatiana Maslany, performances “fantastic”. Maslany’s failure to receive a Dylan Bruce, nomination for Lead Actress in a Drama Series at both the Jordan Gavaris, 65th Primetime Emmy Awards and 66th Primetime Emmy Kevin Hanchard, Awards was seen as a snub by many critics. Goodman called it an “outrageous oversight.” Michael Mando, • The series also won a Peabody and a Canadian Screen Évelyne Brochu, Award Maria Doyle • Orphan Black made its broadcast network television debut Kennedy on CTV on August 16, 2013 • Executive producer Graeme Manson (Flashpoint) and Executive Ivan Schneeberg, producer-director John Fawcett (Spartacus, Lost Girl), Producers David Fortier, batted the idea around for 10 years. “We tried to make the Graeme Manson, whole thing work as a feature for a while,” says Manson. John Fawcett When TV tilted back from procedurals to serials, the two started pitching it as a series. “Serialized cable television Production Temple Street really lent itself to the project,” he says. Company Productions, • Five of the six Season 1 writers in the Orphan Black writing BBC America, room are graduates of the Bell Media • The series was pitched to USA and FX before BBC America picked up the US rights Shot in Toronto • Ratings: The Season 2 return of the BBC America thriller nearly doubled its 18-49 viewership in its first three days of time-shifted viewing. The ratings went up 97 percent compared to its first-night tally. That’s more than any TV RATINGS: Orphan Black drew an average of drama premiere — cable or broadcast — that season. The 337,000 viewers a week in 2013-14, first episode soared to 1.6 million BBC America viewers and making it the 10th most-watched 746,000 in the demo. Canadian specialty program that season

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 17 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA REMEDY GLOBAL

Returning Mar. 23, 2015 • On May 1, 2014 Global announced that Remedy had (Season 2) been renewed for a 10 episode second season. The first season was also 10 episodes Created by Greg Spottiswood • Remedy had a so-so delivery on Global in Feb., 2014, with 754,000 estimated overnight viewers. That’s Executive Greg Spottiswood, about half what the network averaged a few years Producers Bernie Zukerman, earlier with it’s last attempt at a doctor show, the co- Kelly Makin, pro casualty Combat Hospital. Global hammocked Adam Barken Remedy between two simulcasts, Almost Human (1,086,000) and The Blacklist (1,245,000) Starring Dillon Casey, • Dillon Casey, who grew up in Oakville, Ont., was Enrico Colantoni, previously on the shot-in-Toronto CW drama Nikita. Matt Ward, He says he’s enjoying the chance to “learn a lot, Genelle Williams, especially from guys like Rico and Greg. I mean, I’ve Sara Canning, had opportunities, but never to do the range of things Sarah Allen, I’ve done in this show.” Patrick McKenna, • Spottiswood feels he’s capable of plenty. He sees Martha Burns Remedy as “an opportunity to see what I’m capable of, in a way.” Production Indian Grove • “I knew he was good when we cast him, but he’s Company Productions really good,” he says. “There are very good actors who don’t have the capability to project an inner life Produced in Toronto when they’re not talking or doing anything. He has that capacity, which was a revelation, and we’ve been using it. Basically he doesn’t have to do very much for us to be engaged and feel. Plus he’s funny,” says Spottiswood.

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 18 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA REPUBLIC OF DOYLE CBC

Returning Oct. 15, 2014 • Resembles: a throwback to cop shows of the ‘70s (Season 6) like Rockford Files and Starsky & Hutch; Hawco has Rockford poster taped on door of writer’s room. Airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. • St. John’s lensed drama returned for a sixth and final season in late Sept Debuted Jan. 6, 2010 on CBC • The final total number of episodes will be 77 • The province of invested in capital Created by Allan Hawco, costs to launch this series in St. John’s, particularly in Malcolm MacRury, converting a warehouse into a studio Perry Chafe • St. John’s is really one of the stars of the series • Fifth season order for 16 episodes the series high Executive Allan Hawco, • Series drew a million Total viewers a week every single Producers John Vatcher, week during its second season on Wednesday nights Michael Levine tucked behind the CBC hit Dragon’s Den • Made headlines with guest starring stint by Academy Starring Allan Hawco, Award winner Russell Crowe in Third Season premiere, Seán McGinley, boosting audience to 1.36 million viewers Lynda Boyd, • Doyle lost as many as half a million viewers a week Krystin Pellerin, as a result of a shift to Sundays in Season 4 as CBC Mark O’Brien, coped with another round of programming cutbacks Marthe Bernard • Perennially snubbed at the Gemini “Screenie” awards • In 2013, did a clever, cross-generational crossover Opening “Oh Yeah” with Murdoch Mysteries, an idea hatched by Murdoch theme by Great Big Sea showrunner Peter Mitchell • Canadian acting veterans Gordon Pinsent and Paul Gross have guest starred a few times. The series has used virtually every Newfoundland-born actor at one time or another including Shannon Tweed, Shawn Doyle and members of Great Big Sea.

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 19 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA ROOKIE BLUE GLOBAL

Returning Summer 2015 • The Canadian premiere drew an audience of 1.9 million (Season 6) viewers with 712,000 in the 18–49 category, placing first for the night and second for the week Created by Tassie Cameron, • In the US the premiere drew 7.253 million viewers. Morwyn Brebner, The premiere became the most successful scripted Ellen Vanstone summer debut in over a year and in nearly six years for ABC. Executive David Wellington, • The series averaged 1.597 million viewers, 1.351M, Producers John Morayniss, 1.202M and 1.203M over its first four seasons in Canada Noreen Halpern, • There was a 22 episode order for Season 5, to be split Ilana Frank, over the summers of 2014 and 2015 Tassie Cameron

Starring Missy Peregrym, Gregory Smith, Charlotte Sullivan, Rachael Ancheril, There’s something really primal about Lyriq Bent, Priscilla Faia, the idea of being a rookie—it hits that Matt Gordon, horrible, eternal sense of feeling like a Noam Jenkins, fraud, like a kid dressed in grown-up Eric Johnson clothes, trying to pretend you know what you’re doing. And I thought, Production Shaw Media, “what if you were feeling just like Company Thump, Inc., that—but with a gun? Ilana C. Frank Films, Entertainment One — Tassie Cameron, Executive Producer Shot & Set in Toronto

RATINGS: Rookie Blue drew an average of 1,597,000 viewers a week in 2013- 14, making it the most-watched ” Canadian scripted series that season

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 20 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA SAVING HOPE CTV

Returning Sept. 22, 2014 • Ratings: Saving Hope premiered to 1,520,000 CTV (Season 3) viewers on June 7, 2012. CTV averaged 1.7M total viewers for Season 1, 1.3M Season 2. Airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. • The premiere on NBC did 3.1M, close to a historic low on CTV for a scripted series premiere on the Peacock network. It was quickly canceled Stateside. Created By Malcolm MacRury, • CTV chose to go it alone, proving a series designed Morwyn Brebner as a Can-Am co-pro could draw a large, non-simulcast audience and survive the loss of its US broadcast Executive Ilana Frank, partner Producers David Wellington, • This was in contrast to Combat Hospital, another Can- Lesley Harrison, Am co-pro with a medical setting. It opened big in Morwyn Brebner, Canada the year before Saving Hope, averaging over Aaron Martin, 1.5 M, but when the US network partner walked away Malcolm MacRury quickly Global did not stick with the series. • Saving Hope, like Combat Hospital, was the highest- Starring Erica Durance, rated domestic draw of its initial summer Michael Shanks, Daniel Gillies, Huse Madhavji, Julia Taylor Ross, Kristopher Turner

Production Ilana C. Frank Films, Companies Entertainment One, ...a sober, intelligent, placidly Bell Media paced drama as only the Canadians can make. Produced in Toronto

RATINGS: Saving Hope drew an average of — Lori Racki, The Chicago Sun-Times 1,582,000 viewers a week in 2013- 14, making it the 2nd most-watched Canadian scripted series that season “ ” CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 21 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA SENSITIVE SKIN HBO CANADA

Returning TBA (Season 2) • Adapted from the British series of the same name, created by Hugo Blick Premiered July 20, 2014 • Six-episode first season • Sensitive Skin is uneven but it may just be an Written by Bob Martin adaptation that needs more time to find itself as a Canadian series. It is certainly well cast and well made. Directed by Don McKellar It has many honest, poignant moments of boomer desperation. There are some direct hits on Toronto’s Executive Kim Cattrall, hipster/condo core. A second season that took a Producers Don McKellar, bigger swing at Davina’s personal journey would be Bob Martin, welcomed.” — Bill Brioux, BRIOUX.TV Henry Normal, • HBO Canada renewed series for a second season in Hugo Blick Dec. 2014 • All six episodes were available for download as soon Starring Kim Cattrall, as the series premiered Don McKellar, Elliott Gould, Colm Feore

Production Rhombus Media, Companies Baby Cow Productions Sensitive Skin is uneven but it may just be an adaptation that needs more time to find itself as a Canadian series. “ — Bill Brioux, BRIOUX.TV ” CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 22 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA STRANGE EMPIRE CBC

Returning Sept. 22, 2014 • Synopsis: Serialized Western drama set near the (Season 1) Alberta-Montana border in the 1860s, in which three women band together for survival after the men in Airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. their town are murdered. • Thirteen episodes ordered Created By Laurie Finstad • Strange Empire is an indication that the new team in (Durham County) charge of programming at CBC are looking to change direction. “Serialized, darker programming is I think Executive Laurie Finstad, something most audiences are used to seeing on US Producers Tim Johnson, cable,” says Sally Catto, CBC’s new vice president of Jeff Sagansky programming.

Starring Cara Gee, Melissa Farman, Tattiawna Jones, Aaron Poole

Production Annuit Coeptis Company Entertainment II

Serialized, darker programming is I think something most audiences are used to seeing on US cable... “ — Sally Catto, CBC Vice-President of Programming”

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 23 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA VIKINGS HISTORY

Returning Feb. 19, 2015 • According to Nielsen, the series premiere drew 6 million (Season 3) viewers in the US, topping all broadcast networks Created by among 18-to-49 year olds Michael Hirst • In Canada, the premiere was watched by 1.1 million Executive viewers. The first season averaged 942,000 viewers. Producers Michael Hirst, • That made it 2013’s No. 1 rated scripted specialty John Weber, series James Flynn, • History renewed Vikings for a ten-episode third Sherry Marsh, season in March. When asked what viewers could Alan Gasmer, expect from the next season, Michael Hirst explained: Sheila Hockin, “Yeah, we’re gonna attack Paris.” Morgan O’Sullivan • The first season’s budget has been reported as $40 Starring million US Travis Fimmel, • The series began filming in July 2012 at Ashford Katheryn Winnick, Studios, a newly built studio facility in Ireland, chosen Clive Standen, as a location for its tax advantages Jessalyn Gilsig, • Seventy percent of the first season was filmed Gustaf Skarsgård, outdoors George Blagden, • Some additional background shots were done in Alexander Ludwig, Western Norway Alyssa Sutherland • Fimmel is the main lead but Toronto-raised Katheryn Production Winnick, Montreal’s Jesslyn Gilsig, Ottawa original Companies Shaw Media, Donal Logue and Vancouver boy Alexander Ludwig Octagon Films, (The Hunger Games) were all part of the inner cast Take 5 Productions • Canadian director Ken Girotti (Being Erica, La Femme Nikita) was back for a second season

RATINGS: Vikings drew an average of 904,000 viewers a week in 2013-14, making it the No. 1 rated Canadian specialty program in the country

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 24 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DRAMA X COMPANY CBC

Premiere Feb. 18, 2015 • Synopsis: Based on real-life stories, X Company centers (Season 1) on a team of young recruits training as secret agents during World War II. Created by Mark Ellis • Dillon plays Duncan Sinclair, the “beating heart and Stephanie clenched fist” of a secret World War II camp on the Morgenstern shores of Lake Ontario (Flashpoint) • Inspired by stories about a real spy training school located between Whitby and Oshawa Executive Ellis, Morgenstern, • Production took place in Budapest Producers Ivan Schneeberg, • Montrealer François Arnaud, who starred in The Borgias, David Fortier will guest star in X Company • A Canadian-Hungarian co-production Starring Evelyne Brochu • James Bond author Ian Fleming, was reportedly trained (Orphan Black), at the actual Ontario spy camp Jack Laskey (Endeavour), Warren Brown (Luther), Dustin Milligan (Demonic), Connor Price (Being Human) and Hugh Dillon (Flashpoint)

Production Temple Street Companies Productions, Pioneer Stillking Films

RATINGS: X Company opened to 813,000 overnight estimated viewers

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 25 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 26 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 27 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY MR. D CBC/CITY

Returning Jan. 18, 2015 • Dee based Mr. D on his ten years teaching physical (Season 4) education in high school before he left for a career in stand-up comedy in 2003 Airs Mondays at 9 p.m. ET • Filmed on location at Citadel High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia Created by Gerry Dee, • Renewed for a fourth season on April 4, 2014 Michael Volpe • The first episode of the show was watched by 1.23 million viewers before settling in around the 630,000 that first Executive Gerry Dee, season Producers Michael Volpe • Budget cuts at CBC limited the series order to just 8 episodes in Season 3 Starring Gerry Dee, • Mr. D got little traction as a result, with episodes dipping Jonathan Torrens, into the 300,000 viewer range Lauren Hammersley, • CBC, facing further budget cuts, was prepared to walk Booth Savage, away from Mr. D when Rogers stepped in with a plan Bette MacDonald, to extend the series. Rogers made a deal to invest in a Naomi Snieckus, second window on the comedy. Thirteen new episodes Darrin Rose, of Mr. D will air on CBC’s 2014-15 schedule. Later in 2015, Mark Little, the series will begin airing on City. Wes Williams, • “Delighted and thankful to CBC and Rogers on working Mark Forward together to make Season 4 of @mrd_on_cbc happen,” Dee wrote on Twitter. “Will air on @CBC and @City_tv Production Topsail in 2015.” Company Entertainment

Opening “I’m Awesome” Theme by Spose

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 28 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY CBC

Returns Oct. 7, 2014 • Shot before a studio audience at the CBC Broadcast (Season 11) Centre in Toronto • Eleven seasons, 200 episodes and counting Airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET • A consistent ratings winner pulling a steady million- plus a night for a decade Created by Rick Mercer, • Every week, Mercer does a ‘streeter’-style tongue- Gerald Lunz in-cheek rant about current issues, using the same format that he popularized on 22 Minutes with a long Executive Gerald Lunz take and camera tilting. These are almost always Producers taped while Mercer walks up and down a graffiti- strewn Toronto alleyway. Starring Rick Mercer • Over 11 seasons, Mercer has gone skating with Hazel McCallion, got measured for a suit with Don Cherry Shot in Toronto and bungee jumped off a bridge in Whistler, BC with “Man in Motion” Rick Hansen • Rick Mercer has won over 25 Gemini awards

RATINGS: Rick Mercer Report drew an average of 1,010,000 viewers a week in 2013- 14, making it the 3rd most-watched CBC series that season

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 29 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY PACKAGE DEAL CITY

Returning Sept. 12, 2014 • Second season shot in hurry up style of the new 10/90 (Season 2) comedies; two episodes produced each week. • Live studio audience now only in on half the production Created by Andrew Orenstein • The sound stage is one of those stealth studios tucked inside an industrial park. Outside it looks like any other Starring Randal Edwards, soul-less suburban factory zone. Inside, you could be on Harland Williams, the Warners’ or CBS Radford lot. Jay Malone, • Harland Williams, Jay Malone and Randal Edwards Julia Voth play three goofy brothers. Julia Voth plays Edwards’ character’s hot girlfriend who accepts them all, for Executive Andrew Orenstein, better or for worse. Producers Tim Gamble, • Eugene Levy and Pamela Anderson guest starred in Michael Shepard Season 1 • Jason Priestley makes an appearance in Season 2 Production Thunderbird Films, • Ratings: The series failed to break out Season 1 despite Companies Rogers Media being hammocked between two top-rated comedy imports Monday nights on City. Package Deal would Shot in Vancouver appear to slump to 300,000 viewers in between two million-plus audiences. Factor out the simulcast numbers for the imports on American border stations, however, and Package Deal’s retention in the timeslot was closer to 70%. • One of two shows hyped in 2013 as part of the Great Canadian experiment with four camera, studio audience comedy

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 30 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY SCHITT’S CREEK CBC

Premiere Jan. 13, 2015 • Synopsis: Levy and O’Hara star as Johnny and Moira (Season 1) Rose, a wealthy couple who are forced, after losing all their money, to rebuild their lives in their only Created by Eugene Levy, remaining asset: the no-horse town of Schitt’s Creek, Daniel Levy which they once purchased as a joke. • O’Hara says she’d been carefully avoiding sitcom Executive Eugene Levy, pitches for years in order to dodge working long hours Producers Daniel Levy, “with a bunch of strangers,” but couldn’t resist this Fred Levy, pitch from her old SCTV pal Eugene Levy. Besides, Andrew Barnsley, in playing half of a snooty couple who loses almost Ben Feigin everything, there was the chance to “live in poverty wearing the most annoying clothes.” Starring Eugene Levy, • Series was renewed for a second season in January Catherine O’Hara, 2014 Daniel Levy, • Shot in Toronto at Pinewood Studios Chris Elliott, Mara Marini

Production Not a Real Company Companies Productions

Shot in Toronto

RATINGS: Schitt’s Creek opened to 1.4 million overnight estimated viewers

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 31 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY SPUN OUT CTV

Returning TBA (Season 2) • Ratings: The show opened above 1.2M in the overnights behind The Big Bang Theory on Thursdays Created by Jeff Biederman, before dipping to 800,000 the next night and less Brent Piaskoski, than 600,000 in the overnights the next week. With Brian K. Roberts half the audience gone in eight days, the comedy was looking to settle around the half-million mark in Week Executive Jeff Biederman, Four on a Friday. Producers Brent Piaskoski, • Foley was joined in Season 1 in one episode by his Brian K. Roberts Kids in the Hall co-stars • Second season order for 13 new episodes went into Starring Dave Foley, production in September in Toronto Paul Campbell, Rebecca Dalton, Al Mukadam, Holly Deveaux, J.P. Manoux, Darcy Michael

Production Project 10 Companies Productions

Shot in Toronto

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 32 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY SUNNYSIDE CITY

Premiere Jan. 8, 2015 • Sketch comedy series hails from two veterans of the (Season 2) genre, Redican, who was part of the Frantics as well as head writer on Kids in the Hall and also starred Created by Dan Redican, on Puppets Who Kill and Pearson, with writing and Gary Pearson producing credits on , That’s So Weird and MADtv Executive Dan Redican, • Episodes ordered: 13 Producers Gary Pearson, • A second season of seven episodes has been ordered Anton Leo, to air in the fall of 2015 Shane Corkery, Dan Bennett, Phyllis Laing

Starring Kathleen Phillips, Lauren Ash, Pat Thornton, Patrice Goodman, Alice Moran, Kevin Vidal, Rob Norman

Production Counterfeit Pictures, Companies Buffalo Gal Pictures

Shot in Winnipeg

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 33 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY THIS HOUR HAS 22 MINUTES CBC

Returning Oct. 7, 2014 • 22 Minutes is celebrating its 22nd season (Season 22) • Originally featuring , Rick Mercer, Greg Thomey and Airs Tuesdays at 8:30 pm • Its full name is a parody of This Hour Has Seven Days, a CBC newsmagazine from the 1960s Created by Mary Walsh • Recognized with 24 Gemini Awards and 11 Canadian Comedy Awards Starring Mark Critch, • Taped before a live audience in Studio 1 at CBHT in Cathy Jones, Halifax, Nova Scotia Shaun Majumder, • Ratings averaged over 800,000 viewers Tuesday nights Susan Kent last season on CBC • Former fake news anchors include Walsh, Rick Mercer, Production DHX Media, Grey Thomey, , Geri Hall and Gavin Company Canadian Crawford Broadcasting • The series travelled to Ottawa in January, shooting its Corporation first episode outside Halifax in 22 years

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 34 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY TRAILER PARK BOYS

Returning Mar. 27, 2015 • Trailer Park Boys resided with Showcase for its first (Season 9) seven seasons. Beginning with the eighth season, the series switched to Netflix Created by Mike Clattenburg • The show’s lead trio formerly toured with Our Lady Peace, and with Guns N’ Roses, with whom Bubbles Starring John Paul Tremblay, sings his trademark song “Liquor and Whores” Robb Wells, • It airs all over the world, including Australia on The Mike Smith Comedy Channel, the UK and Spain on Paramount Comedy, the Republic of Ireland on 3e, Iceland on Production Sunnyvale SkjárEinn, New Zealand on TV 2, Israel on Xtra Hot, the Company Productions, Netherlands on Comedy Central Swearnet Pictures • In the US, it formerly aired on BBC America as well as (season 8-present) DirecTV. It now airs on Netflix. • Netflix has also committed to a ninth season Shot in Halifax Regional • The series has so far spawned three feature films Municipality, Truro, • Episodes would typically have pulled 300,000 viewers Nova Scotia in the middle of the series’ run on Showcase • The series was turned down at The Comedy Network Distributor Entertainment One • No. of episodes: 65 + (Season 8-present)

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 35 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COMEDY YOUNG DRUNK PUNK CITY

Premiere January 21, 2015 • Synopsis: Two young men—Ian and Shinky—explore the (Season 1) lost years between high school and “what’s next” • A semi-autobiographical take on a coming-of-age Created by Bruce McCullough journey loosely based on McCullough’s own adventures prior to his success with The Kids in the Hall Executive Bruce McCullough • Set in Calgary in the 1980s Producers Susan Cavan • McCullough grew up not far from where Young Drunk Jordy Randall Punk was shot Tom Cox • 13 episodes have been ordered • Toronto-native Atticus Mitchell, who plays Shinky, was Starring Tim Carlson last seen in Fargo Atticus Mitchell • Developed and commissioned by Rogers Bruce McCullough • “Hopefully it will serve as a poor, but ultimately Tracy Ryan redemptive example for high school graduates today, who are not certain of their future plans.” — McCullough Production Accent Companies Entertainment, SEVEN24 Films

Shot in Calgary

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 36 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION UNSCRIPTED

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 37 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION THE AMAZING RACE CANADA UNSCRIPTED - COMPETITION

THE AMAZING RACE CANADA - CTV CANADA’S SMARTEST PERSON - CBC

• Summer 2013: average audience • Begins Sept. 28 3.5 million viewers • Hosted by and • Most-watched Canadian television Jeff Douglas program on record and #2 program of • No trivia, no book smarts, just mind- the year overall behind only The Big bending challenges in six categories Bang Theory of intelligence • From Insight Productions • An American adaptation is in development RATINGS: The Amazing Race Canada drew an average of 2,774,000 viewers a week in 2013-14, making it the most- watched Canadian series that season. CANADA’S WORST DRIVER - DISCOVERY

• 10th season • Discovery’s most successful BACHELOR CANADA - CITY program ever • From Proper Television • Returns Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET • The series rested for a year after an inaugural season where ratings ranged between 600,000 to 700,000 DRAGON’S DEN - CBC

• Airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET • New dragons Michael Wekerle and were added for Season 9 • Arlene Dickinson and David Chilton will not be returning for Season 10

RATINGS: Dragon’s Den drew an average of 1,069,000 viewers a week in 2013-14, making it the 2nd most-watched CBC series that season

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 38 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION DONUT SHOWDOWN UNSCRIPTED - FOOD

BBQ CRAWL - TRAVEL & ESCAPE ...dated inns in cottage country. NETWORK (CANADA) • Wise is the event expert on CTV’s The Social • Season 2 premiered April 1, 2014 • Production Company: General Purpose • Executive Producer Kit Redmond Entertainment, Toronto • Starring Canadian BBQ Champion Danielle • Airs Friday at 10 p.m. ET/PT Dimovski, aka “Diva Q” • 13 X 30 min. episodes • Synopsis: Dimovski competes in southern • Barry’s love of cooking began when he US BBQ cooking competitions and visits was 13, working beside his uncle at a smokin’ BBQ establishments along the way pizzeria in his hometown, Niagara-on- • Production Company: RTR Media the-Lake • 23 x 30 min. episodes • Shooting locations include Stratford, • Dimovski is a suburban mom of three Buckhorn, Huntsville and Port Severn whose passion for BBQ takes her to competitions all over North America where she has won numerous awards DONUT SHOWDOWN - FOOD

CHOPPED CANADA - FOOD • Returning Sept. 8, 2014 (Season 2) • Executive Producer Mike Sheerin • The Food network’s No. 1 series • Host Daryn Jones of 2014 returns with host Dean McDermott • Synopsis: Three teams of expert donut makers compete to create the tastiest, one-of-a-kind donut and grab the $10,000 prize. DINING INNVASION - COTTAGE LIFE TV • Production Company: Architect Films Inc., Toronto • Premiere: Sept 5., 2014 • Distributor: Tricon Films & Television • Executive Producer Scott Clark McNeil • 14 x 30 min. episodes • Starring Chef Victor Barry and Event • The expert judges include chefs David planner Rebecca Wise Rocco, Duff Goldman, Elizabeth Falkner, • Synopsis: Barry and Wise spruce up 13... Zane Caplansky, Eden Grinshpan, Jeff Mahin and Maggie McKeown.

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 39 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION MASTERCHEF CANADA UNSCRIPTED - FOOD

MASTERCHEF CANADA - CTV RECIPE TO RICHES - CBC • Summer average: 1.8 million viewers • Canada’s most-watched homegrown • Premiere Wed. Feb. 26, 2014 at 9 p.m. series of the 2013-14 season and one of (9:30 NT) the most-watched new programs • Synopsis: Amateur Canadian cooks compete of the season to have their unique recipe featured as • Renewed with an order for Masterchef a President’s Choice® product and to Canada: A Holiday Special ultimately win the $250,000 grand prize. • From Proper Television Canadian viewers vote for their favourite. • • Executive Producers: Ivan Schneeberg and RATINGS:• Masterchef Canada drew an average David Fortier (Temple Street Productions) • of 1,819,000 viewers a week in • Host Carlo Rota (Little Mosque on the Prairie, 24) • 2013-14, making it the second most- • Production Company: Temple Street watched Canadian series that season. Productions in association with CBC and Loblaw Companies Limited. • Six one-hour episodes • The first two seasons aired on Food Network ONE WORLD KITCHEN - GUSTO TV Canada and Global before CBC picked up the show for its third season in 2013 • Launching April, 2015 on television and • Host Carlo Rota’s got his passion for food earlier online from his father Dante Rota, an internationally • Shines a spotlight on five global cuisines; renowned chef. He is also the former host of Indian, Thai, Italian, South American and The Great Canadian Food Show. Japanese • Judges are Gail Simmons, Vikram Vij, and • Features five Canadian chefs; Vijaya Arlene Dickinson Selvaraju, Hana Etsuko, Natalia Machado, Vanessa Gianfrancesco and Pailin Chongchitnant YOU GOTTA EAT HERE - FOOD • 30 episodes ordered • Produced in Ottawa • Fourth season begins Jan. 30, 2015 • Showcases Canada as one of the most • Canada’s version of Drive-Ins, Diners and Dives culturally diverse nations on the world • Hosted by John Catucci who scourers Canada for comfort food • 26 x 30 min. episodes • From Lone Eagle Entertainment

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 40 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COLIN & JUSTIN’S CABIN PRESSURE UNSCRIPTED - HOME

COLIN & JUSTIN’S CABIN PRESSURE HOUSE OF BRYAN SEASON 3: IN THE - COTTAGE LIFE TV STICKS - HGTV

• Season 2 premieres March 18, 2015 • Starring Bryan and Sarah Baeumler 10 p.m. ET • Synopsis: Small town boy Bryan and his • Executive Producer Les Tomlin city wife Sarah, build their dream home • Starring Scottish design duo Colin in the country McAllister and Justin Ryan • Production Company: Si Entertainment • Synopsis: The boys are back to finish • Airs Sundays at 9 p.m. the transformation of their three-story • House of Bryan is the highest rated log cabin in Muskoka, Ontario. series in HGTV Canada’s history • Production Company: Co-production • 16 x 30 min. episodes between Blue Ant Media (Toronto), • The show is seen in 26 countries Peace Point Entertainment Group including Russia, Australia and Israel (Toronto), and OUTtv. • Baulmer has a B.A. in Political Science • Airs: Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET from University of Western • Distributor: Peace Point Rights • Baulmer and wife Sarah have four • 13 x 30 min. episodes children. • “Neither Colin or I realized just what a pig in lipstick we were buying.” — Justin Ryan. INCOME PROPERTY - HGTV CANADA

• Returned Feb. 26, 2015 • For Season 10, host Scott McGillivray takes the show on the road for the first time • Four vacation properties to be highlighted this season • McGillivray was recently named People magazine’s “Sexiest Man of the Week”

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 41 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION TIMBER KINGS UNSCRIPTED - HOME

MIKE’S ULTIMATE GARAGE TIMBER KINGS - HGTV CANADA - HGTV CANADA • Returning January 4, 2015 • Mike Holmes and his son Mike Jr, • Executive Producers Adam Wilkenfeld, design, build and deck out their own David Paperny, Cal Shumiatcher and state-of-the-art man cave Audrey Mehler • Originally a one-night television event • Starring the Timber Kings crew: Bryan • Mike Holmes original HGTV series, Reid, Jr., André Chevigny, Bryan Reid, Holmes on Homes, premiered in 2001 Sr., Joel Roorda, Beat Schwaller, and • In May 2010, Reader’s Digest named Peter Arnold Holmes as the second most widely- • Synopsis: Master log smiths custom trusted person in Canada behind David build huge, multi-million dollar log Suzuki homes and then take them apart and reassemble them at their new owner’s location – thousands of miles away • Production Company: Paperny Entertainment, Vancouver • Distributor: Passion Distribution, London • HGTV Canada’s #1 series • 10 x 60 min. episodes • The homes are built by Pioneer Log Homes in Williams Lake, BC • This season, the Timber Kings crew is building homes in Britain, Germany and Scotland, in addition to North America • The logs weigh 2,000 pounds and are cut with 20-pound chainsaws

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 42 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION COLD WATER COWBOYS UNSCRIPTED - LIFESTYLE

COLD WATER COWBOYS - DISCOVERY THE LIQUIDATOR - OLN

• Channel’s second-highest series • Returning January 8, 2015 (Season 4) premiere ever—Canadian production or • Executive Producers Margaret otherwise—drawing 610,000 viewers Mardirossian and Helen Schmidt for its series opener • Starring Host Jeff Schwarz • From Paperney Entertainment • Synopsis: Schwarz buys and sells 24/7 to keep his 30,000 sq. ft. warehouse full and the profits flowing • Production Company: Anaïd Productions (Vancouver) in association with Rogers Media Inc. • Shot In North Vancouver BC • Airs Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT • Distributor: Picture Box Distribution • Season 3 premiere had the highest audience numbers in the show’s history: 125,000 viewers (P2+). Season 3 also averaged 31 per cent higher audiences year-over-year in the key A25-54 demo (BBM Canada). • 78 x 30 min. episodes • Leo Award winner 2014: Best Screenwriting in Lifestyle/Information Series • Airs in 137 countries around the world • “I’ll buy anything if the price is right…. I live for the deal.” — Jeff Schwarz

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 43 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION SAY YES TO THE DRESS CANADA UNSCRIPTED - LIFESTYLE

STORAGE WARS CANADA - OLN SAY YES TO THE DRESS CANADA - W NETWORK • Returning January 8, 2015 • Executive Producers Guy O’Sullivan • Returning January 7, 2015 and Allison Grace • Synopsis: a bride-to-be tries on wedding • Synopsis: Described as a “modern day dresses and gets way too much input treasure hunt” where buyers bid on from friends and family storage units at auction • Shot in Woodbridge, Ont., at Amanda- • Production Company: Proper Television Lina’s Sposa Boutique • Based on a format created by Original • Bridal stylist Joesph Spencer was Holt Productions, a FremantleMedia Renfrew’s evening gown specialist Company • The US version of the series has run for 11 • Airs Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET/PT seasons • Distributor: FremantleMedia • Among the brides on Season 1 are International Olympic bobsledder Emily Baadsvik, • Highest-rated show on OLN who searches for her gown with the help • 36 x 30 min. episodes of her fiance, retired CFL star Dimitri • Season 2 special guests include Tsoumpas Sportsnet Broadcaster and former • Watch one picky bride try on 50 gowns Stanley Cup Champion Nick Kypreos before settling on the perfect dress and Robb Reiner of Canadian heavy • From Temple Street Productions metal band, Anvil • Seen in over 140 territories around the world including the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and Australia

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 44 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION YUKON GOLD UNSCRIPTED - LIFESTYLE

SHANNON AND SOPHIE - W NETWORK YUKON GOLD - HISTORY

• Returing Tuesday, May 20, 2014 • Season 3 premiered Feb. 25, 2015 • Producers John Ritchie, Rob Bromley, • Follows four daring gold mining crews as Gillian Lowery and Dana Johl they pan for the ultimate payday • Starring Shannon Tweed and daughter • History’s top-rated Canadian documentary Sophie Tweed-Simmons series for the past two years, often topping • Synopsis: The everyday adventures of 600,000 viewers “try anything” mom Shannon Tweed and her more conservative 21-year-old daughter, Sophie Tweed-Simmons • Production Company: Force Four Entertainment (Vancouver) in association with W Network • Shot In Whistler (where the Simmons’ own a home), Vancouver, Los Angeles and Nashville • Airs Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET • 8 x 30 min. episodes • Sophie is pursuing a singing and acting career and helps run her own charity, Sophie’s Place, a children’s advocacy centre in Surrey, BC • Gene Simmons will make regular cameo appearances on the show

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 45 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION BIGGEST AND BADDEST CANADA UNSCRIPTED - MISCELLANEOUS

AIRSHOW - DISCOVERY BORDER SECURITY: CANADA’S FRONT LINE - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC • Premieres January 26, 2015 CHANNEL (CANADA) • Synopsis: follows the lives of pilots, wing walkers and other daring performers • Returning September 5, 2014 10 p.m. ET/ through a hair-raising airshow season PT (Season 3) • From the makers of Highway Thru Hell • Executive Producers John Ritchie, Gillian • 12-part Canadian original Lowrey and Rob Bromley • Produced by Great Pacific TV • Production Company: Force Four • Tagline: “This can be a job people are Entertainment, Vancouver, BC dying to do” • Synopsis: Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers challenge suspicious looking passengers who enter or exit Canada by land, sea or air. BIGGEST AND BADDEST CANADA • Shot in Vancouver, BC (primarily) and - ANIMAL PLANET CANADA Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and Quebec • Returning Monday, December 1 at 10 • Based on Border Security: Australia’s p.m. ET/ 7 p.m. PT, Season 2 Front Line which debuted in 2004 • Synopsis : In Season 2, Niall McCann • Opening Theme: “Would I Lie to You,” by travels to Louisiana, South America, Eurythmics Africa and the Florida Everglades to see • 26 x 30 min. episodes snakes, crocodiles, lions, gorillas and • Filming of an immigration raid in spring pythons in action – and very up-close. 2013 where several workers were • Produced and directed by Peter von arrested inspired a campaign to have the Puttkamer show shut down. The president of the • Starring Canadian/British adventurer CBSA wanted it cancelled but Canada’s and biologist, Niall McCann Public Safety Minister overrode his • Production Company: Gryphon concerns. Productions Ltd., West Vancouver, BC • 6-part , one-hour series

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 46 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION HIT THE ICE UNSCRIPTED - MISCELLANEOUS

DINO HUNT CANADA - HISTORY THE PEOPLE’S COUCH - BRAVO

• Premiere: January, 2015 • Premiere: Sunday, July 13, 2014 at • Synopsis: follow Canadian 8:30 p.m. ET paleontologists as they embark on • Synopsis: Canadians watch other actual dinosaur digs. See them unearth Canadians watch TV a dinosaur that’s never been discovered • Executive Producers Thomas Howe, before! Donna Luke, and Richard Fowler • Dino Hunt brings beasts back to life • Starring eight groups of armchair using CGI and prosthetic models critics including Shirlene, Jizelle and Chrield; Kenny and Tara; Kathy, Mary Ann and Cheri; Jordan and Nic; Sylvia and David; Ken and Natasha; Kate, HIT THE ICE - APTN “Miss Icy” and Terry, and Ben and Star • Produced by Gogglebox Productions • Returned January 9, 2015 Inc., in association with Bravo, and with • Synopsis: At a NHL-style hockey training the support of THA Media Inc. camp, 20 uber-talented Aboriginal • Airs Sundays at 8:30 p.m. (ET) players hope to be discovered by a junior • 10, half-hour episodes league scout. • Based on GOGGLEBOX, the U.K’s hit • Written, produced and directed by Jason series. In its third season (ending May Brennan 2014) it was the highest rated series on • The team’s coach, John Chabot, is a Channel 4 former NHL hockey player • The People’s Couch observes people • Production Company: Nish Media in observing television and proves that association with APTN how we watch is often as funny as • 13 x 30 min. episodes what we watch—if not more so.” Tim • Broadcast in English and Cree Teeman, The Daily Beast • Premiered on APTN 2012

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 47 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION TOO MUCH INFORMATION UNSCRIPTED - MISCELLANEOUS

TOO MUCH INFORMATION SEE NO EVIL - SLICE NETWORK - SUPER CHANNEL

• Premiere November 2014 • Premiere: Friday, November 7 at 9pm • Premise: A panel of comedians are asked ET/PT to blurt “too much information” on a • Executive Producers Michael Kot, Saloon variety of subjects. Points are awarded. Media and Thomas Viner, Media • Host: Norm Sousa • Synopsis: Real crimes are solved using • Panelists: Geri Hall, Naomi Sniekus, Mark surveillance cameras plus dramatic re- Forward, Lauren Ash, Carla Collins, enactments and testimony of police and Dave Merheje, Andrew Johnston, Sitara other witnesses Hewitt, Fraser Young and several others • Production Company: Saloon Media • From Lone Eagle Entertainment (Toronto) and Arrow Media (UK) • Airs Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT • Distributed by Entertainment One • 6 x 60 min. episodes • CCTV (closed circuit television) footage has helped close cases that might have remained unsolved • Cases include the Billings murders in Florida and the abduction and murder of Kelsey Smith • “With 30 million surveillance cameras in North America, we are increasingly living in a surveillance society. See No Evil taps into this using a blend of real-life CCTV and home surveillance footage with dramatic reconstruction, revealing some of the most compelling murder cases.” –Thomas Viner

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 48 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION FOREIGN LOCATION & SERVICE PRODUCTION

CANADIAN TELEVISION 2015 49 A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRODUCTION FOREIGN LOCATION AND SERVICE PRODUCTION DEFIANCE

In 2012/2013, the total volume of Foreign Location Service (FLS) production in Canada was $1.74 Billion dollars and supported 38,200 full time equivalent jobs. Eight out of 10 FLS projects in Canada originate in the US

ONTARIO

Ontario is Canada’s largest film and television production centre and is home to the most English-language distribution and broadcasting companies. The province recorded $2.39 Billion in total production volume during 2012-13.According to the Motion Picture Association of Canada, this generated 46,500 full time equivalent jobs in Ontario in 2012-13. Of the total production volume, $212 million was spent on Foreign Location and Service (FLS) production.

Among the FLS productions taking place in Ontario in 2014-15:

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST - Season 3 MAKE IT POP - Season 1 The CW/Showcase Nickelodeon BatB III Productions Inc. DHX-Exchange Productions Inc. Stars: Kirstin Kreuk, Jay Ryan, Exec. Prod.: Nick Cannon, Tom Lynch Sendhil Ramamurthy Shoot: Dec. 8, 2014 – Mar 13, 2015 Exec. Prod.: Brad Kern, John Webber, Toronto Frank Siracusa Shoot: Aug. 28, 2014 – Feb. 06, 2015 THE EXPANSE - Season 1 Toronto Syfy Expanding Universe Prods. Ltd. DARK MATTER - Season 1 Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Cas Anvar, Syfy Wes Chatham, Thomas Jane Dark Matter Series Inc. Exec. Prods.: Naren Shankar, Mark Fergus, Stars: Marc Bendavid, Melissa O’Neil, Hawk Ostby, Sean Daniel, Anthony Lemke Jason Brown, Sharon Hall Exec. Prods.: Jay Firestone, Vanessa Piazza Shoot: Oct. 28, 2014 - Mar. 27, 2015 Shoot: Jan. 7 – May 15, 2015 Toronto Toronto HANNIBAL - Season 3 DEFIANCE - Season 3 NBC/City Syfy/Showcase Gaumont Int’l Television NBC - Universal Stars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Stars: Grant Bowler, Julie Benz, Laurence Fishburne Graham Greene, Mia Kirshner Shoot: Oct. 20 2014 - Apr. 02, 2015 Exec. Prod.: Kevin Murphy Mississauga Shoot: Feb. 2 - Jun. 11, 2015 Toronto

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HEMLOCK GROVE - Season 3 Netflix THE STRAIN - Season 2 Lockhem 3 Productions Inc. FX/FX Canada Stars: Famke Janssen, Landon Liboiron, Strain Can II Productions Inc. Bill Skarsgård, Dougray Scott Stars: Corey Stoll, Mia Maestro Exec. Prod.: Gerritt van der Meer Exec. Prod.: Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse, Shoot: Dec. 08, 2014 - Apr. 30, 2015 J. Miles Dale, Chuck Hogan, Gary Ungar Mississauga Shoot: Nov. 17, 2014 – Apr. 30, 2015 Toronto MAN SEEKING WOMAN - Season 1 FXX/FXX Canada THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE - Season 1 Broadway Video, FX Productions Starz Stars: Jay Baruchel, Eric Andre, Britt Lower, Premiere: Motion Picture Corp. Maya Erskine Stars: Riley Keough, Shaun Benson, Exec. Prod.: Simon Rich, Jonathan Krisel, Jeff Clarke Andrew Singer, Lorne Michaels Exec. Prods.: P. Fleischman, G. Marcus, Toronto S. Soderbergh Shoot: Mar. 9 - Jun. 19, 2015 REIGN - Season 2 Toronto The CW/CTV Two/M3 Reign Productions Inc. THE GOOD WITCH - Season 1 Stars: Adelaide Kane, Megan Follows, Hallmark Toby Regbo Good Witch One Productions Inc. Exec. Prods.: Frank Siracusa, John Weber, Stars: Catherine Bell, James Denton, Laurie McCarthy, Harley Peyton, Catherine Disher Brad Silberling Prod.: Andrea Raffaghello Shoot: July 07 - Apr. 13 2015 Exec. Prod.: Frank Siracusa Toronto Shoot: Oct. 15, 2014 – Feb. 13, 2015 Toronto SUITS - Season 5 USA Network/Bravo Temple Street Stars: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Rick Hoffman, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres Exec. Prod: Ivan Schneeberg, David Fortier, John Fawcett, Graeme Manson Shoot: Oct. 14, 2014 – Mar. 3, 2015 Toronto

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BRITISH COLUMBIA

In announcing their budget in February, 2015, the BC government pledged to continue to ensure the competitiveness of BC’s film, television and digital industries. Among the measures: extending the Interactive Digital Media tax credits to 2018 and expanding the digital animation or visual effects (DAVE) tax credits to include post-production.

Here’s a look at the foreign location and service production happening this season in British Columbia:

ARROW - Season 3 FALLING SKIES - Season 5 The CW/CTV TNT/Super Channel/Space Oliver Queen Films Stars: Noah Wyle, Connor Jessup, Stars: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Jessy Schram, Maxin Knight Colin Donnell, David Ramsey Exec. Prod.: David Eick, Olatunde Exec. Prod.: Gerg Berlanti, Marc Osunsanmi, Todd Sharpt Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg Final season Shoot: July 09, 2014 – Apr. 17, 2015 Vancouver Vancouver IMPASTOR - Season 1 BACKSTROM - Season 1 TVLand Fox/Global IImpastor Productions Far Field Productions Stars: Michael Rosenbaum, Sara Rue, Stars: Rainn Wilson, Genevieve Angelson, Micrea Monroe, David Rasche Thomas Dekker, Dennis Haysbert Exec. Prod.: Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Exec. prod.: Hart Hanson, Leif G.W. Persson, Tannenbaum, Richard King, Robert Greenberg Mark Mylod, Niclas Salomonsson Shoot: Mar. 16 - May. 19, 2015 Vancouver Burnaby

BATES MOTEL - Season 4 IZOMBIE - Season 1 A&E The CW GEP Productions Stars: Rose McIver, David Anders, Stars: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Malcolm Goodwin, Robert Buckley Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell DC Comics, Rob Thomas Productions Exec. Prod.: Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin Exec. Prod.: Rob Thomas, Diane Ruggerio- Shoot: Oct. 20, 2014 - Feb. 26, 2015 Wright, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Etheridge Vancouver Premiere: Mar. 17, 2015 Coquitlam

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MISTRESSES - Season 3 SUPERNATURAL - Season 10 ABC The CW/Space ABC Studios, Ecosse Films Supernatural 5 Films Stars: Jennifer Esposito, Rochelle Aytes, Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Yunjin Kim, Jes Macallan Collins, Mark Sheppard ABC Studios, Ecosse Films Exec. Prod.: Robert Singer, Jeremy Carver, Exec. Prod.: Rina Mimoun, Douglas Rae, Phil Sgriccia, McG, Adam Glass Grant Scharbo Shoot: July 8, 2014 - Apr. 21, 2015 Shoot: Mar. 17 - July 16, 2015 Burnaby North Vancouver THE FLASH - Season 1 ONCE UPON A TIME - Season 4 The CW/CTV ABC/CTV Central City Films Stage 49 Productions Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Stars: Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison, Tom Cavanagh, Jesse L. Martin Lana Parrilla, Robert Carlyle Exec. Prod.: , Andrew Exec. Prod.: Edward Kitsis, Adam Horowitz, Kreisberg, David Nutter, Sarah Schechter Steve Pearlman Shoot: July 11, 2014 - Apr. 10, 2015 Shoot: July 9, 2014 - Apr. 2, 2015 Vancouver Burnaby

PROOF - Season 1 - Season 2 TNT The CW, Netflix Proof Productions Inc. Alloy Entertainment Stars: Jennifer Beals, Joe Mallum Blue, Stars: Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Matthew Modine Thomas McDonell Exec. Prod.: Rob Bragin, Kyra Sedgewick, Exec. Prod.: , Tom Jacobson, Jill Littman, Alex Graves Leslie Morgenstein, Matt Miller Shoot: Jan. 12 - Apr. 24, 2015 Premiere: Jan. 2015 Vancouver Vancouver

ROGUE - Season 2 Direct TV/The Movie Network/Movie Central Undercover Rogue 3 Prods. Inc. Stars: Thandie Newton, Cole Hauser, Sarah Jeffery Exec. Prod: Robert Petrovicz Shoot: Feb. 9 – Sept. 14, 2015 Vancouver

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WAYWARD PINES - Season 1 WHEN CALLS THE HEART - Season 2 Fox Halmark/Super Channel FX Productions Silver City Productions Stars: Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, Stars: Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing, Carla Gugino, Juliette Lewis Lori Loughlin, Chelah Horsdal Exec. Prod.: M. Night Shyamalan, Exec. Prod.: Michael Landon, Jr., Donald De Line, Chad Hodge Eric Jarboe, Michael Shepard Premiere: Summer 2015 Shoot: Nov. 17, 2014 - Mar. 05, 2015 Burnaby Langley

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QUEBEC

Quebec is one of the three largest film and television production centres in Canada, drawing nearly $1.4B in film and TV work in 2012-13. Quebec held a 24% share of total film and TV production volume in 2012-13. Plus what’s not to like about Montreal? Or, as Neil Patrick Harris tweeted in 2012: “Goodbye, Montreal! I had such a great time - the sights, the food, the people - I think you might be my favourite city in Canada!”

Among Quebec’s current English-language foreign location and service production:

HELIX - Season 2 Syfy, Space Muse Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television Stars: Billy Campbell, Kyra Zagorsky, Mark Ghanimé , Matt Long Exec. Prod.: Ronald D. Moore, Lynda Obst, Steven Maeda, Brad Turner Premiere: Jan. 16, 2015 Montreal

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ALBERTA

FARGO - Season 2 HELL ON WHEELS - Season 5 FX/FX Canada AMC 26 Keys Productions, The Littlefield Entertainment One, Nomadic Pictures Company/Nomadic Pictures Stars: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Stars: Patrick Wilson, Ted Danson, Common, Dominique McElligott Jean Smart, Kirsten Dunst Exec. prod.: Jeremy Gold, Joe Gayton, Tony Exec. prod: Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Gayton, David Von Ancken Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Premiere: 2015 Shoot: Jan. 19 - May 15, 2015 Calgary Calgary

MANITOBA

THE PINKERTONS - Season 1 Syndicated/CHCH Rosetta Media, Buffalo Gal Pictures Stars: Angus Macfadyen, Martha MacIsaac, Jacob Blair Exec. prod.: Kevin Abrams, Adam Moore, Suzanne Berger, Phyllis Laing Premiere: Jan. 27, 2015 Grosse Isle

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PREPARED FOR CANADIAN Michael Hennessy, President & CEO, TELEVISION Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) 2015

A GUIDE TO CURRENT CURATED BY PRODUCTION Bill Brioux brioux.tv MARCH 2015

DESIGNED BY Katie Brioux katie.brioux.ca

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This booklet is prepared for informational purposes. The inclusion of any company or production in this list does not in any way constitute an endorsement by the CMPA of such company or production.

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