Corus Entertainment Specialty 2018/2019
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CORUS ENTERTAINMENT SPECIALTY 2018/2019 ABC Spark Besties (10x30min) 2019 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Besties is a multi-camera sitcom that explores friendship, identity, race, and class as two lifelong best friends use each other to get through some of the toughest challenges that they will ever face – figuring out who they are and who they want to be. Good Trouble (13x60min) 2019 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Good Trouble will follow Callie (Maia Mitchell, The Fosters) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez, The Fosters) as they embark on the next phase of their young adult lives in Los Angeles. Brand new seasons of returning series on ABC Spark this year include: The Bold Type, grown-ish, and Siren. ACTION A brand new season of Hack My Life returns on Action this fall. BBC Canada Brand new seasons of returning series on BBC Canada this year include: Luther, Top Gear, Death in Paradise, and Father Brown. CI Marcia Clark Investigates The First 48 (7x120min) 2018 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Led by expert prosecutor and former defense attorney Marcia Clark, new original docu-series Marcia Clark Investigates The First 48 delves into some of America’s most shocking crimes that have remained unsolved or ended with controversial outcomes. Each two-hour episode will focus on a specific case and examine the first 48 hours after the crime to reveal new angles and unravel enduring mysteries. Marcia Clark Investigates The First 48 will pore through controversial cases including: the death of Casey Anthony’s daughter Caylee; the murder of actor Robert Blake’s wife Bonny Lee Bakley; the disappearance of Drew Peterson’s wife Stacy; the shocking death of Federal Bureau of Prisons intern Chandra Levy; the fatal shooting of Run D.M.C member Jam Master Jay; the Billionaire Boys Club’s obsession with money and power that may have turned to homicide; and the suspicious death of Rebecca Zahau at the Spreckels Mansion. Clark’s years of experience both as a prosecutor and defense attorney allow her to see the important details that original investigators may have missed. She will sift through evidence presented in the case files, visit significant locations and conduct interviews with key players in an effort to uncover potential new leads. By looking at these cases through the lens of the critical first 48 hours, Clark will strive to discover the truth behind how and why these murders happened. Cults and Extreme Beliefs (9x60min) 2018 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Elizabeth Vargas, alongside former members of controversial organizations, goes on a search to uncover how these sects use their influence to prey upon people’s desperation to create powerful and often destructive belief systems. Each episode will take an immersive look at one currently active group through the eyes of past devotees and get perspective from believers and leaders that are still inside. The Untitled Word of Faith Fellowship Project (working title) (6x60min) Summer 2018 Canadian Broadcast Premiere This docu-series follows the decades-long controversy surrounding the Word of Faith Fellowship Church in Spindle, North Carolina. This secretive church, led by 77-year-old Jane Whaley, continues to hold extreme power over its congregation and is riddled with allegations of mental and physical abuse and fraud. Elizabeth Vargas takes a look at the harrowing details of the past, as well as the present actions of the Church and examines the plight of former members who are fighting to get their families out. Brand new seasons of returning series on CI this fall include: The First 48, Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath and Live PD Police Patrol. CMT Brand new seasons of returning series on CMT this fall include: Drop The Mic, The Guest Book and Impractical Jokers. Cooking Channel Canada Carnival Kings (8x30min) September 2018 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Fearlessly innovative artist and Michelin-starred chef Richie Farina is hitting the road in search of cutting-edge culinary competition at carnivals around the country. Brand new specials and seasons of returning series on Cooking Channel Canada this fall include: Big Bad BBQ Brawl, Cheap Eats, Food: Fact or Fiction, Good Eats, Guy’s Big Bite, Man Fire Food, Southern and Hungry, The Best Thing I Ever Ate, Trisha’s Southern Kitchen, Unique Eats, Unique Sweets, and The Best Thing I Ever Ate. Disney Channel Canada Coop and Cami Ask the World (13x30min) Fall 2018 Canadian Broadcast Premiere A live-action comedy series about Cooper (Dakota Lotus) and Cameron Wrather (Ruby Rose Turner), two middle- school siblings who make nearly all of their decisions – both mundane and madcap – by crowdsourcing opinions from the millions of followers of Cooper’s online channel, Would You Wrather. Fast Layne (8x30min) 2019 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Twelve-year-old over-achiever Layne (Sophie Pollono, The Young and the Restless), finds her orderly life thrown into a tailspin when she discovers a sophisticated talking car named "V.I.N." hidden in an abandoned shed. With the help of her eccentric neighbor Zora (Sofia Rosinsky, The Other Side of the Door), Layne embarks on a high-speed adventure filled with bad guys, secret agents and other surprises to unlock the mystery behind V.I.N.’s creation. Amphibia (18x30min) 2019 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Amphibia is a comedy series that chronicles the adventures of 13-year-old, self-centered Anne Boonchuy who is magically transported to the fictitious world of Amphibia, a rural marshland full of frog-people. With the help of an excitable young frog named Sprig, Anne will transform into a hero and discover the first true friendship of her life. Kim Possible (1x120min) 2019 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Sadie Stanley and Sean Giambrone will star as Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable in the live-action Kim Possible, a Disney Channel Original Movie based on the global hit animated series about an everyday high school girl who, in her spare time, saves the world from villains. The comedy adventure also stars Alyson Hannigan as brain surgeon Dr. Ann Possible (AKA Mom Possible); Connie Ray as grandmother Nana Possible; Todd Stashwick and Taylor Ortega as fan-favourite villians Drakken and Shego; Ciara Wilson as new high school student Athena; and Erika Tham (Make It Pop) will play Kim's childhood frenemy, Bonnie. A brand new season of Milo Murphy’s Law returns to Disney Channel Canada this fall. Disney Junior T.O.T.S. (Tiny Ones Transport Service) (25x30min) 2019 Canadian Broadcast Premiere A heartfelt animated comedy for kids age 2-7 about the hilarious adventures of best friends Pip and Freddy, a tenacious penguin and a kind-hearted flamingo, who are the only non-stork delivery birds in-training at Tiny Ones Transport Service (T.O.T.S.). As new members of the esteemed team, these junior flyers must take tender care in transferring baby animals – kittens, cubs, calves, bunnies, puppies and joeys among them – from the nursery to their forever families around the globe. Together, they will learn how to nurture and care for the babies and use creative thinking and problem solving to model for young viewers that there isn’t just one way to achieve a goal. Gigantosaurus (20x30min) 2019 Canadian Broadcast Premiere In the series, four young dinosaur friends explore a pre-historic world of adventure where the most exciting mystery of all is Gigantosaurus, the biggest and fiercest dinosaur anyone has ever seen. Inquisitive Mazu, playful Tiny, timid Bill and courageous Rocky all want to discover the secrets of the elusive Gigantosaurus, and will find out they all have something to learn from him too. Brand new seasons of returning series on Disney Junior this fall include: Doc McStuffins, The Lion Guard, Puppy Dog Pals, and Vampirina. Brand new episodes of Elena of Avalor also return this fall. Disney XD Star Wars Resistance (22x30min) Fall 2018 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Star Wars Resistance is an exciting new animated adventure series about Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot recruited by the Resistance and tasked with a top-secret mission to spy on the growing threat of the First Order. Featuring the high-flying adventure that audiences of all ages have come to expect from Star Wars, Star Wars Resistance will feature the beloved droid BB-8 alongside ace pilots, colourful new characters and appearances by fan favourites, including Poe Dameron and Captain Phasma, voiced by actors Oscar Isaac and Gwendoline Christie, respectively. DIY Network Canada Brand new seasons of returning series on DIY Canada this fall include: Texas Flip N Move, Barnwood Builders, The Vanilla Ice Project, Stone House Revival, First Time Flippers, and Love Yurts. DTOUR Canada Hunting Evidence (working title) (6x60min) August 2018 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Scientist and explorer Pat Spain sets out to solve mysteries that have baffled the world for decades. He hunts down previously unsolvable cases, carries out investigations and performs experiments in hopes of finding answers. Finding Beasts (9x60min) Fall 2018 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Wildlife expert Casey Anderson heads to the most remote corners of Alaska looking for proof that a beast called the Mega Bear exists. His journey takes him to Kodiak and Afognak islands where he meets eyewitnesses, goes bear tracking and comes face-to-face with a giant bear. Brand new seasons of returning series on DTOUR Canada this fall include: Bizarre Foods, Food Paradise, Ghost Adventures, Expedition Unknown: After the Hunt, Expedition Unknown: Search for the Afterlife and Most Terrifying Places in America. FYI A brand new series My So Called Simple Life (10x60min), and a brand new season of Unplugged Nation premiere on FYI this fall. Food Network Canada Girl Meets Farm (7x30min) September 2018 Canadian Broadcast Premiere Cookbook author, food blogger and Midwest transplant Molly Yeh is embracing her country life on the border of Minnesota and North Dakota.