The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2017 Broadcast Medium: Television On June 1st 2016, CTV announced that it had committed to a new six-part series, The Disappearance, from Montreal-based Productions Casablanca. The series would follow the mysterious disappearance of 10-year-old Anthony Wilson, who vanished on his birthday during a treasure hunt. The Disappearance would be produced by […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2015 Broadcast Medium: Television On March 6th 2015, CTV announced the start of production on a new one-hour reality series pilot, Dream Funded: Let the Crowd Decide, to be produced by CTV in association with Entertainment One (eOne), Highway Entertainment, and United Artists Media Group. The pilot was described as the first project from Bell […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2016 Broadcast Medium: Television On June 6th 2016, CTV reaffirmed its commitment to original daytime television with the announcement of a new, daily, morning program, the live, three-hour program Your Morning. The series would premiere at the end of the summer, and would be hosted by news veteran Anne-Marie Mediwake and […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2013 Broadcast Medium: Television On March 25, 2013 CTV announced that it had ordered The Social, a one-hour, daily Canadian talk series from Bell Media In-House Productions, for the 2013/14 broadcast season. CTV said that the talk show would offer “…fresh perspective on pop culture and lifestyle topics through friendly debate and social media, email […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2013 Broadcast Medium: Television In January 10th 2013, CTV President of Programming and Sports, Phil King, announced that the network had ordered thirteen one-hour episodes of a new police drama, with the working title of Played. The premise involved following the work of an undercover police unit to be called the Covert Investigations Unit (CIU), and would feature […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2013 to 2016 Broadcast Medium: Television On May 31, 2012 CTV announced that it had ordered a new procedural drama series titled Motive from Vancouver-based Foundation Features and Lark Productions. Thirteen episodes of the one-hour drama had been ordered. Motive would follow a female Vancouver homicide detective who matched wits with killers in a dangerous cat-and-mouse game. […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2014 Broadcast Medium: Television CTV announced on November 24th 2013 that the Network would be launching a one-hour Canadian version of the successful US series Masterchef on January 20th 2014, under the title Masterchef Canada. The series would feature distinguished Canadian culinary experts Michael Bonacini, Alvin Leung, and Claudio Aprile as judges, and would […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2012 Broadcast Medium: Television On Sunday, December 9th 2012, in an exclusive on-air message to Canadians during an episode of the U.S series The Amazing Race, host Phil Keoghan announced on behalf of CTV that the network had ordered The Amazing Race Canada, a Canadian-produced, complementary version of the hit international series. CTV said […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2012 to 2013 Broadcast Medium: Television On June 29th 2012, CTV announced a pilot order for a new ensemble comedy, titled Satisfaction, from Halifax’s DHX Media, written by Tim McAuliffe and produced by Michael Donovan. The cast would include Luke MacFarlane Stephanie Lemelin , Ryan Belleville, Vic Sahay and Leah Renee. […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 2012 Broadcast Medium: Television On November 2nd 2011, CTV announced that it had placed an order for Saving Hope, a new, one-hour original drama. The series originated with Gemini award-winning producers Ilana Frank and David Wellington. The series would be set in Toronto’s fictional Hope-Zion Hospital. CTV ordered 12 one-hour episodes in addition to the pilot, which was shot […]