The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: Broadcast Run: 2016 The Baroness von Sketch Show ran for its first thirteen episodes in the 2016-17 season, debuting on June 14th 2016, and the first six episodes ran through July 19th. This all-female, single-camera comedy series was shot entirely on location. The all-female cast featured Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2016 Broadcast Medium: Television Workin’ Moms was a Canadian television sitcom that premiered on CBC Television on January 10, 2017. The show starred Catherine Reitman, Jessalyn Wanlim, Dani Kind and Juno Rinaldi as a group of friends dealing with the challenges of being working mothers. The series was produced by Wolf […]
Network: City TV Broadcast Run: 2015 Broadcast Medium: Television A partnership between Rogers and the CBC, Young Drunk Punk was announced by the CBC on March 4th 2015 as a new series of thirteen half-hour comedies to be produced by Accent Entertainment and Seven24 Films, for broadcast in 2016. This semi-autobiographical series was inspired by Bruce […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2015 Broadcast Medium: Television Still Standing was the title of a new series of thirteen half-hours ordered by the CBC from Frantic Films for the summer of 2015. It debuted on June 23rd 2015. As described by the CBC, Still Standing followed Canadian comedian Jonny Harris (already familiar to Canadian viewers […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2016 Broadcast Medium: Television Shoot the Messenger was the title of a new series announced by the CBC on March 4th 2015. Eight episodes of this new one-hour drama were ordered from Hungry Eyes Entertainment, for broadcast in 2016. The series was written by Sudz Sutherland and Jennifer Holness, and followed […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2015 Broadcast Medium: Television On March 4th 2015, the CBC announced their commitment to Haddock Entertainment for a series of 10 one-hour episodes of The Romeo Section, a Vancouver-based espionage thriller centring on a veteran agent who sets out to recruit a highly-valued informant. Chris Haddock would be the show-runner. Written […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2015 Broadcast Medium: Television Keeping Canada Alive was the title given by CBC to a new series of six one hours announced on March 4th 2015 for broadcast in the Fall of 2015. Force Four Productions would employ no less than 60 cameras across Canada to film a single day in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2016 Broadcast Medium: Television On March 4th 2015, the CBC announced that it had made a commitment to Pivotal Media for a series of ten half-hour programs to be titled Hello and Goodbye. It would feature, said the CBC release, “…emotional stories from people in a vibrant Canadian airport,” and would “…reveal […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2015 Broadcast Medium: Television A production of Shaftesbury Films, Fool Canada was announced by the CBC on March 4th 2015 as a series of ten half-hour programs to be broadcast during the summer of 2015. The series would be hosted by comedic talent Will Sasso, and was described as “..a fun […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 2015 Broadcast Medium: Television On July 9th 2014, the CBC announced the acquisition of Ascension, a new six-episode, Canadian-produced original drama commissioned by American television network Syfy. A co-production of Lionsgate and Sea to Sky Studios in association with Quebec-based Lift Off Productions and Blumhouse Productions, Ascension was about to begin production in Montreal. […]