#FIRSTLOOK: CITYTV ANNOUNCE 2024/2025 PROGRAMMING SLATE AT UPFRONT

Cancel your plans. Citytv has you booked all week long with a schedule chock-full of TV’s buzziest nights in 2024/25. Building on the success of last year’s schedule, Citytv is the only national English Canadian network to grow audience share year-over-year with an increase of 2% in prime-time tuning.

“Rogers Sports & Media’s Total TV solution delivers unparalleled value for advertisers by creating meaningful, lasting connections with the most desirable audiences across leading TV networks Citytv and Sportsnet, and fan-favourite streaming platforms Citytv+, Sportsnet+, Disney+, and Tubi,” said Al Dark, Chief Revenue Officer, Rogers Sports & Media. “We understand our partners have big ambitions just like us. By combining the most entertaining content on the best video platforms with robust technology and measurement tools, we optimize campaigns to deliver more efficient reach than any other media brand in Canada.”

NEW TO CITYTV & CITYTV+ THIS FALL:

Joining the 21 returning proven hits and special events on Citytv and Citytv+ this fall are four all-new shows and one new-to-Citytv series. Anchoring Mondays on Citytv is the highly-anticipated spinoff for Bachelor Nation – new unscripted series, The Golden Bachelorette, followed by all-new medical drama Brilliant Minds. The Golden Bachelorette follows Joan Vassos in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life. Then, Inspired by the extraordinary life and work of world-famous author and physician Oliver Sacks, “Brilliant Minds” follows a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier – the human mind – while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.

Animation Domination Sundays return to Citytv with an outstanding lineup of comedies – The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgers, Krapopolis, and new-to-Citytv series Universal Basic Guys – to have you laughing right through the Sunday Scaries. Universal Basic Guys centers on two brothers, Mark and Hank Hoagies (voiced by Adam Malamut, Game of Zones), who lose their jobs to automation and are given $3,000 a month in a new basic income program. Now, they’re using their free time and free money to find purpose in a world where they’re no longer needed.

Exclusive to Citytv+ on Amazon Prime Video Channels is all-new drama Stags, which follows groom-to-be Stu (played by Nico Mirallegro, Passenger) and his friends on his stag party in South America. What was meant to be a week of drink, drugs, and fun turns dark as airport security discovers that one of the stags is smuggling cocaine.

Joining Citytv’s schedule in daytime is Judy Justice, an arbitration-based reality court show featuring Emmy® -award winner and retired Judge of the Manhattan Family Court, the Honourable Judy Sheindlin (Judge Judy, Hot Bench). Judy brings her signature blend of sharp wit and wisdom, hilarious candor, and unwavering honesty as she presides over real cases, arbitrates binding decisions and delivers what only she can: “Judy Justice.”

THIS SUMMER ON CITYTV:

Before heading into the fall, Citytv brings the heat to its summer schedule with all-new seasons of What Would You Do?, the hidden camera show which examines the reactions of passing strangers as they encounter conflict, on Wednesday, June 19, followed by Jenn Tran’s season of The Bachelorette on Monday, July 8. Then, an all-new season of Celebrity Family Feud on Tuesday, July 9, Claim to Fame – a reality competition series hosted by Kevin Jonas and Frankie Jonas – on Wednesday, July 10, unscripted courtroom comedy series Judge Steve Harvey on Tuesday, July 16, and high-stakes game show Press Your Luck on Thursday, July 18. Plus, don’t miss new episodes of jaw-dropping talent on America’s Got Talent on Tuesdays.

COMING UP ON FX CANADA:

FX Canada continues to be the home for compelling and critically-acclaimed dramas, comedies, and limited series this fall with all-new seasons of The Old Man starring Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow, and What We Do in the Shadows, plus new series including English Teacher and Ryan Murphy’s American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez and Grotesquerie.

New and returning hits to Citytv in 2024/25 are:

Knock-your-socks-off reality/competition series America’s Got Talent, American Idol, The Golden Bachelorette, The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Dancing with the Stars, and Hell’s Kitchen
Gripping dramas Brilliant Minds, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., Found, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, and The Irrational
Feel-good comedies Bob’s Burgers, Krapopolis, Lopez vs. Lopez, The Simpsons, and Universal Basic Guys
Newsmagazine series Dateline
Iconic special events Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve, Hockey Night in Canada, 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, and 67th GRAMMY Awards

*Numeris: Total Canada, A18+, Share% of Total TV Eng., Dayparts: M-Sun 2a-2a, and M-Sun 7p-11, Confirmed Data BY 23/24 (08-28-23 to 5-5-24 vs 08-29-22 to 05-07-23), Spring ’24 (02-19-24 to 5-5-24 vs 02-20-23 to 05-07-23).

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Citytv’s New Series Descriptions – Fall

All dates are subject to change. All times ET/PT. (s) = simulcast

BRILLIANT MINDS

60-minute drama series (s) on Citytv

From Berlanti Productions and executive producer/writer Michael Grassi (Riverdale), inspired by Oliver Sacks’ extraordinary life and work, Brilliant Minds follows revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist Oliver Wolf (Emmy® nominee Zachary Quinto – Heroes) and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier — the human mind — while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health.

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Berlanti Productions, Fabel Entertainment, The Imaginarium, Grassi Productions and Tavala produce in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Michael Grassi serves as writer and executive producer. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Lee Toland Krieger, DeMane Davis, Melissa Aouate, Henrik Bastin, Andy Serkis, Jonathan Cavendish and Will Tennant also executive produce.

CAST: The cast includes Zachary Quinto, Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears and Donna Murphy.

JUDY JUSTICE

60-minute unscripted reality series (s) on Citytv

EMMY AWARD WINNER – The Honourable Judy Sheindlin – retired Judge of the Manhattan Family Court, brings her signature blend of sharp wit and wisdom, hilarious candor and unwavering honesty that has made her America’s favourite judge for over 25 years, as she presides over real cases, arbitrates binding decisions and delivers what only she can: “Judy Justice.”

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Amazon MGM Studios and Sox Entertainment

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Randy Douthit, Amy Freisleben, Scott Koondel

CAST: Judy Sheindlin (Judge Judy, Hot Bench), Kevin Rasco, Whitney Kumar

STAGS

60-minute drama (s) on Citytv+

Stags follows groom-to-be Stu and his friends on his stag party in South America. What was meant to be a week of drink, drugs, and fun turns dark as airport security discovers that one of the stags is smuggling cocaine. Instead of boarding a plane, the group is thrown into a notorious and depraved prison island run by two warring, drug-dealing siblings and it becomes clear that the stags need to pick a side if they have any chance of survival. Friendships are tested and life-long loyalty is sacrificed as Stu and his friends begin to question, who will make it home?

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Eleven

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Carissa Hope Lynch (Red Rose), Joel Wilson (Ten Pound Poms), Olivia Trench (Ten Pound Poms), David Kerr (Johnny English Strikes Again!), and Jamie Campbell (Sex Education)

CAST: Nico Mirallegro (Passenger) as Stu, Charlie Cooper (This Country) as Ant, Asim Chaudhry (People Just Do Nothing) as Greg, Corin Silva (SAS: Rogue Heroes) as Ryan, Sophie Lenglinger as Clem, Paul Forman (Emily in Paris) as Hugo, Jojo Macari (Sex Education) as Kai, Cavan Clerkin (The Last Kingdom) as John, Paulina Gálvez (Desperation Road) as Selma, Oscar Foronda (Mallorca Files) as Branco

THE GOLDEN BACHELORETTE

60-minute unscripted reality series on Citytv

The Golden Bachelorette spotlights a second chance at love for one radiant woman in her golden years. The men vying for her final rose have journeyed through the highs and lows of love, navigating moments of joy and heartbreak, and arrive with anticipation, eager to foster a connection that sparks a future of limitless possibilities. The first-ever Golden Bachelorette is Joan Vassos.

PRODUCTION COMPANY: Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon

DISTRIBUTOR: Warner Bros. Worldwide Television Distribution

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Claire Freeland, Jason Ehrlich, Bennett Graebner and Andrew Frank serve as executive producers on “The Golden Bachelorette.”

UNIVERSAL BASIC GUYS

30-minute comedy (s) on Citytv

Universal Basic Guys centers on two brothers, Mark and Hank Hoagies, who lose their jobs to automation and are given $3,000 a month in a new basic income program. Now, they’re using their free time and free money to find purpose in a world where they’re no longer needed.

PRODUCTION COMPANY: FOX Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Adam Malamut (Game of Zones), Craig Malamut (Game of Zones), Dan Lagana (American Vandal)

CAST: Adam Malamut (Game of Zones), Craig Malamut (Game of Zones), Fred Armisen (Big Mouth, Saturday Night Live, Portlandia), Talia Genevieve, Ally Maki (Hacks)