The Upfronts took place last week in Toronto. The week sees our major Canadian networks presenting their upcoming 2023/2024 TV porgramming lineups and a chance for Advertisers to decide where best to put their placements.

The impact of the Writers’ Strike in Hollywood certainly could be felt this year with takent standing in solodarity with Writers, meaning fewer names would make their way to Toronto for festivities.

Despite that, we still are thrilled Quincy Isaiah made it out. Though he might still be an emerging name, he is a name to watch out for. He plays Magic Johnson in acclaimed Max series WINNING TIME: THE RISE OF THE LAKERS DYNASTY, the second season coming to HBO Canada and Crave. He stayed the weekend even to get the full Toronto experience, checking-out a Blue Jays game and Sotto Sotto we hear, before heading to Banff World Media Festival. Can’t wait for this new season!

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We are so sad to say goodbye NEVER HAVE I EVER after four very successful seasons. The brainchild of Mindy Kaling also blessed us with a huge rising star in Mississauga’s Maitreyi Ramakrishnan landing the lead role in the high school Sitcom.

Going out with a bang, a private viewing party for the first two episodes of the Series’ fourth season was held at Artscape Daniels Launchpad on Queens Quay, bringing our fans, friends and family to celebrate Ramakrishan’s phenomenal run as Devi Rishmakumar.

Moderated by Radheyan Simonpillai, guests not only witnessed a phenomenal dance troupe performance, they also had amazing photo ops in an amazing Sherman Oaks High School-replica activation by Coolab, plus treats by Tim Hortons, whom Ramakrishnan just signed a deal with to promote their upcoming limited edition Dream Cookies. Best of all, guests got to hang with Ramakrishnan and she even took audience questions during a Q&A.

What a night!!

NEVER HAVE I EVER Season Four streams now only on Netflix.

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This was actually a big deal for me! I love Nicky Youre. Sticking to fun radio-friendly Pop, there is something comforting about his sound, channeling his sunny California roots. He dominated airwaves with his 2022 smash hit “Sunroof” which defined my Summer 2022. Will never forget driving to upstate New York with beanie and the song blasting on-repeat. It hasn’t stopped there for, “Eyes on You” is a cut from the same cloth and also a bop!

He is touring with Benson Boone currently and made a stop at Toronto’s Opera House. I am so delighted to have met him. Just a nice, normal dude who makes great Music.

His EP “Good Times Go“, is now out as his the single of the same name!

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It was originally to be a tight finish at the Box Office this weekend but it was TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS that would prevail over SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE. TRANSFORMERS debuts in 3,678 theatres, with 53% on the Tomatometer for Paramount Pictures. Franchise best opening still goes to 2009’s TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN with debuted with $108 million.

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE takes $55.2 million from 4,332 theatres, wrapping-up its second week with $190.2 million domestically for Sony Pictures.

Third goes to Disney‘s THE LITTLE MERMAID with $24 million in its third weekend, taking it to $230 million in North America.

In fourth we have GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3 with $6 million, taking its total to $335 million.

Rounding this Top Five out is THE BOOGEYMAN with $5 million, a two week tally of $18 million for 20th Century Studios.

Beloved series THE WITCHER is back for a third season and here’s a new look at it!

Synopsis:

Destiny brought them together. Dangerous forces are trying to tear them apart. Geralt and Yennefer fight to keep Ciri safe as war brews on the Continent. Chaos is coming. The Witcher Season 3 begins on June 29, 2023.

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Filmed right here in Toronto, we finally get a glimpse of the Trailer for GLAMOROUS! This stars Miss Benny and Kim Cattrall!

Synopsis:

GLAMOROUS tells the story of MARCO MEJIA, a young gender non-conforming queer man whose life seems to be stuck in place until he lands a job working for legendary makeup mogul MADOLYN ADDISON. It’s Marco’s first chance to figure out what he wants out of life, who he actually is, and what it really means for him to be queer.

GLAMOROUS debuts June 22, 2023 on Netflix.

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Paramount+ today debuted the teaser trailer and key art for the highly anticipated original series SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS, which will premiere on Sunday, July 23 in the U.S. and all Paramount+ international markets exclusively on the service. From Academy Award nominee Taylor Sheridan, the espionage thriller features a star-studded cast, including series lead and executive producer Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Emmy Award nominee Michael Kelly, with Academy Award winner Morgan Freeman, and Academy Award winner and executive producer Nicole Kidman. SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios for Paramount+.

SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS, inspired by an actual US Military program, follows the life of Joe (Saldaña) while she attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the CIA’s spear in the war on terror. The Lioness Program, overseen by Kaitlyn Meade (Kidman) and Donald Westfield (Kelly), enlists an aggressive Marine Raider named Cruz (De Oliveira) to operate undercover alongside Joe among the power brokers of State terrorism in the CIA’s efforts to thwart the next 9/11.

SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS will also star series regulars Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Stephanie Nur and Hannah Love Lanier. The series is executive produced by Taylor Sheridan, David C. Glasser, Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari, David Hutkin, Jill Wagner, Geyer Kosinski, Michael Malone and John Hillcoat.

SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS is the latest addition to Sheridan’s growing slate on Paramount+, which includes 1923, 1883, MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN, and TULSA KING as well as the upcoming series LAWMEN: BASS REEVES and LAND MAN.

For more information about Paramount+ and SPECIAL OPS: LIONESS, please visit www.paramountplus.com and follow @ParamountPlusCA and @SpecialOpsLioness on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok and @SpecOpsLioness on Twitter.

Today we get a new Teaser from the upcoming season season of Prime Video‘s THE SUMMER I TURNED PRETTY! Season arrives July 14, 2023.

About The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 2:

Belly used to count down the days until she could return to Cousins Beach, but with Conrad and Jeremiah fighting over her heart and the return of Susannah’s cancer, she’s not sure summer will ever be the same. When an unexpected visitor threatens the future of Susannah’s beloved house, Belly has to rally the gang to come together—and to decide once and for all where her heart lies.

Season Two of The Summer I Turned Pretty is led by showrunners Han and Sarah Kucserka. Han, Kucserka, Karen Rosenfelt, and Gabrielle Stanton serve as executive producers, along with Hope Hartman, Mads Hansen, and Paul Lee for wiip. The series is a co-production of Amazon Studios and wiip.

Jenny Han is the No. 1 New York Times best-selling author of the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and The Summer I Turned Pretty series. Her books have been published in more than 30 languages. For television, she created two new series based on her books—Prime Video’s The Summer I Turned Pretty, which she executive produces and co-showruns, and the Netflix series XO, Kitty, a spinoff of the To All the Boys universe, which she also executive produces and co-showruns. For film, she executive produced all three films in Netflix’s global hit To All the Boys trilogy. Han lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Ahead of the #CorusUpfront this afternoon, Global reveals its 2023/24 broadcast season slate featuring the most buzzworthy and talked about new series as well as the return of the network’s blockbuster hits. Delivering a solid 17 hours of simulcast programming in primetime, Global’s 2023/24 roster continues to bring audiences fresh, premium content across network TV and streaming on STACKTV and the Global TV App.

Leading this year’s TV offering is the brand new procedural drama Matlock with Oscar®-winner and screen legend Kathy Bates in the titular role. Next up is humorous new drama Elsbeth, starring Carrie Preston, based on and named after the fan favourite character from The Good Wife and The Good Fight. Also coming to Global in the coming year is new medical drama Doc, based on a massively successful Italian format and one of the most buzzed about series this broadcast season, and the hysterical comedy Poppa’s House starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr.

Global’s fall schedule wouldn’t be complete without the return of #1 reality series Survivor back for an unprecedented 45th season where fans can look forward to action-packed 90-minute episodes each week. Then, the highly-anticipated contemporary re-imagining of the Robin Hood legend, Robyn Hood, joins the Global lineup this fall. From acclaimed Canadian music video director and filmmaker Director X, the eight-episode, one-hour series stars Jessye Romeo, Nykeem Provo, Idrissa Sanogo, Daniela Kharlamova, Jonathan Langdon, Sydney Kuhne, Ian Matthews, Kira Guloien, Manuel Rodriguez-Saenz, and Lisa Michelle Cornelius.

Global’s 2023/24 season also welcomes back a strong returning slate, including last fall’s #1 new series So Help Me Todd and the high-octane drama Fire Country. Award-winning comedy and critical darling Abbott Elementary also returns along with #1 comedy Ghosts. Global’s schedule is rounded out with blockbuster franchises FBI and NCIS. In an exciting plot twist, LL COOL J moves from Los Angeles to the Aloha State in the upcoming season of NCIS: Hawai’i as a recurring guest star.

“Global’s fall schedule is full of fresh premium content and top performing reality series, delivering audiences a strong schedule supported by TV’s biggest hits,” said Troy Reeb, Executive Vice President, Broadcast Networks, Corus Entertainment. “By maximizing simulcast hours, and continuing to engage Canadians with a wide range of genres – from laugh-out-loud comedies, edge of your seat procedurals, and appointment-viewing reality – Global is poised to build on last fall’s string of top-rated series across primetime.”

NEW PRIMETIME SERIES FOR 2023/24

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Global’s first new pick-up is Matlock starring Emmy and Academy Award winner Kathy Bates as Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a brilliant septuagenarian who achieved success in her younger years and decides to rejoin the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanour and wily tactics to win cases. Matty is assigned to Olympia (Skye P. Marshall), a senior attorney and key rainmaker with a thirst for justice. Olympia’s ex-husband, Julian (Jason Ritter), the son of the head of the firm, is intrigued by Matty and her clever skills. As Matty endeavours to establish herself in her new high-stakes world, she works alongside the firm’s younger associates – the charismatic Billy (David Del Rio) and the uber ambitious Sarah (Leah Lewis).

Next comes Elsbeth, starring Carrie Preston as Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney who utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD. After leaving her successful legal career in Chicago to tackle a new investigative role in New York City, Elsbeth finds herself jockeying with the toast of the NYPD, Captain C.W. Wagner (Wendell Pierce). Working alongside Elsbeth is Officer Kaya Blanke (Carra Patterson), a stoic and ethical officer who quickly develops an appreciation for Elsbeth’s insightful and offbeat ways. Elsbeth is based on the character featured in The Good Wife and The Good Fight.

Then, Doc follows hard-charging Chief of Internal & Family Medicine Dr. Amy Elias after she suffers a brain injury during a car accident and loses her memory of the last eight years. Forced to re-acclimate to the present—with no recollection of a tragedy in her personal life and bereft of the medical knowledge she’s accrued over this time she must return to being an intern and somehow rebuild her life from the fractured pieces which remain. Based on the globally acclaimed Italian television series, Doc – Nelle tue mani, created by Lux Vide, a Freemantle company.

Big laughs are also on the Global schedule with Poppa’s House, starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. Wayans stars as legendary radio host and happily divorced “Poppa” who has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host (Essence Atkins) is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son (Damon Wayans Jr.), a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband.

Next, coming this fall, new Global original Robyn Hood follows Robyn Loxley, a young woman whose masked hip-hop band, The Hood, is known for their inventive videos and anti-authoritarian message. She lives in Sherwood Towers, a community of rental high-rises in a working-class corner of New Nottingham, where the cost of living has skyrocketed, leaving an ever-widening gap between the rich and everyone else. When Robyn finds herself fighting for her home and her family against local property developer John Prince and The Sheriff of New Nottingham, Robyn and her band The Hood decide to fight back, righting the wrongs of the corrupt elite to give back to the people.

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Global is home to some of the most entertaining reality competition series. New to Global comes the high-octane Lotería Loca. In each episode, two players go head-to-head and take turns picking cards to get four-in-a-row, which is Lotería. Each time a card appears on their unique bingo-style card, they bank big money. Landing on one of the “Loca Cards” creates a twist in the game and gives players the opportunity to bank even more cash by competing in wild, interactive challenges. The player who gets the most “Loterías” on their board the fastest, moves on to the dramatic final round for a chance to win the ultimate show cash prize.

In addition, the hilarious new competition series Buddy Games, created and hosted by Josh Duhamel joins Global’s lineup later this year. Buddy Games is a reality competition inspired by executive producer Josh Duhamel’s real-life annual tradition with his lifelong friends. For the past 20 years, one weekend a summer, Duhamel reunites with his childhood friends to compete in a variety of competition-style games. Based on Duhamel’s own experience, Buddy Games will bring together best friends from different backgrounds and offer them the same opportunity to live together, compete in wild challenges and prove their bonds run deep.

These shows join Global’s returning fan favourites like Survivor, 911, CSI: Vegas, So Help Me Todd, Fire Country, Accused, The Equalizer, the NCIS and FBI franchises, Ghosts, Abbott Elementary, I Can See Your Voice, The Wall, 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, plus much more.

RETURNING NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT SERIES
In addition to Global’s new and returning primetime series, Global welcomes back award-winning news and entertainment programming.

Global News remains committed to delivering audiences award-winning, fact-based, and comprehensive news coverage. From international crises to timely local stories, audiences can turn to Global News as their trusted source of information on television, radio and online. Global News is home to Global National, led by this year’s winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best News Anchor Dawna Friesen on weekdays and Farah Nasser on weekends. With daily local newscasts from coast to coast, plus the true crime series Crime Beat on Fridays, the current affairs program The New Reality and new series Crime Beat Most Wanted on Saturdays, and the political affairs talk show The West Block on Sundays, Global News reports on the stories that interest and impact Canadians.

The Morning Show was the most-watched Canadian late-morning TV show last fall, mixing news and information with light-hearted conversation.* The program grew its audience year over year, attracting over 1.2 million viewers a week.** Featuring celebrity guests, lifestyle contributors and engaging segments. Hosted by the dynamic duo of Jeff McArthur and Carolyn MacKenzie, The Morning Show dives into the trending topics Canadians are talking about.

This fall, ET Canada returns for its monumental 19th season, delivering Canadian audiences the biggest names in entertainment with exclusive interviews and specials each and every week. Hosted by Cheryl Hickey and Sangita Patel along with Carlos Bustamante, Morgan Hoffman, Brittnee Blair, Jedson Tavernier, and Los Angeles correspondent Keshia Chante, the Canadian Screen Award-winning series is the country’s go-to source for entertainment news.

A full list of premiere dates and times from Global’s fall lineup will be announced in the coming months. For the latest updates, visit www.corusent.com.

Global’s lineup of hit series are available to stream anytime on STACKTV, the Global TV App and GlobalTV.com.

Global is a Corus Entertainment Network and is available through all major TV distributors, including: Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers, Bell, Videotron, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink, SaskTel and STACKTV, streaming on Amazon Prime Video Channels, Rogers Ignite TV and Ignite Streaming and FuboTV platforms. The Global TV App is available on iOS, Android, Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Smart TVs, Roku streaming players, Roku TV™ models, and at watch.globaltv.com.

Today, Corus Entertainment announced its 2023/24 lineup of premium specialty programming featuring sought-after scripted series with the biggest stars, rich and riveting lifestyle content, buzzed-about reality titles, and best-in-class family-friendly entertainment. Debuting across Corus’ powerful portfolio of networks and streaming platforms, this newly acquired content complements the previously announced slate of new and returning Canadian original series for its specialty networks.

“Through our deep partnerships with the world’s biggest networks and brands, Corus continues to deliver exclusive premium content, the most anticipated new series, and proven returning hits to our audiences across our specialty networks and streaming platforms,” said Troy Reeb, Executive Vice President, Broadcast Networks, Corus Entertainment. “We’re thrilled to provide even more options to view our massive inventory of ever-growing blockbuster content, including on our flagship streaming platform STACKTV. Viewers will never miss a moment whether watching live TV or through the thousands of hours of on-demand shows across all genres, including lifestyle, reality, kids, drama, comedy and news.”

Corus Entertainment presents its 2023/24 slate of new and returning series across its specialty networks below. For more details on all specialty programming, please click here.

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Corus’ long-term partnership with NBCUniversal as the exclusive partner of Peacock Original programming in English Canada will deliver the strongest year of originals yet, with buzzworthy new and returning series packed with major star talent. Coming to Corus’ drama networks, W Network or Showcase, the following much-anticipated series will also be available to stream live and on-demand on STACKTV with full series and long-term stacking rights. More information and network details for these series will be announced as the broadcast season progresses.

A few of the highly anticipated series that are set to premiere across Corus’ specialty drama networks includes Ted, the live-action comedy series based on the blockbuster film franchise, with Seth MacFarlane set to reprise the voice of the iconic and lovable foul-mouthed teddy bear. In the series set in 1993, Ted the bear’s moment of fame has passed, leaving him living with his best friend, 16-year-old John Bennett, who lives in a working-class Boston home with his parents and cousin. Based on a True Story, a dark comedic thriller starring Emmy® Award nominee Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina, follows a realtor, a former tennis star and a plumber who seize a unique opportunity to capitalize on America’s obsession with true crime. Limited drama series Apples Never Fall, based on Liane Moriarty’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel, stars four-time Academy Award® nominee Annette Bening, Emmy® Award nominee Sam Neill, Emmy® and SAG® Award nominee Jake Lacy, and SAG® Award winner and two-time Golden Globe® nominee Alison Brie, centres on the Delaneys, who from the outside appear to be an enviably contented family, but after their mother, Joy, disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ marriage and their family history with fresh eyes. Academy Award® nominee Harvey Keitel stars in The Tattooist of Auschwitz, an adaptation of the globally best-selling book, it is the remarkable true story of how two young prisoners fell in love and survived the unimaginable trauma of Auschwitz and its aftermath.

On Top 10 specialty network* Showcase, a new season of the #1 series on STACKTV, Dr. Death returns for a second season starring Edgar Ramirez, Mandy Moore, Judy Reyes, Annika Boras, Jack Davenport, Sandra Andreis and Rita Volk featuring the “Miracle Man” storyline based on the most recent third season of the hit Wondery podcast. The reign of Bel-Air, the #1 scripted program on STACKTV, continues as the modern-day reimagining of the iconic culture-defining ’90s sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, returns for Season 3. Also, returning for a third season is the Don Mancini-produced fan-favourite horror drama Chucky. Plus, new seasons of hit returning series including Killing It led by comedic legend Craig Robinson and action thriller The Lazarus Project return on Showcase. Over on Top 5 specialty channel W Network, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin and critically acclaimed music-infused comedy series, We Are Lady Parts returns for an encore second season and Five Bedrooms is back for Season 4.

Top 10 specialty network against M18-34*, Adult Swim, caters to its dedicated fanbase by delivering distinctive original animation. This fall, Rick and Morty fans can look forward to Rick and Morty: The Anime from director Takashi Sano based on the Emmy®-winning series. Also coming this fall, the Venture Bros. are back in an all-new movie picking up after the events from the shocking Season 7 finale in The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart.

HALLMARK CHANNEL ON W NETWORK

Through Corus’ longstanding partnership with Hallmark Channel, W Network is the exclusive Canadian home to Hallmark Channel movies and seasonal stunts, garnering massive and engaged audiences that come to celebrate the special times of the year with heartwarming programming. As Canada’s holiday headquarters, the most anticipated annual seasonal stunt, Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas, continuously places W Network as the #1 entertainment specialty station among A25-54 and F25-54 during the programming event****.

Following its smash debut on W Network last winter, Hallmark Channel’s multigenerational family drama The Way Home starring Andie MacDowell, Chyler Leigh and Sadie Laflamme-Snow will return for Season 2.

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From inspiring food stories to high-stakes culinary competitions, Top 10 specialty network* Food Network Canada is the experiential and social epicenter of food entertainment featuring iconic hosts and industry heavy-hitters. With mouth-watering new and returning shows this fall, Food Network Canada feeds fans more of what they love. Guy Fieri delivers Best Bite in Town, an all-new competition travelogue where Guy will appoint some of his chef friends to hit the road visiting different cities each week, competing to find the very best bite in town. Guy also offers up a new season of Top 10 specialty entertainment program* Tournament of Champions – the sudden-death, bracket-style competition that keeps competitors on their toes and the audience on the edge of their seat. Inspired by his Peruvian and Italian roots and his love of international travel, Franco Noriega dishes up simple, colourful, crowd-pleasing plates for everyone to enjoy in Hot Dish with Franco. Food Network Canada’s must-see holiday programming returns with fan-favourite series including Christmas Cookie Challenge, Holiday Wars, Holiday Baking Championship, Beat Bobby Flay: Holiday Throwdown, and all-new competition series, The Elf on the Shelf: Sweet Showdown (wt), a Christmas-themed sweets showdown featuring The Elf on the Shelf’s Scout Elves challenging some of the best sweets makers from across the country to create the most magical and unexpected holiday creations ever seen.

Top 5 specialty network* HGTV Canada celebrates the spirit of home through inspiring design, renovation and real estate shows. Moving in this fall is a new season of Top 10 specialty entertainment series Ugliest House in America with comedian Retta travelling across the country to tour properties nominated by their owners as the ugliest home around and surprising the worst of the worst with a jaw-dropping $150,000 renovation by designer Alison Victoria. Flip the Strip follows the stars of the sizzling Las Vegas stage show, Australia’s Thunder From Down Under, who will work with celebrated interior designer Kelly Stone to make clients’ home design dreams a reality. Plus, a new season of Why The Heck Did I Buy This House led by Season 24 Survivor winner Kim Wolfe returns to the network.

Magnolia Network Canada shares a collection of inspiring stories featuring some of the most talented makers, artisans, chefs, designers, and entrepreneurs across home and design, food and gardening, the arts, and more. This fall, network stewards Chip and Joanna Gaines take on their next project in Fixer Upper: The Hotel with the renovation and transformation of a historic landmark into a boutique hotel located in Waco, Texas. Design Down Under follows husband and wife duo, Richie Morris and Georgia Ezra, as they create one-of-a-kind, modern designs and bespoke spaces for their clients in Melbourne, Australia while juggling their thriving businesses and family of four.

The HISTORY® Channel, a Top 10 specialty network* and destination for exploring stories of human endeavour, achievement and progress through award-winning series, documentaries, and specials, adds new awe-inspiring series and returning fan-favourites to its lineup. The Unbelievable with Dan Aykroyd (wt) hosted by award-winning actor, comedian, writer, and producer Dan Aykroyd will reveal the ‘who?’, ‘why?’ and ‘how?’ surrounding some of human history’s most extraordinary and astonishing tales. Beyond Skinwalker Ranch, a companion series of The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch, explores other sites of unusual activity and “high strangeness” phenomena in an effort to discover if the activity documented on Skinwalker Ranch is not only real, but pervasive. Plus, top-performing series, The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch and Alone return for highly-anticipated new seasons.

Telling compelling stories through smart, innovative, adventurous and thought-provoking programming, National Geographic welcomes Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss, based on Eric Weiner’s New York Times bestselling book, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World. In the new series from Peacock, Rainn Wilson will explore some of the happiest and least happy places on earth from Iceland to Bulgaria to Ghana, and in a profound, humorous, and experiential way that unpacks the science of happiness.

Slice has reality TV fans covered as the go-to spot for beloved franchises. Emmy®-nominated Below Deck Mediterranean makes a splash with Season 8 as the crew embarks on an exciting new charter season and Top 10 specialty entertainment program Below Deck Down Under sets sail for Season 2. Fans get ready to take a fresh bite out of the Big Apple with Season 14 of The Real Housewives of New York City as Sai De Silva, Ubah Hassan, Erin Lichy, Jenna Lyons, Jessel Taank and Brynn Whitfield take over the city that never sleeps by storm. Also, a fourth season of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City returns, as the women navigate a society fueled by religion, beauty, wealth and perfection. Later this year, Slice debuts the fourth season of hit spinoff series The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip with the second installment of The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Ex-Wives Club, which will take former housewives Vicki Gunvalson, Gretchen Rossi, Brandi Glanville, Camille Grammar Meyer, Alex McCord, Carolyn Manzo, Eva Marcille and Phaedra Parks on an unforgettable trip to Marrakech, Morocco. On a later date, the buzzed-about The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy from Peacock will be the fifth season of the series which reunites cultural icons Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Sonja Morgan, Ramona Singer and Kristen Taekman as they jet off to beautiful Saint Barthélemy for an epic adventure of a lifetime.

KIDS

Corus’ Kids Networks own four of the Top five English Kids specialty stations, accounting for nearly ninety per cent of all kids specialty viewing*. Cartoon Network delivers laugh-out-loud comedy, unexpected surprises and edge-of-your-seat action through the best in animated series and hit blockbuster movies. Enrolling this fall, Tiny Toons Looniversity is an upcoming reboot of the Emmyâ Award-winning Tiny Toon Adventures that will follow Babs, Buster Bunny and the rest of the gang and their comedic ambitions all the way to ACME Looniversity, the esteemed institution of higher hijinks learning, where young dreamers become professional toons. Also arriving in time for fall, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake is a spin-off of Adventure Time which follows Finn and Jake’s gender-swapped versions of their characters, Fionna the Human and Cake the Cat, who embark on a multiverse-hopping adventure and journey of self-discovery. Animated movie Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen Part One, follows Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Cyborg, Green Lantern, and Vixen who are surprised to find that not only have they materialized on a strange world called Remnant, but they’ve also been transformed into teenagers! Also seasonal feature film, Tom and Jerry in Snowman’s Land, centres on Jerry and his nephew, Tuffy, who make a snow mouse that miraculously comes to life. Tiny Toons Looniversity, Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake, and Tom and Jerry in Snowman’s Land will all be available to stream on TELETOON+.

This fall, Treehouse, a network devoted to children from breakfast to bedtime and offering a strong balance of educational, imaginative and entertaining programs in a safe place trusted by parents. In Jessica’s Big Little World, a spin-off of the Emmy®, GLAAD, and NAACP Image Award-nominated Cartoon Network original Craig of the Creek, the Creek’s favourite resilient little sister, Jessica, navigates her way through a world where everything seems much bigger than she is. With the help of her friends, imaginary and real, Jessica sets off to take on the world, even if she still does suck her thumb…sometimes. Rounding out the schedule, iconic children’s entertainment group The Wiggles bring a fourth season of Ready, Steady, Wiggle! to the network. Season 4 will be the first to feature the new Yellow Wiggle, Tsehay, as well as introducing the full newly expanded cast of eight Wiggles, two for each colour. Hamsters of Hamsterdale and Jessica’s Big Little World will all be available to stream on TELETOON+.

Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney XD provide entertainment for the whole family with exclusive programming airing day and date with the U.S., including fan-favourite series Big City Greens coming back to the network with Season 4. Fans can also watch their favourite Disney Branded Television characters as they host a showcase to celebrate their Chibi Tiny Tales adventures in Chibiverse, Season 2! In addition, Disney Channel’s The Naughty Nine is a holiday heist original movie which follows fifth grader and troublemaker Andy, who pulls together a crack team of fellow “naughty listers” to execute an elaborate heist to get the presents he and the others feel they deserve.

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