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Torri Higginson, who recurred on the first season of hit Canadian medical drama Transplant, has been elevated to series regular for the upcoming second season. NBC acquired the drama series last year and aired the first season in the fall. Torri plays Claire Malone, head ER nurse at the fictional York Memorial. Season…

EXCLUSIVE: Meaghan Rath, who has starred in BBC America's Being Human and has featured in CBS' Hawaii Five-O and The CW’s Supergirl, is to star in CTV comedy Children Ruin Everything. Rath will front the Canadian half-hour series, which comes from Modern Family and How I Met Your Mother exec producer Chuck Tatham and S…

NBC has ordered a second season of hit Canadian medical drama Transplant. The network acquired the drama series in May, weeks into the Covid-19 production shutdown, and it has been a huge success ratings-wise since debuting September 1. In its first season on NBC, Transplant has averaged a 0.7 rating in adults 18-49…

Canadian broadcast journalist Marci Ien will join Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government. Ien, who ran for the Liberal Party in Toronto Centre, won Monday night and will fill former Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s seat, CTV News reports. The long-time broadcast television reporter beat out Annamie Paul, Benjamin…

Canada's CTV has ordered a comedy from Modern Family and How I Met Your Mother exec producer Chuck Tatham and Schitt's Creek writer Kurt Smeaton. The broadcaster has commissioned Children Ruin Everything from Letterkenny producer New Metric Media. The series has been in development since 2016 and is set to start…

EXCLUSIVE: David Foster, the 16-time Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter and composer, is set to be the subject of a feature documentary, David Foster: Off the Record. Barry Avrich (The Last Mogul, Prosecuting Evil) is directing the pic, which is now in postproduction from Canada’s Bell Media Studios and Melbar…

Stumptown, 9-1-1: Lone Star and Emergence are heading to Canada after CTV revealed its fall slate following the LA Screenings. The broadcaster has also bought Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson-exec produced For Life, Bob ❤ Abishola, Not Just Me, Filthy Rich, legal drama All Rise, John Slattery's thriller NExT, family comedy Out…

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian broadcaster CTV has partnered with NBCUniversal International Studios on primetime medical procedural The Transplant. The series is produced by 19-2 producer SphèreMédia Plus and NBCUniversal will hold international rights outside of Canada with a particular eye on a U.S. sale. The show will be…

CTV has acquired the new Roseanne spinoff comedy The Connors, which will anchor its Tuesday night lineup. The Conners will air on CTV at 8 PM ET/9 PM MT. "Were excited to deliver this exceptional spin-off to Canadians who made an appointment with the Conners family in record numbers earlier this year," said Mike…

Canadian broadcaster CTV has become the first international network to open the contents of its LA Screenings’ shopping spree, picking up U.S. series including The Rookie, Magnum P.I., and Grand Hotel. The broadcaster has picked seven new dramas, two dramedies, one comedy and a talk show from the Hollywood studios…

British production company Electric Ray is developing a UK version of Canadian talent contest The Launch after Bell Media and record label Big Machine struck a wide-ranging distribution deal with Sony Pictures Television. The international sales arm of the Hollywood studio will sell the format internationally, the…

CTV has acquired the new season of American Idol from FremantleMedia International for a midseason premiere. The new iteration of the singing competition with host Ryan Seacrest and judges Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, and Luke Bryan will anchor CTV Two’s schedule Sundays and Mondays at 8 PM ET/ 9 PM MT, beginning March…