Editor's note: This story has been updated with a delay to the start of Battle of the Blades. It's 2020: always check your local listings.
Not sure how Jonny Harris and Still Standing managed to shoot Season 6 this summer during a pandemic. The opening episode will focus on Pelee Island, ON.
The CBC television fall lineup is missing the heavyweights but those shows are filming new episodes. Those heavyweights include Murdoch Mysteries, Frankie Drake Mysteries, and Heartland.
One pleasant surprise is a TV version of Because News, the weekly CBC Radio panel series hosted by Gavin Crawford. CBC will run 6 episodes in the 7 pm Sunday slot starting October 18.
2020 CBC television upfront preview
Orangeville Prep has been delayed and is no longer on the fall lineup. Landscape Artist of the Year Canada will split the late slot on Friday nights with The Nature of Things.
Canadian films will pinch hit on Saturday nights at 9 pm and 11 pm for Hockey Night in Canada. We know this time of the year is the Pavlov's dog response to Saturday nights for hockey. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has thrown us off a lot. We will keep track of those films as autumn progresses.
CBC will run Short Film Face Off in the early timeslot at 7 pm until Halloween when Absolutely Canadian takes over. Hockey Night in Canada will return when the NHL returns.
CBC Fall 2020
Monday
The Sounds 8p
Pure 9p
Tuesday
Still Standing 8p
This Hour Has 22 Minutes 8:30p
Baroness von Sketch Show 9p
Catastrophe 9:30p
Wednesday
War Of The Worlds 8p
Trickster 9p
Thursday
Battle of the Blades 8p
Dragons' Den 9p
Friday
Marketplace 8p
You Can’t Ask That 8:30p
Landscape Artist of the Year Canada/The Nature of Things 9p
Saturday
Short Film Face Off/Absolutely Canadian 7p
Movie Night in Canada 9p and 11p
Sunday
Because News 7p
The Great British Baking Show 7:30p
Enslaved 9p
bold indicates new series; ital indicates new timeslot
Trickster got the Alias Grace treatment at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival. TIFF showed the first 2 episodes of the show. Michelle Latimer co-created Trickster and also had Inconvenient Indian at 2020 TIFF. That film won the Documentary Award and Best Canadian Feature Film.
We previewed the new CBC shows back in June.
Transplant makes U.S. debut on NBC
We mentioned Lady Dicks in the CBC upfront news. The odd detective combo features Meredith MacNeill (Baroness von Sketch Show) and Adrienne C. Moore (Orange Is The New Black). We have additional casting featuring Karen Robinson (Schitt's Creek, Frankie Drake Mysteries), Tara Strong (Teen Titans), Dean McDermott (Slasher), Al Mukadam (Miss Sloane), Percy Hynes White (The Gifted), Katie Douglas (Mary Kills People, Level 16), and Ronnie Rowe (Black Cop).
NBCUniversal is also involved so this will be another Canadian TV show on U.S. television, including Coroner and Transplant.
Baroness von Sketch Show to end after 5 seasons this fall
2019 CBC television upfront preview
CanadianCrossing.com CBC coverage
CanadianCrossing.com television coverage
Baroness von Sketch Show returns for its fifth and final season Tuesday, October 6 on @CBC in Canada and Wednesday, October 14 on @IFC in the US! 🥂 pic.twitter.com/nGes4YBIMJ
— Baroness von Sketch Show (@BaronessShow) August 7, 2020
Season 5 of the Baroness von Sketch Show will also air on IFC. The U.S. premiere will be October 14, 8 days after the CBC premiere.
You can check on the status on your favourite Canadian TV show via TV-eh.com.
Canadians can also view these shows on CBC Gem.
photo credit: Still Standing Facebook page
video credit: CBC
Twitter capture: @BaronessShow
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