We recall the "large" gap between the CBC debut of Schitt's Creek, as in about a month, versus the Pop TV debut of that same show for Season 1 way back in 2015.
Wild Cards debuts on CBC on January 10 and the CW on January 17. We wrote about the show for the CBC winter preview. The show runs in the same timeslot in both countries, though the CBC feed runs at 8 pm within each time zone, except for Newfoundland.
Giacomo Gianniotti, Vanessa Morgan, and Jason Priestley are well-known on both sides of the border.
The CW is also picking up Sight Unseen from CTV. We don't have a CW debut date. We found this paragraph compelling for a Deadline article on the shows:
"The CW says its creatively involved in all aspects of production and developed both series from scratch in partnership with CBC and CTV. While they will also be airing on CBC and CTV, they are fully CW original series, the network added."
We like the idea of sharing television between the countries. We do think shows end up better if they are not too influenced by the Hollywood mentality.
The Spencer Sisters felt more like a CTV show that aired on the CW. Sullivan's Crossing felt like a CW show that happened to air on CTV.
Sight Unseen will air on Monday nights on CTV at 10 pm Eastern starting January 22. CTV will air the pilot early at the same time on January 21 following the NFL Divisional Playoffs.
2024 CBC television winter preview
The 2 surviving Canadian TV comedies on the CW have Season 3 debuts this month. Season 3 of Son of a Critch debuts January 9 on CBC and January 25 on the CW. Season 3 of Children Ruin Everything ran this fall on CTV and debuts January 11 on the CW.
Son of a Critch stays at 8 pm while Children Ruin Everything shifts to 9:30 pm. The CW, in lieu of not having Run the Burbs on its schedule, is showing reruns of The Conners, a program that airs on ABC. WTAF?
Hulu picked up Run the Burbs as of New Year’s Eve, a wonderful holiday present. While we prefer Run the Burbs to Children Ruin Everything, we would have fought for either show. The CW halted airings after Season 2, Episode 3. Season 3 of Run the Burbs is on CBC (and CBC Gem) this winter.
If you thought "didn't we just see Season 2 of Family Law," you might wonder why we are getting Season 3 of Family Law so quickly. Season 3 of Family Law debuts January 17 following Wild Cards at 9 pm Eastern and Pacific. We don't have a debut date for Season 3 on Global, the show's network in Canada.
Season 1 of this show was a lot more fun than Season 2. Let's hope for more entertaining/less depressing episodes in Season 3.
Hamza Haq gives the inside scoop on the viral ambulance scene from season 3. Stream #Transplant now on https://t.co/yKJiHIYIjM and the @CTV App, and don’t miss all new episodes starting Jan 5th on CTV pic.twitter.com/oQivTkWnWY
— Transplant (@TransplantCTV) December 8, 2023
There are 3 more Transplant episodes on the Canadian side on CTV for Season 4, the final season. The show returns tonight on CTV.
Those on the American side are more than a bit behind. Transplant took a holiday break and finally came back last week. Here is where things get tricky, not that we are surprised. The show currently airs on NBC on Thursdays at 9p/8p Central and is moving to Fridays — starting January 12 — at 8p/7p Central. The NBC release says that timeslot is in place "until its finale." This means either the Season 3 finale or the Season 4 finale, which would be the series finale.
Time placement doesn't mean as much as it once did but Transplant is not a first-hour prime time show. Ugh.
The U.S. audience would rather not wait too long between Season 3 and Season 4 of Transplant. There are 13 episodes in Season 3 and 10 episodes in Season 4 of Transplant.
Citytv will debut Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent on February 22. There will be 10 episodes in Season 1. Rooting for an eventual deal in the States.
CanadianCrossing.com Canadian TV coverage
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We primarily cover more film than television on the blog. We recognize that Canadian stories are just that: stories. A nice The Globe and Mail story talks about 3 popular Canadian TV shows that are ending on their own terms: Sort Of, Letterkenny, and Transplant. All 3 have been impactful and have a home on the U.S. side.
photo credits: Family Law/Global; Wild Cards/CBC/CW
Twitter capture: @TransplantCTV
video credit: Citytv
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