However, the network did not confirm when or what time the Berg-led show would air, saying all scheduling details would be announced at a later date. The network will have a daytime vacancy following the departure of mainstay Marilyn Denis, whose last show airs Friday. Vanasse is best known for her lead roles on TV shows "Cardinal" and "Revenge."ĬTV has also ordered a new one-hour talk-show lifestyle series "The Good Stuff with Mary Berg," helmed by the cookbook author and taped in front of a live studio audience. A week ago, the show hadn't even finalized the contract with its host, actress Karine Vanasse, who will oversee two versions, one filmed in English and another with francophone contestants. "The Traitors: Canada" was added to CTV's programming slate just two weeks before it was announced to advertisers on Thursday. Justin Stockman, vice president of Bell's content development and programming, said the Canadian version of "The Traitors" will shoot in Quebec this summer before its fall debut, calling it likely "the fastest turnaround of anything we’ve ever done." Recent iterations of the series in the United Kingdom, Australia and the U.S. One of the notable new additions to the CTV schedule is "The Traitors: Canada," a homegrown edition of the Dutch reality series that sees a group of contestants descend on a castle to play an elimination game similar to Mafia. Negotiations between the studios and the writers are effectively at a standstill. shows completed production before the Writers Guild of America strike, which she acknowledged “could go for a lot longer than people are expecting.” A run of Canadian-made shows complemented a roster of returning American network hits. “Regardless of how long that strike goes,” said Pat DiVittorio of the writers' strike, “it will not impact us in the fall.”ĭiVittorio and other Bell executives touted a programming schedule to advertisers on Thursday meant to instil confidence amid uncertainty. writers’ strike extends into its sixth week, and the stateside actors union voted on Monday to authorize a strike, the vice president of programming at CTV and Bell specialty channels expressed confidence that work stoppages won’t affect its programming slate, at least for now. TORONTO - Executives at Bell Media say they’ve designed a “strike-proof” fall television lineup that will carry its banner CTV network and Crave TV and streaming platform through months of potential labour unrest that’s already shut down much of Hollywood.Īs the U.S.
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