"Saint-Pierre" (credit: Courtesy of CBC)
CBC has renewed popular original homegrown dramas including CBC’s most-watched new series "Saint-Pierre" for a second season, as well as Canadian Screen Award-nominated series "Allegiance" for a third season and enduring hits "Heartland" and "Murdoch Mysteries" for their 19th seasons.
CBC original blue sky procedural "Wild Cards" has also been renewed for seasons three and four. In the past year, all five dramas were among the Top 20 Canadian programs on television, and within the Top 10 series on CBC Gem. Additional CBC renewals across all genres and content areas will be announced later this spring.
“With the renewal of these five hit dramas offering compelling characters, unique stories and a strong sense of place from different regions across Canada, CBC will continue to showcase homegrown storytelling that audiences can’t find anywhere else,” said Sally Catto, General Manager, Entertainment, Factual & Sports, CBC.
WHAT'S COMING
Produced by Hawco Productions in association with Fifth Season, which handles global distribution, police procedural "Saint-Pierre" (12x60 in Season 2) was CBC's #1 most-watched new series of the year and one of the top Canadian drama series nationwide. From creators Allan Hawco, Robina Lord-Stafford and Perry Chafe, the series stars Hawco and Josephine Jobert as two seasoned officers – with very different policing skills and approaches – working together to solve unique and exciting crimes in the French territory of Saint-Pierre et Miquelon.
Set and filmed in Vancouver, "Wild Cards" (10x60 for both Seasons 3 and 4) is a blue sky procedural with a comedic twist that follows the unlikely duo of a by-the-book, sardonic cop Cole Ellis (Giacomo Gianniotti) and a spirited, clever con woman Max Mitchell (Vanessa Morgan) who are partnered together to solve crimes. From Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures and Piller/Segan in association with The CW, the series is created by Michael Konyves with international distribution handled by Fifth Season.
Created by Anar Ali ("Transplant"), "Allegiance" (10x60 in Season 3) is a character-driven police procedural set in Surrey, BC, about identity and belonging, policing and politics, and finding new paths to truth and justice for all. The series is produced by Lark Productions in association with Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Set against the glorious backdrop of the foothills of Alberta, "Heartland" (10x60 in Season 19), produced by Dynamo Films and SEVEN24 Films, is a multi-generational family drama that is much loved by fans of all ages in Canada and around the world. Based on the bestselling series of books by Lauren Brooke, the series follows Amy Fleming (Amber Marshall) and her family as they deal with the challenges of running the Heartland Ranch that has been with them for generations.
Available in more than 120 countries and territories around the world, "Murdoch Mysteries" (21x60 in Season 19) is set in Toronto in the early 1900s during the age of invention, where Detective William Murdoch (Yannick Bisson) enlists innovative forensic techniques to solve some of the city’s most perplexing murders. The series is produced by Shaftesbury in association with ITV Studios and UKTV and distributed by Shaftesbury Sales Company and ITV Studios.
