CTV Schedules Summer Grid

TORONTO: Among the series slated for a summer premiere on Canada’s CTV is the new Mark Burnett reality competition series Expedition Impossible, debuting June 21.

Expedition Impossible will air Tuesdays at 9 p.m. starting June 21. The show features Dave Salmoni (World’s Deadliest Towns) as host. It showcases 13 teams of three racing on an expedition across a range of harsh terrains. A new stage of the expedition is revealed to the teams each week. Also new to the network is Love in the Wild, from the producers of Survivor and The Apprentice. The show premieres June 1, taking a Wednesday slot at 10 p.m. The series pairs ten single men with ten single women for a romantic adventure unlike any other. Take the Money and Run starts June 28, set for Thursdays at 9 p.m. The competition series pits everyday people against season professionals as they play a game of cat and mouse in an attempt to steal away a $100,000 prize. The show comes from executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

CTV is also going to introduce a new comedy lineup on Sunday Nights starting June 19. The block will feature The Big Bang Theory, as well as a second season of Dan for Mayor. All-new episodes of Hot in Cleveland will be featured alongside Hiccups. CTV’s Flashpoint heads into a fourth season on June 17 in simulcast with CBS. So You Think You Can Dance Canada is also set for its fourth cycle. The Borgias makes its network premiere on June 21.

Additional highlights for the summer slate include new episodes of The Voice and Law & Order: LA. Law & Order: Criminal Intent returns for its tenth and final season. The original stand-up series Comedy Now! returns for season 13 on June 4.

“There’s no vacation for our schedule this summer,” said Phil King, the president of CTV Programming and Sports. “Building on the strength of our fall and winter schedule, we’re delivering fresh new programming every night of the week and in every time slot this summer.”