CTV Takes Steven Bochco Legal Drama

TORONTO, December 22: Raising the Bar, a new legal drama from Emmy Award-winning producer Steven Bochco that airs on U.S. cable channel TNT, joins the schedule of Canada’s CTV on January 9 in a Friday, 10 p.m. time slot.

The one-hour drama, created by Bochco and professor/writer David Feige, follows a group of young lawyers who work on opposite sides of the law: the public defender’s office and the district attorney’s office. In the U.S., the series set a new record as ad-supported cable’s biggest series launch, with 7.7 million viewers for its premiere episode.

Raising the Bar is produced by ABC Studios in association with Bochco Media.

—By Kristin Brzoznowski