CBC Presents 2016-17 Lineup with Nine New Originals

OTTAWA: CBC’s 2016-17 schedule features nine new original series, including the crime thriller Shoot the Messenger, and 25 returning titles, alongside its largest digital slate ever.

New series for prime time include Shoot the Messenger, focused on the relationships between crime reporters and the police, and Pure, a miniseries about Mennonites who control one of the most efficient drug-trafficking operations in North America.

CBC continues to increase its comedy slate with Kim’s Convenience, the story of a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store in Toronto; Workin’ Moms, which tests the modern ideal that women really can have it all; and the return of Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays.

New factual series include This is High School, offering unprecedented and unfiltered access to real life at a British Columbia high school, and the docuseries True North Calling, which follows a group of young Canadians as they carve out lives at the edge of the Arctic.

CBC is also investing in its largest slate of digital original programming to date, including new comedies Coming In, from the creators of Shit Girls Say, as well as My 90-Year-Old Roommate, The Amazing Gayle Pile, The Whole Truths, This is That and That’s What Sheena Said! There is also a slate of short-form digital documentaries at cbc.ca/shortdocs and arts titles Disrupting Design with Matt Galloway, and Jet Age and Meet Your Maker for CBC Arts.

Starting in the fall, the lineup sees Monday nights opening with Murdoch Mysteries and wrapping with Shoot the Messenger. Tuesdays feature new seasons of Rick Mercer Report and This Hour Has 22 Minutes, leading into the new comedy Kim’s Convenience and the return of Mr. D. Wednesays see the return of Dragons’ Den and The Romeo Section. New seasons of The Nature of Things and Firsthand will air on Thursdays. Fridays are led by Marketplace, which is followed by Hello Goodbye and The Fifth Estate. Saturdays are for Hockey Night in Canada. Sunday leads with a new season of Heartland, followed by the new series This is High School. Canada’s Smartest Person returns in November, leading into the new season of This Life.

“No other media company can match the depth and breadth of the CBC when it comes to distinctly Canadian storytelling,” said Heather Conway, the executive VP of English services at CBC. “This season, we are building on our commitment to invest in more original, premium content by offering our most ambitious, diverse programming slate ever, focused on authentic voices, unique perspectives and character-driven stories that inspire, challenge, empower and entertain on all our platforms.”