{"id":1853,"date":"2014-05-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/2014\/05\/23\/ctv-makes-slew-of-u-s-acquisitions-for-2014-15-lineup\/"},"modified":"2014-05-23T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-23T00:00:00","slug":"ctv-makes-slew-of-u-s-acquisitions-for-2014-15-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/ctv-makes-slew-of-u-s-acquisitions-for-2014-15-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"CTV Makes Slew of U.S. Acquisitions for 2014-15 Lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tTORONTO: Among the series picked up by CTV for its 2014-15 prime-time schedule are <em>Gotham<\/em>, Shonda Rhimes&#039; <em>How to Get Away with Murder <\/em>and the <em>Arrow <\/em>companion series <em>The Flash<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tCTV also secured the new <em>Captain America <\/em>spin-off <em>Marvel&#039;s Agent Carter<\/em>, the cyber-crime procedural <em>CSI: Cyber<\/em>, the drama <em>American Crime <\/em>and murder thriller <em>Secrets and Lies<\/em>. The network also went for the crime procedural <em>Forever<\/em>, cop dramedy <em>The Mysteries of Laura<\/em>, family comedy <em>The McCarthys <\/em>and <em>The Odd Couple <\/em>reboot with Matthew Perry.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;We were very impressed the quality of programming at the Screenings this year, and feel confident we&rsquo;ve come home with the best TV programs available,&rdquo; said Phil King, the president of CTV, sports an&lrm;d entertainment programming. &ldquo;Drama was particularly strong this year, and we&rsquo;re thrilled to have picked up addictive, plot-twisting series like <em>How to Get Away with Murder<\/em>, immersive, event-driven shows like <em>American Crime<\/em> and <em>Secrets and Lies<\/em>, as well as fantastical and heroic programs like <em>Gotham<\/em>, <em>The Flash<\/em> and <em>Marvel&#039;s Agent Carter<\/em> that follow in the same vein as this year&rsquo;s number one new series <em>Marvel&#039;s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em> <em>The McCarthys<\/em> was the funniest comedy we saw and is a great addition to our schedule, while Matthew Perry nails Oscar Madison in the revamp of <em>The Odd Couple<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor more on the upcoming U.S. fall season, check out our network-by-network and studio-by-studio recap <a href=\"http:\/\/data.worldscreen.com\/season_grid\/index.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO: Among the series picked up by CTV for its 2014-15 prime-time schedule are Gotham, Shonda Rhimes&#039; How to Get Away with Murder and the Arrow companion series The Flash. 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