{"id":2126,"date":"2016-05-27T12:12:55","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T16:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/cbc-presents-2016-17-lineup-with-nine-new-originals\/"},"modified":"2016-05-27T12:32:57","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T16:32:57","slug":"cbc-presents-2016-17-lineup-with-nine-new-originals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/cbc-presents-2016-17-lineup-with-nine-new-originals\/","title":{"rendered":"CBC Presents 2016-17 Lineup with Nine New Originals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA: CBC&#8217;s 2016-17 schedule features nine new original series, including the crime thriller <em>Shoot the Messenger<\/em>, and 25 returning titles, alongside its largest digital slate ever.<\/p>\n<p>New series for prime time include <em>Shoot the Messenger<\/em>, focused on the relationships between crime reporters and the police, and <em>Pure<\/em>, a miniseries about Mennonites who control one of the most efficient drug-trafficking operations in North America.<\/p>\n<p>CBC continues to increase its comedy slate with <em>Kim&#8217;s Convenience<\/em>, the story of a Korean-Canadian family running a convenience store in Toronto; <em>Workin&#8217; Moms<\/em>, which tests the modern ideal that women really can have it all; and the return of <em>Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>New factual series include <em>This is High School<\/em>, offering unprecedented and unfiltered access to real life at a British Columbia high school, and the docuseries <em>True North Calling<\/em>, which follows a group of young Canadians as they carve out lives at the edge of the Arctic.<\/p>\n<p>CBC is also investing in its largest slate of digital original programming to date, including new comedies <em>Coming In<\/em>, from the creators of <em>Shit Girls Say<\/em>, as well as <em>My 90-Year-Old Roommate<\/em>, <em>The Amazing Gayle Pile<\/em>, <em>The Whole Truths<\/em>, <em>This is That<\/em> and <em>That&#8217;s What Sheena Said!<\/em> There is also a slate of short-form digital documentaries at cbc.ca\/shortdocs and arts titles <em>Disrupting\u00a0Design<\/em> with Matt Galloway, and <em>Jet Age<\/em> and <em>Meet Your Maker<\/em> for CBC Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Starting in the fall, the lineup sees Monday nights opening with <em>Murdoch Mysteries<\/em> and wrapping with <em>Shoot the Messenger<\/em>. Tuesdays feature new seasons of <em>Rick Mercer Report<\/em> and <em>This Hour Has 22 Minutes<\/em>, leading into the new comedy <em>Kim&#8217;s Convenience<\/em> and the return of <em>Mr. D.<\/em> Wednesays see the return of <em>Dragons&#8217; Den<\/em> and<em> The Romeo Section<\/em>. New seasons of <em>The Nature of Things<\/em> and <em>Firsthand<\/em> will air on Thursdays. Fridays are led by <em>Marketplace<\/em>, which is followed by <em>Hello Goodbye<\/em> and <em>The Fifth Estate<\/em>. Saturdays are for Hockey Night in Canada. Sunday leads with a new season of <em>Heartland<\/em>, followed by the new series <em>This is High School<\/em>. <em>Canada&#8217;s Smartest Person<\/em> returns in November, leading into the new season of <em>This Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo other media company can match the depth and breadth of the CBC when it comes to distinctly Canadian storytelling,\u201d said Heather Conway, the executive VP of English services at CBC. \u201cThis 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.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA: CBC&#8217;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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[202,136],"class_list":["post-2126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-2016-17-schedule","tag-cbc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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