{"id":2561,"date":"2019-07-11T10:16:08","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/slate-of-young-adult-content-to-launch-on-cbc-gem\/"},"modified":"2019-07-11T10:29:16","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T14:29:16","slug":"slate-of-young-adult-content-to-launch-on-cbc-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/slate-of-young-adult-content-to-launch-on-cbc-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"CBC Gem Bolsters YA Content Slate"},"content":{"rendered":"
CBC is launching a new slate of content for young adults ages 13 to 24 on the CBC Gem streaming service, including the original series Warigami<\/em>.<\/p>\n Produced in partnership with The CW, First Love Films and New Form, Warigami <\/em>is\u00a0<\/em>a contemporary samurai saga that stars Emily Piggford (The Girlfriend Experience<\/em>). The new slate will also feature four short films produced as part of the CBC New Indigenous Voices training program, presented by the National Screen Institute: Dead Bolt<\/em>, Forgotten<\/em>, Nappy Hair & Eagle Feather<\/em>\u00a0and Star Line<\/em>.<\/p>\n CBC will continue to add new original series to the slate each month, with seasons one and two of drama Ackley Bridge<\/em>, four seasons of Mr. Student Body President<\/em>, seasons one through three of My Mad Fat Diary\u00a0<\/em>and all episodes of\u00a0Replay<\/em>, Jade of Death<\/em> and Shitty Boyfriends<\/em> starting to stream on CBC Gem over the next several weeks. Set for 2020, Utopia Falls<\/em>, produced in partnership with Sonar Entertainment, is a young adult sci-fi drama infused with dance and music with music producer Boi-1da serving as executive producer on the series.<\/p>\n Gave Lindo, executive director of OTT programming at CBC, said: \u201cOur new slate of programming for young adults will help us build stronger relationships with a broader range of Canadians by providing them with content that reflects their interests and perspectives and is available to stream whenever and wherever they want.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CBC is launching a new slate of content for young adults ages 13 to 24 on the CBC Gem streaming service, including the original series Warigami.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":2562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[136,459,501,502],"class_list":["post-2561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cbc","tag-cbc-gem","tag-utopia-falls","tag-warigami"],"yoast_head":"\n