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May 18, 2017 Top Stories

Alias Grace to Bow in September on CBC

May 18, 2017

CBC has scheduled the world premiere of Alias Grace, based on the award-winning novel by Margaret Atwood, for September 25 at 9 p.m.

April 5, 2017 Top Stories

CBC Gives Go-Ahead to Original Period Drama

April 5, 2017

CBC has greenlit Frankie Drake, a tentatively titled original detective series starring Lauren Lee Smith (This Life, The Listener).

October 31, 2016 Top Stories

Netflix & CBC’s Anne Casts Lead

October 31, 2016

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Amybeth McNulty has been cast in the lead role of Anne Shirley in the new Netflix and CBC series Anne, based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic novel Anne of Green Gables.

September 27, 2016 Top Stories

CBC Orders Soccer Drama 21 Thunder

September 27, 2016

OTTAWA: CBC has commissioned the original 8x1-hour drama 21 Thunder from PMA Productions and Generic Productions.

September 9, 2016 Top Stories

Production Begins on Final Season of X Company

September 9, 2016

TORONTO: Production is now underway on the third and final season of the original Canadian drama X Company, which will air on CBC in winter 2017.

August 29, 2016 Top Stories

Anna Paquin to Star in New CBC Drama Bellevue

August 29, 2016

OTTAWA: Anna Paquin (True Blood, Roots, Margaret, Alias Grace) is set to star in Bellevue, a new 8x1-hour drama premiering on CBC in winter 2017.

June 21, 2016 Top Stories

CBC, Netflix Align for Margaret Atwood Adaptation

June 21, 2016

TORONTO: Margaret Atwood's award-winning novel Alias Grace is being turned into a six-hour miniseries by Noreen Halpern's Halfire Entertainment for CBC and Netflix.

March 30, 2016 Top Stories

CBC to Air Seasons Three through Five of Blackstone

March 30, 2016

TORONTO: CBC has acquired the broadcast rights to air seasons three, four and five of the hit drama Blackstone.

March 17, 2016 Top Stories

CBC Orders René Balcer Drama

March 17, 2016

OTTAWA: CBC is moving forward on The Council (working title), a thriller set within a remote Canadian Arctic town from Emmy Award-winning showrunner and writer René Balcer (Law & Order: Criminal Intent).

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Alias Grace to Bow in September on CBC

CBC Gives Go-Ahead to Original Period Drama

Netflix & CBC’s Anne Casts Lead

CBC Orders Soccer Drama 21 Thunder

Production Begins on Final Season of X Company

Anna Paquin to Star in New CBC Drama Bellevue

CBC, Netflix Align for Margaret Atwood Adaptation

CBC to Air Seasons Three through Five of Blackstone

CBC Orders René Balcer Drama

Peacock Renews Days of Our Lives

HBO Orders Drama with Jason Bateman & David Harbour

Clelia Mountford Sets Up All3Media-Backed Scripted Label

BBC Sets Release Date for Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

See-Saw Films Ties Up with Ben Vanstone

Call the Midwife Getting Two-Part Christmas Special