{"id":12823,"date":"2020-02-25T09:37:11","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T14:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant\/"},"modified":"2020-02-25T12:30:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:30:53","slug":"ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"CTV Readies Original Drama Transplant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new CTV Original drama <em>Transplant<\/em>, produced by Sph\u00e8re M\u00e9dia Plus (<em>19-2<\/em>), is slated to premiere this week.<\/p>\n<p>Shot in Montr\u00e9al and set in Toronto, <em>Transplant<\/em> centers on Dr. Bashir \u201cBash\u201d Hamed (Hamza Haq, <em>The Indian Detective<\/em>), a Syrian doctor who fled his country with his younger sister Amira to build a new life in Canada. The series is slated to air on Wednesdays at 9 p.m., beginning February 26, on CTV. It will also air in French, with <em>Transplant\u00e9<\/em> premiering the same day at 10 p.m. on VRAK.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Haq, <em>Transplant<\/em> stars Laurence Leboeuf (<em>19-2<\/em>) as Dr. Magalie \u201cMags\u201d Leblanc and John Hannah (<em>Marvel\u2019s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/em>, <em>Four Weddings and a Funeral<\/em>) as Dr. Jed Bishop, as well as Jim Watson, Ayisha Issa, Sirena Gulamgaus, Torri Higginson, Linda E. Smith, Grace Lynn Kung and Sugith Varughese.<\/p>\n<p>Created and written by Joseph Kay, <em>Transplant<\/em> is produced with the participation of the Canada Media Fund and the Bell Fund. Sph\u00e8re M\u00e9dia Plus made the series in association with NBCUniversal International Studios, which is also handling global distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Cosentino, president of content and programming at Bell Media, said: \u201cA timely and compelling drama with Bash at its core, <em>Transplant<\/em> examines universal storylines of struggle, compassion and sacrifice. This incredible series is sure to resonate with viewers across the country, and is positioned for success at the heart of CTV\u2019s Wednesday night primetime lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new CTV Original drama Transplant, produced by Sph\u00e8re M\u00e9dia Plus (19-2), is slated to premiere this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":12824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[413,3723,3724],"class_list":["post-12823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-ctv","tag-sphere-media-plus","tag-transplant","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CTV Readies Original Drama Transplant - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CTV Readies Original Drama Transplant - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The new CTV Original drama Transplant, produced by Sph\u00e8re M\u00e9dia Plus (19-2), is slated to premiere this week.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-25T14:37:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-25T17:30:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/transplant-ctv-0220.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"451\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant\/\",\"name\":\"CTV Readies Original Drama Transplant - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-25T14:37:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-25T17:30:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/ctv-readies-original-drama-transplant\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"CTV Readies Original Drama Transplant\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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