{"id":23093,"date":"2025-07-29T10:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T14:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:15:33","slug":"itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ITV Studios Inks Four-Title Scripted Deal with CBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ITV Studios has licensed four scripted series to CBC in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Picked up by Canada\u2019s national public broadcaster for exclusive Canadian premieres on the CBC Gem streaming service are <em>Optics, Four Years Later<\/em>, the second season of <em>Showtrial<\/em> and the final season of <em>Brassic<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was brokered by Craig Bohland, VP sales, Canada, ITV Studios and Jenna Bourdeau, senior director, acquisitions, at CBC. <em>Optics<\/em> and <em>Showtrial<\/em> will launch on CBC Gem in Canada this fall, <em>Brassic<\/em> in 2026, while <em>Four Years Later<\/em> is already available.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCBC is always looking for top-tier series to further build CBC Gem\u2019s library of acclaimed international titles, and these strong comedies and dramas from ITV Studios offer audiences in Canada a range of memorable characters and engaging storytelling that they can\u2019t find anywhere else,\u201d said Bourdeau.<\/p>\n<p>Katie Buchanan, executive VP sales, Americas at ITV Studios, added: \u201cThese four titles exemplify the breadth and ambition of ITV Studios\u2019 scripted offering &#8211; bold, compelling stories with broad international appeal. CBC is a broadcaster that truly values premium content and is the perfect home for this collection. We\u2019re excited for Canadian audiences to discover these standout titles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITV Studios has licensed four scripted series to CBC in Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7389,"featured_media":23092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[11059,7392,11057,564,4565,11058,119,9691,11060,7351],"class_list":["post-23093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-brassic","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-cbc","tag-cbcradio-canada","tag-craig-bohland","tag-itv-studios","tag-jenna-bourdeau","tag-katie-buchanan","tag-showtrial","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ITV Studios Inks Four-Title Scripted Deal with CBC - 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\/itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ITV Studios Inks Four-Title Scripted Deal with CBC - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ITV Studios has licensed four scripted series to CBC in Canada.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-29T14:04:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-29T16:15:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/07\/2-ITV-STUDIOS-Optics.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kloudia Sakowski\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kloudia Sakowski\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada-2\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada-2\/\",\"name\":\"ITV Studios Inks Four-Title Scripted Deal with CBC - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-29T14:04:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-29T16:15:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0c0fb596604e018568d0e01fe463109b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada-2\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada-2\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/itv-studios-inks-four-title-scripted-deal-with-cbc-canada-2\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ITV Studios Inks Four-Title Scripted Deal with CBC\"}]},{\"@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\/0c0fb596604e018568d0e01fe463109b\",\"name\":\"Kloudia Sakowski\",\"description\":\"Kloudia Sakowski is the associate editor of World Screen. 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