Stories Start Here: CTV’s 2018/19 Schedule Gains Strength as Compelling “Rookie” Series Join Canada’s Most-Watched Hits
– This fall, Mondays on CTV is solidified with MAGNUM P.I. and THE RESIDENT, while Tuesdays is home to next season’s biggest drama, THE ROOKIE –
– Canada’s favourite TV programs THE BIG BANG THEORY, THIS IS US, YOUNG SHELDON, and THE GOOD DOCTOR return –
– CTV announces new original comedy JANN and a fourth season of acclaimed original drama CARDINAL, as THE BEAVERTON joins the network schedule –TORONTO (June 7, 2018) – CTV unveiled today a prime-time schedule today representing the same strategy that has defined its unrivalled record of success as Canada’s most-watched television network for the past 17 years. With a focus on schedule stability and storytelling strength across genres, timeslots, and demographics, the CTV 2018/19 schedule delivers the most returning Top 20 hits of any prime-time television schedule in North America. Additionally, the schedule present a collection of compelling new programming selected with the same strategic curation that has seen CTV deliver the most-watched new program of the year for the past eight seasons.* The CTV 2018/19 schedule will be presented by Mike Cosentino, President, Content and Programming at the #CTVUpfront celebration of conventional television today in Toronto.
“Incredible stories are what captivates viewers and makes television infinitely compelling,” said Mike Cosentino, President, Content and Programming, Bell Media. “Our new schedules are jam-packed with new and returning series that embrace powerful storytelling and unforgettable characters. Along with live-in-the-moment specials and can’t-miss TV events, more than ever, CTV truly has something for everyone this season.”
Among the highlights from CTV’s 2018/19 prime-time schedule:
Big-Buzz New Series and Specials
CTV freshens its fall schedule with new content including:
Two huge new dramas (THE ROOKIE and MAGNUM P.I.), a retro comedy (THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT), an aspirational dramedy (GOD FRIENDED ME), and a star-filled new talk show (THE ALEC BALDWIN SHOW).
Two new co-viewing specials, ABBA: THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE; and CANADA’S WALK OF FAME AWARDS, which returns to CTV.
The sophomore season of proven medical drama THE RESIDENT.
New programming on deck for CTV mid-season are:
Five new dramas (THE ENEMY WITHIN, THE FIX, THE RED LINE, THE VILLAGE, and GRAND HOTEL).
The high-octane dramedy WHISKEY CAVALIER.
A special edition competition series, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: CHAMPIONS.
The new CTV original comedy JANN starring Canadian icon Jann Arden, and can’t-miss television event THE SCTV REUNION SPECIAL.
Returning Hits
CTV delivers more Top 20 hits than all other Canadian networks combined. With an incredibly stable schedule, CTV is the only Canadian network to feature a returning Top 20 hit every weeknight.** Returning to CTV are:
Canada’s #1 series and #1 comedy, THE BIG BANG THEORY
#1 new series and #2 series overall, YOUNG SHELDON
#2 new series and Top 4 program overall THE GOOD DOCTOR
#1 sophomore series (in key demos), THIS IS US
Two Top 10 Shondaland success stories, newcomer (STATION 19) and, riding high after 14 seasons, GREY’S ANATOMY
#1 Canadian drama (with A18-49 and A25-54) on broadcast television, CARDINAL
Original satirical news comedy THE BEAVERTON joins CTV in its third season, while international music format THE LAUNCH returns for Season 2.
Fall PremieresFall brings fresh new programming and Top 20 series to the CTV schedule with 19 hours of simulcast in primetime:
Mondays
8 p.m. – The sophomore season of THE RESIDENT, the compelling medical drama starring fan-favourites Matt Czuchry and Canada’s Emily VanCamp
9 p.m. – An action-packed reboot of the classic series, the new MAGNUM P.I. stars Jay Hernandez as ex-Navy SEAL turned private eye Thomas Magnum along with a female Higgins (Perdita Weeks).
Tuesdays10 p.m. – This fall’s biggest series THE ROOKIE marks the return of Nathan Fillion to primetime television as a man who pursues his dream of joining the LAPD in the midst of a mid-life awakening.
Sundays8 p.m. – The humorous and uplifting drama GOD FRIENDED ME starring Brandon Micheal Hall.
10 p.m. – A new primetime interview series, THE ALEC BALDWIN SHOW features the three-time Emmy® Award winner and his whip-smart brand of humour while in conversation with compelling personalities.
SpecialsLong-awaited appointment-viewing special ABBA: THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC, AN ALL-STAR TRIBUTE, featuring the first new ABBA music in 35 years from the legendary pop group.
The celebration of notable and talented Canadians with the return of THE 2018 CANADA’S WALK OF FAME AWARDS to CTV.
Mid-season DebutsIn 2019, CTV unveils seven new acquisitions, a reunion special and rolls out a new original comedy:
The new original comedy series JANN, with Jann Arden playing a clearly fictionalized version of herself: a formerly famous Canadian singer desperately trying to make herself relevant again.
Starring fan-favourites Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan, WHISKEY CAVALIER, an action-packed, hour-long action dramedy.
Legal thriller THE FIX, a courtroom drama with high-profile attorney and author Marcia Clark at the helm as executive producer.
A timely, racially charged drama from Hollywood heavyweight producers Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti, THE RED LINE, starring TV veteran Noah Wyle
Fast-paced, spy-hunting thriller THE ENEMY WITHIN, in which an FBI agent enlists a locked up, ex-CIA operative (Jennifer Carpenter) to track down a criminal.THE VILLAGE, the heart-warming drama about a bonded family of neighbours in an apartment building in Brooklyn.
GRAND HOTEL, the soapy Miami Beach hotel upstairs/downstairs drama executive produced by Hollywood A-lister Eva Longoria.
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT: THE CHAMPIONS, featuring the very best “AGT” contenders from around the world.
The Martin Scorsese-directed SCTV REUNION SPECIAL, featuring a candid interview with the surviving original cast members and Jimmy Kimmel.
NFL
As the exclusive television broadcast partner of the NFL in Canada, Bell Media continues to deliver games in all of the league’s broadcast windows across CTV, CTV2, TSN, and RDS. CTV provides NFL Sunday games at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., with SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL and THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL available on CTV2. CTV also brings viewers all playoff games, and one of the biggest sporting events of the year – the SUPER BOWL.
News
CTV News continues to be Canada’s most-watched news organization, delivering a total of 740 hours of original news production each week with a distinctly Canadian perspective. CTV News brings viewers the most significant international and domestic news stories of the day, led by CTV NATIONAL NEWS, the country’s most-watched national newscast, as well as locally focused weekday evening newscasts at both 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. that are the top local choice in more markets than any other broadcast outlet.
The award-winning W5, Canada’s most-watched documentary series, returns for a 53rd season Saturdays at 7 p.m. on CTV, while venerable political discussion forum QUESTION PERIOD returns Sunday mornings.
TALKCTV’s daytime schedule continues to win audiences with the Canadian TV’s strongest daytime lineup featuring the Top 4 daytime talk shows including THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, DR. PHIL, THE VIEW, LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN and THE DR. OZ SHOW along with Top 2 Canadian lifestyle series THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW and THE SOCIAL. Kicking it all off is CTV’s daily morning show YOUR MORNING.
Late-Night Laughs
CTV’s premium late night lineup includes some of the most-talked about comedic stars of the moment including THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH, LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS, and THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN. Additional hit late night shows include THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON and CONAN.
Events
CTV delivers more live events than any other conventional broadcaster in Canada. Television’s biggest event programming in 2018/19 includes Canada’s most-watched television events including THE 91ST ACADEMY AWARDS®, SUPER BOWL LIII, THE 76th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARDS, THE 70th PRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS, THE 52nd COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, THE 73rd TONY AWARDS, THE 2018 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, CANADA’S WALK OF FAME AWARDS, THE 2019 BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS, THE SCTV REUNION SPECIAL, and more.
CTV2
CTV2 delivers a strong prime-time schedule with 13.5 hours of simulcast in primetime, delivering a can’t-miss schedule every night of the week:
THE VOICE sings on Mondays.
Tuesdays are all about the laughs with new series THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, a family-focused single-camera comedy about traditional Irish-Catholic family; THE BIG BANG THEORY; and SPLITTING UP TOGETHER.
Wednesday is packed with original programming including CARTER at 8 p.m. and THE DETAIL at 9 p.m.
Thursdays are action-packed with the FOX NFL PRE-SHOW and THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
On Sundays, sports reigns supreme with FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA and SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
Comedy strips of THE BIG BANG THEORY, THE GOLDBERGS, and cult comedy-classic SEINFELD lead into and cap off weekday programming.
# # #THE CTV FALL 2018 NIGHT-BY-NIGHT PRIME-TIME SCHEDULE:
All times ET. New programs are BOLD. (S) = Simulcast
MONDAYS
7 p.m. ETALK
7:30 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
8 p.m. THE RESIDENT (S) – NEW TO CTV
9 p.m. MAGNUM P.I. (S)
10 p.m. THE GOOD DOCTOR (S)TUESDAYS
7 p.m. ETALK
7:30 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
8 p.m. THE VOICE (S)
9 p.m. THIS IS US (S)
10 p.m. THE ROOKIE (S)WEDNESDAYS
7 p.m. ETALK
7:30 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
8 p.m. THE GOLDBERGS (S)
8:30 p.m. AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE (S)
9 p.m. GREY’S ANATOMY
10 p.m. CRIMINAL MINDS (S)THURSDAYS
7 p.m. ETALK
7:30 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
8:00 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
8:30 p.m. YOUNG SHELDON (S)
9 p.m. STATION 19 (S)
10 p.m. LAW & ORDER: SVU (S)FRIDAYS
7 p.m. ETALK
7:30 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
8 p.m. BLINDSPOT (S)
9 p.m. HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
10 p.m. BLUE BLOODS (S)SATURDAYS
7 p.m. W5
8 p.m. CTV MOVIE
10:00 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY
10:30 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORYSUNDAYS
7 p.m. NFL (S)
7:30 p.m. NFL ON CTV POSTGAME
8 p.m. GOD FRIENDED ME (S)
9 p.m. SHARK TANK (S)
10 p.m. THE ALEC BALDWIN SHOW (S)WEEKDAYS ON CTV
6 a.m. YOUR MORNING
9 a.m. LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN (S)
10 a.m. THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW
11 a.m. THE VIEW (S)
12 noon CTV NEWS AT NOON
1 p.m. THE SOCIAL
2 p.m. THE DR. OZ SHOW (S)
3 p.m. DR. PHIL (S)
4 p.m. THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW (S)
5 p.m. CTV NEWS AT FIVE
6 p.m. CTV NEWS AT SIXWEEKNIGHTS ON CTV
11 CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LISA LAFLAMME
11:30 CTV NEWS
12 midnight THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH
12:30 a.m. THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH JAMES CORDEN (S)
1:30 a.m. CONANTHE CTV2 FALL 2018 PRIME-TIME SCHEDULE:
MONDAYS
7 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
7:30 p.m. ETALK
8 p.m. THE VOICE (S)
10 p.m. THE GOLDBERGS
10:30 p.m. SEINFELD (S)TUESDAYS
7 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
7:30 p.m. ETALK
8 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY
8:30 p.m. THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT (S)
9 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY
9:30 p.m. SPLITTING UP TOGETHER (S)
10 p.m. THE GOLDBERGS
10:30 p.m. SEINFELD (S)WEDNESDAYS
7 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
7:30 p.m. ETALK
8 p.m. CARTER
9 p.m. THE DETAIL
10 p.m. THE GOLDBERGS
10:30 p.m. SEINFELD (S)THURSDAYS
7 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
7:30 p.m. THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PRE-GAME SHOW (S)
8:30 p.m. THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (S)FRIDAYS
7 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY (S)
7:30 p.m. ETALK
8 p.m. CTV MOVIE
10 p.m. THE GOLDBERGS
10:30 p.m. SEINFELD (S)SATURDAYS
7 p.m. DRAMA ENCORES
8 p.m. DRAMA ENCORES
9 p.m. DRAMA ENCORES
10 p.m. W5SUNDAYS
7 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY
7:30 p.m. THE BIG BANG THEORY
8 p.m. FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA (Joining in Progress)
8:20 p.m. SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (S)WEEKDAYS ON CTV TWO
10 a.m. THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW
11 a.m. THE MARILYN DENIS SHOW
12 noon U.S. COMEDY STRIP
12:30 p.m. U.S. COMEDY STRIP
1 p.m. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (Encore)
1:30 p.m. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (S)
2 p.m. THE SOCIAL
3 p.m. THE DR. OZ SHOW (S)
4 p.m. U.S. COMEDY STRIP
4:30 p.m. U.S. COMEDY STRIP
5 p.m. DR. PHIL (S)
6 p.m. CTV NEWSWEEKNIGHTS ON CTV2
11 p.m. CTV NEWS
11:30 p.m. THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON (S)
12:30 a.m. LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS (S)
1:30 a.m. ETALK(CTV)
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