Well, the CW is doing something pretty grand for Canada, though not necessarily as a 'gift'..........
It has just picked up a raft of Canadian scripted shows, which will have it, this summer and next fall running more weekly hours of original, Canadian scripted TV than CTV, Global and City combined!
CBC's Son of a Critch is headed to CW as is Run the Burbs, and Moonshine, CTV's Spencer Sisters has also been picked up for summer. So 3 hours of original Can-Con every week.
CTV's Sullivan's Crossing has been picked up for the fall schedule, as has Global's Family Law.
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As a secondary note, CW has also picked up British and Australian shows for fall.
This is likely illustrative of the ongoing writers strike in the U.S. right now, which if it runs beyond mid-July will impair the ability of U.S. networks to air U.S. produced original shows this fall.
CW being a first-mover to try to make sure it has some original fare in the bank.
Be interesting to see what if anything comes out of the other U.S. upfronts in the next 2 weeks or so.
The CW Network unveiled its robust slate of original scripted and unscripted programming debuting in Summer 2023.
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