The Entertainment Powerhouse Unveils the ET
Canada x TikTok Festival Central at the Shangri-La Toronto
Presented by smartwater Interview Suite
New Brand Integrations with TikTok and
smartwater Bolster ET Canada's Festival
Coverage, while Travel Texas Saddles Up with ET Canada for
the 2022 CCMA Awards presented by TD
Stream ET Canada Live and On-Demand with
STACKTV, the Global TV App and GlobalTV.com
TORONTO, Sept. 12,
2022 /CNW/ - Entertainment powerhouse ET
Canada is kicking off fall TV season with an action-packed
premiere week beginning tonight on Global. The
18th season sees ET Canada broadcasting from
Calgary at the 2022 CCMA Awards
presented by TD, touching down at the 74th Primetime Emmy
Awards in Los Angeles, and
bringing viewers up close and personal with all the biggest stars
at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. The new
season will also feature one-on-one interviews and exclusive
specials with the Backstreet Boys, Nicole Richie and broadcasting legend
Oprah Winfrey.
As Hollywood descends on
Toronto for the 2022 Toronto
International Film Festival, ET Canada is festival
central, welcoming celebrities and filmmakers to the show's
official interview suite, ET Canada x TikTok Festival Central
at the Shangri-La Toronto Presented by smartwater. ET
Canada's official interview suite returns to the
Shangri-La Toronto hotel for the second consecutive year,
and fans can tune in this week for one-on-one interviews with
Tyler Perry, Michelle Monaghan, Glen
Powell, Joe Jonas and
many more. Offering round the clock coverage both on-air and online
that begins tonight, ET Canada brings viewers up close and
personal with Hollywood's biggest
and brightest stars.
Bolstering its festival coverage, ET
Canada's partnership with TikTok and
smartwater features a roll-out of custom content pieces for
ET Canada's broadcast and digital platforms, in addition to
the brands' title sponsorship of the ET Canada x TikTok Festival
Central at the Shangri-La Toronto Presented by smartwater. The
campaign's in-show and digital strategy includes celebrity
interview segments with some of the biggest names in
Hollywood, direct from the
interview suite with exclusive content shared socially on ET
Canada's TikTok platform.
The celebrity star power doesn't stop there as premiere week
rolls on with all the latest awards show news from the 74th
Primetime Emmy Awards in Los
Angeles, and the 2022 CCMA Awards presented by TD,
with Cheryl Hickey
broadcasting straight from the red carpet in Calgary. This year, ET Canada is
partnering with Travel Texas to bring fans all the latest
CCMA news with their favourite Canadian country artists,
producing custom pre and post-show coverage, as well as a unique
contest experience in which one lucky viewer will win a
once-in-a-lifetime getaway to the Lone Star State. Plus, Keshia
Chanté is in Anaheim
California for the D23 Expo, getting a sneak peek at
some of the biggest titles to be released this year and conducting
Canadian exclusive interviews with Sebastian Stan, Gal Gadot, Barry Jenkins, Ariana
DeBose and more.
Then, in a Canadian broadcast exclusive, ET Canada
welcomes the iconic Oprah
Winfrey for a half-hour primetime event, Icons:
Oprah Celebrates Sidney airing Thursday, September 22, at 8:30pm ET on Global. The special will
give viewers an inside look at the upcoming documentary
Sidney, ahead of the film's release on Friday, September 23 on Apple TV+.
Watch as Hickey sits down with Winfrey and director Reginald Hudlin as they discuss producing
the touching tribute to the late actor, and how the film honors
Sidney Poitier and his legacy
as an iconic actor, filmmaker and activist at the center of
Hollywood and the Civil Rights
Movement.
Next, ET Canada welcomes back entrepreneur and activist
Shayla Stonechild to co-host
a half-hour special, Indigenous Artists & Icons:
Celebrating the Future on Friday,
September 30. In recognition of the National Day
for Truth and Reconciliation, the special will feature
interviews with a number of trailblazing individuals including
legendary musician and social activist Buffy Sainte Marie with Fawn Wood, Shawnee
Kish and Amanda
Rheaume, Don Amero,
Devery Jacobs, Rebeka Tabobondung, Lauren DeLeary, Big Brother Canada's
Josh Nash and Kiefer Collison, and First Nations hip hop
duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids. The special will also feature
inspirational messages of hope from DJ Shub and pop duo
Neon Dreams, and Stonechild's visit to the Three Fires
Homecoming Pow Wow & Traditional Gathering. Stonechild
returns to ET Canada after co-hosting the 2021 award-winning
special Artists & Icons: Indigenous Entertainers in
Canada, which was
recognized by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television with
two honours, Best Talk Program or Series and Best
Direction, Lifestyle or Information.
Finally, Cheryl Hickey jets off
to Montreal to interview the
Backstreet Boys for an in-depth special, One on One
with Backstreet Boys airing Friday, October 14 on ET Canada.
Sitting down with the fan-favourite musicians while on their DNA
World Tour, the band opens up about their 30th anniversary,
life on the road, performing with Drake in Toronto, and the inspiration behind their
upcoming holiday album A Very Backstreet Christmas.
Keeping viewers engaged with its slate of original digital
series, ET Canada delivers new daily episodes of ET
Canada Live, its half-hour talk series streaming on the
brand's Facebook and Youtube platforms, that offers fans to engage
in real time, bringing viewers the day's top headlines, live. Plus,
there will be new episodes of Royal Rewind with
Morgan Hoffman, the series
that supplies "royal watchers" with all the latest news on the
British Royal Family, and ET Canada Pride, a digital
hub fronted by Dallas Dixon
where the LGBTQ2+ community and its allies come to share their
stories. Entertainment news never sleeps with ET Canada's
digital dominance, providing fans 24/7 updates on etcanada.com. The
brand's social footprint boasts over 2.3 million combined followers
across its Youtube, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok platforms.
ET Canada airs weeknights at 7:30 p.m. ET/ 7 p.m.
PT on Global. For up-to-the-moment entertainment news,
celebrity interviews and more, visit etcanada.com, and stream
ET Canada live and on demand with STACKTV and the Global TV
App.
Global is a Corus Entertainment Network and is available through
all major TV distributors, including: Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers,
Bell, Videotron, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink, SaskTel and the new
STACKTV, streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video Channels. The
Global TV App is available on iOS, Android, Chromecast, Amazon Fire
TV, Roku streaming players, Roku TV™ models and
at watch.globaltv.com.
About ET Canada
Entertainment Tonight Canada is a Canadian Screen Award-winning,
nationally syndicated entertainment news program hosted by
Cheryl Hickey and Sangita Patel. Along with Carlos Bustamante, Morgan Hoffman and Los
Angeles reporter Keshia Chanté, ET Canada brings viewers
closer to the stars with exclusive interviews and specials with the
biggest celebrities in Hollywood.
About Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and
content company that develops and delivers high quality brands and
content across platforms for audiences around the world.
Engaging audiences since 1999, the company's portfolio of
multimedia offerings encompass 33 specialty television services, 39
radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, a suite of
digital and streaming assets, animation software, technology and
media services. Corus is an internationally-renowned content
creator and distributor through Nelvana, a world class animation
studio expert in all formats and Corus Studios, a globally
recognized producer of hit scripted and unscripted content. The
company also owns innovative full-service social digital agency
so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin Canada, leading 2D
animation software supplier Toon Boom and children's book
publishing house, Kids Can Press. Corus' roster of premium brands
includes Global Television, W Network, HGTV Canada, Food Network
Canada, Magnolia Network Canada, The HISTORY® Channel, Showcase,
Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada, YTV, Global
News, Globalnews.ca, Q107, Country 105, and CFOX, along with
broadly distributed Canadian streaming platforms STACKTV,
TELETOON+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. For more information
visit www.corusent.com.
SOURCE Corus Entertainment Inc.