Five New Premium Peacock Scripted Originals
Debut on Showcase Including Mr. Throwback,
Fight Night: The Million Dollar
Heist, Hysteria!,
Sky Original Series Mr. Bigstuff
and Sky and Peacock Original Series
The Day of the Jackal
W Network's Hallmark Channel's Fall into
Love Ushers In Six Heartwarming Movie Premieres, While Canada's
Most Watched Holiday Programming Event, Hallmark Channel's
Countdown to Christmas, Returns Bigger than Ever this
October
Plus, W Network Welcomes the Second Half of
Outlander Season 7 this November
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TORONTO, Aug. 22,
2024 /CNW/ - Corus Entertainment's drama
networks Showcase and W Network announced today the
highly-anticipated fall premiere dates for new and returning
programming. As the exclusive home of marquee Peacock Original
content in English Canada, these networks feature top-tier talent,
and compelling stories, fan-favourite returning series, and
heartwarming Hallmark Channel movies. Corus' drama networks are set
to deliver another must-watch lineup of premium entertainment,
which will also be available to stream on
STACKTV.
"This fall, Showcase and W Network are set to captivate
audiences with an array of fresh premium content, from star-powered
dramas and edge-of-your-seat thrillers to laugh-out-loud comedies
and heartwarming stories," said Jennifer
Abrams, SVP, Programming and Multiplatform, Corus
Entertainment. "With a carefully curated lineup of compelling
captivating storylines and standout characters, our premier drama
networks offer a standout slate for viewers to enjoy, along with
exclusive streaming flexibility for STACKTV
subscribers."
Showcase
The Showcase fall programming begins on Sunday,
September 8 at 9 p.m. ET as the star-studded, limited
series Fight Night: The Million Dollar
Heist makes its Canadian debut.
Featuring Kevin
Hart, Samuel L.
Jackson, Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle and Terrence Howard, the series is based on the
acclaimed iHeart true-crime podcast and follows the infamous story
of how an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali's historic 1970 comeback fight
changed not only one man's life, but ultimately transformed
Atlanta into the "Black Mecca".
When a hustler named Chicken Man (Kevin
Hart) hosts an afterparty to celebrate the fight with a
guest list of the country's wealthiest, the night ends with the
most brazen criminal underworld heist in Atlanta's history. Suspected of masterminding
the crime, Chicken Man is hellbent on clearing his name but must
convince his old adversary, J.D. Hudson (Don Cheadle), one of the first Black detectives
in the city's desegregated police force, who is tasked with
bringing those responsible to justice.
Then slam dunk mockumentary comedy series Mr.
Throwback, starring NBA legend Stephen Curry and Adam Pally, kicks
off the network's hottest new comedy block on Thursday, September 12 at 9 p.m. ET. The series tells the story
of a down-on-his-luck memorabilia dealer (Adam Pally) who seeks
redemption by reuniting with his sixth-grade teammate, NBA legend
Steph Curry.
Following next is Mr. Bigstuff, a Sky
Original series, airing on Thursday,
September 12 at 9:30 p.m.
ET. The six-part comedy explores broken families,
fragile masculinity and carpet sales, and tells the story of two
estranged brothers; Glen (Ryan
Sampson), a nervy perfectionist striving to live in the
suburban ideal and Lee (Danny
Dryer), an alpha male with a prescription drug addiction
and a biscuit tin full of their dad's ashes. Glen and his fiancée
Kirsty share a perfect, perfectly mundane life together. Sure,
Glen's got crippling erectile dysfunction and Kirsty has a secret
shoplifting habit, but they're happy. That is until Lee comes
crashing into their lives, whilst on the run from a past that's
quickly catching up with him. The trio are forced together: a
perfectionist, a fantasist and an anarchist all living under the
same roof in an Essex cul-de-sac.
It's not long before their 'perfect' lives start to unravel faster
than a cheap carpet.
Premiering Tuesday, October
22 at 9 p.m. ET is new
pop-horror thriller Hysteria!
starring Julie
Bowen, Anna Camp,
Emjay Anthony, Chiara Aurelia, Kezii Curtis
and Nikki
Hahn. When a beloved varsity quarterback
disappears during the "Satanic Panic" of the late 1980s, a
struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realize they
can capitalize on the town's sudden interest in the occult by
building a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a bizarre
series of murders, kidnappings and reported "supernatural activity"
triggers a leather-studded witch hunt that leads directly back to
them.
Lastly on the Showcase fall slate is the highly
anticipated Sky and Peacock Original
series The Day
of the Jackal, premiering Sunday, November 10 at 9
p.m. E.T. An unrivalled and highly elusive lone
assassin, the Jackal, (Academy & BAFTA award winner
Eddie Redmayne) makes his
living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his
latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence
officer (BAFTA award winner Lashana
Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a
thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its
wake.
Plus, new episodes of Season 3 of the hit series
Bel-Air, the modern-day reimagining of the iconic
culture-defining '90s sitcom The Fresh Prince of
Bel-Air, air Mondays at 9 p.m.
ET and available to stream on STACKTV.
W Network
Hallmark Channel's Fall into Love
programming event returns to W Network on Saturday, September 7, ushering in fall with
six brand new movie premieres for audiences to cozy up to and enjoy
all season long, including:
- Saturday, September 7: His and
Hers (starring Lacey
Chabert & Brennan
Elliott)
- Saturday, September 14: The Heiress and the
Handyman (starring Jodie
Sweetin & Corey
Sevier)
- Saturday, September 21: Falling
Together (starring Ashley
Williams & Paul
Campbell)
- Saturday, September 28: The Real
West (starring Kimberley
Sustad, Lucas
Bryant & James
Denton)
- Saturday, October 5: Autumn at Apple Hill (starring
Erin Cahill &
Wes Brown)
- Saturday, October 12: Haunted
Wedding (starring Janel
Parrish & Dominic
Sherwood)
Then in October, the biggest event of the year returns,
as Hallmark Channel's Countdown to
Christmas kicks off on W Network. This non-stop holiday
extravaganza features more movie premieres and beloved festive
favourites than ever before. More information coming
soon.
Celebrating its landmark 10th year anniversary,
the highly anticipated return of Outlander, Season 7
premieres on W Network on Monday,
November 25 at 9 p.m.
ET/PT. As W Network's #1 rated program last Summer*, the
series picks up from the harrowing events of Season 6, when Jamie
(Sam Heughan) and
Young Ian (John Bell) race to rescue Claire
(Catriona Balfe) before she's
tried and wrongfully convicted for the murder of Malva Christie.
However, their mission is complicated by the beginning of a
geopolitical firestorm: The American Revolution has arrived. In the
seventh season of Outlander, Jamie, Claire, and their family
are caught in the violent birth pains of an emerging nation as
armies march to war and British institutions crumble in the face of
armed rebellion.
The land the Frasers call home is changing – and they must
change with it. In order to protect what they've built, the Frasers
have to navigate the perils of the Revolutionary War. They learn
that sometimes to defend what you love, you have to leave it
behind. As the conflict draws them out of North Carolina and into the heart of this
fight for independence, Jamie, Claire, Brianna (Sophie Skelton), and Roger (Richard Rankin) are faced with impossible
decisions that have the potential to tear their family
apart.
Matthew B. Roberts,
Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis, Toni
Graphia, Luke Schelhaas,
Andy Harries, Jim Kohlberg, Caitríona Balfe, and Sam Heughan serve as executive producers on
"Outlander," which is produced by Tall Ship Productions, Left Bank
Pictures and Story Mining & Supply Company, in association with
Sony Pictures Television.
Showcase is available on National Free Preview from
October 1-31, and W Network is
available on National Free Preview from November 1-30.
Showcase and W Network can be streamed via
STACKTV, available on Amazon Prime Video
Channels, Bell Fibe TV app, Fubo, Rogers Ignite TV and Ignite
Streaming. The network is also available through all major TV
distributors, including: Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers, Bell,
Videotron, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink and SaskTel.
*Source: Numeris PPM Data, Total Canada,
Summer'23 (May 29 – Aug 27/23), 3+
airings, A25-54, AMA(000), CDN SPEC COM ENG excluding
sports
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