Corus Entertainment reveals new slate of reality shows

Broadcaster to develop original content

Corus Entertainment is developing a new slate of original reality series, including several home-renovation and real-estate programs as well as a food competition show.

The series include Mad House, in which 10 couples participate in a renovation game in a bid to win “total mortgage freedom.”

In More House for Your Buck, a realtor and contractors help couples sell their current property, buy a new one and transform it into their dream home at no extra cost.

Meanwhile, Born in a Barn sees home owners transform farm buildings, churches, schoolhouses and other rural structures into dream homes.

A more urban setting is found in A Penthouse View, in which one realtor and one buyer hunt for luxury condominiums.

And in Restaurant Revolution, three different chefs and sous chefs compete in a three-course meal cookoff in a dining room set with a revolving kitchen.

The new series — which haven’t been green-lit yet — are intended to air on Corus’s women and family channels, including W Network, CMT, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network (Canada), CosmoTV and ABC Spark.

The shows join the company’s previously announced reality programs Cash Mob and Mississippi Snake Grabbers.

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