Buzzy shows starring Toni Collette, Josh Holloway, Malin Akerman and Bethenny Frankel are joining a revamped CTV lineup, but the network is touting a relative scarcity of new series as testament to a consistent, stable schedule.
The market leader notes it’s picked up only four new dramas, two new comedies and one new unscripted series for primetime this fall.
They include the Collette thriller Hostages, also featuring Dylan McDermott and Tate Donovan; Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., created by Joss Whedon; the paranormal drama The Tomorrow People and the police drama Played.
The Whedon show will anchor a whole new lineup Tuesday, to be followed by the ’80s-set family comedy The Goldbergs and the new sitcom Trophy Wife, starring Bradley Whitford and Akerman. The night is capped by Person of Interest, which jumps to CTV after previously airing on the Rogers-owned City.
Meanwhile, budding chefs are the stars of Junior Masterchef, a spin-off of the culinary competition series that will showcase talented kids between the ages of 8 and 13 in food challenges and cook-offs.
More is on the way for mid-season, with additions including Holloway’s high-tech spy show Intelligence, the mystical drama Believe from Lost creator J.J. Abrams and Masterchef Canada, a Canadian version of the Gordon Ramsay hit.
Mid-season comedies include Kirstie Alley in her self-titled comedy, Kirstie, the serialized sitcom Mixology, Dave Foley’s new multi-cam comedy Spun Out, and the ’90s-set family comedy Surviving Jack, with former Law & Order: Special Victims Unit star Christopher Meloni.
“Year-after-year, CTV offers programming consistency and durability not found anywhere else,” Phil King, president, CTV Programming and Sports, said Thursday in a statement.
Executives were to introduce the new lineup with all-day promotional events Thursday featuring Frankel, Donovan and Delroy Lindo from Believe.
Daytime this fall will see the addition of the homegrown talk show The Social and the official arrival of Frankel’s talk show Bethenny, which previewed with a short run last year.
And Late Night with Jimmy Fallon joins CTV in the fall, with Seth Meyers in the chair this winter after Fallon leaves to take over The Tonight Show from Jay Leno. It will follow The Daily Show and lead into Conan.
Meanwhile, CTV is moving Dancing With The Stars, Tuesday’s edition of The Voice, The X Factor, American Idol and Undercover Boss over to CTV Two this fall.
CTV also announced that its entire new lineup will be available on CTV GO, an on-demand platform allowing viewers to access a live stream of the channel as well as premium on-demand programming. It debuts this fall.
