City Unveils 2014/15 Prime-Time Schedule

City Unveils 2014/15 Prime-Time Schedule

- Diverse fall lineup with eight comedies, three dramas, three reality
series, two live event series, and exclusive national NHL games -

- Peter Pan Live! joins lineup alongside returning blockbuster music
events, the 57(th) Annual GRAMMY Awards(®)and CMAs -

- Smash-hit comedy series 2 Broke Girls and Two and a Half Men to air in
strip, weeknights from 10 p.m. to 11 p.m. -


TORONTO, June 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ - With four consecutive years of growth*,
City continues to deliver world-class content with this year's most
diverse schedule of exciting new shows, live events, and NHL
programming joining a seasoned stable of returning hits. Hayden
Mindell, Vice President of Television Programming & Content, Rogers
Media, today unveils City's 2014/15 fall and mid-season prime-time
schedule to the Canadian advertising community during the annual Rogers
Upfront event.



"With the most competitive schedule to date, from hockey to comedies,
dramas to reality, the 2014/15 City schedule truly has something for
everyone," said Mindell. "Featuring the most diverse variety of
programming on any conventional network in Canada, we are offering our
viewers the programming they want most, while delivering to our clients
reliable and consistent audiences each and every week."



Up five per cent year over year in audiences P2+*, the City
fall/mid-season schedule builds upon a successful foundation of 17
returning series and events with the addition of two new dramas, one
new comedy series, and one reality program. Newly acquired programming
for the 2014/15 season includes scripted series Scorpion, Black-ish, and Backstrom, alongside new reality series, Utopia,and the new live musical event special Peter Pan Live! All-new seasons of sophomore original series The Bachelor Canada and Package Deal join the prime-time lineup, along with two NHL games each week - Hockey Night in Canada on Saturdays and Hometown Hockey on Sundays.



"I'm excited for City to join in a time-honoured Canadian tradition this
year with the addition of Hockey Night in Canadaand Hometown Hockey,"said Mindell. "Hockey is the most coveted content in Canada, and we have PVR-proofed
Saturday and Sunday nights on City to become must-see TV for all
Canadians."



Doubling-down on live events programming this year, City remains
Canada's leader in comedy with three of the top five comedies in the
country last season, including the #1 new comedy Mom*. With the highest skewing percentage of prime-time viewers under 55 of
any conventional network in Canada at 72 per cent*, City is staying
true to its younger, urban-oriented audiences through the 2014/15
season by continuing to deliver the programming that most resonates
with these viewers, including returning hits 2 Broke Girls, New Girl, and The Mindy Project.


Other series returning for the 2014/15 season are The Bachelor, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Hell's Kitchen, The Middle, Mike & Molly, Modern Family, Parks and Recreation, Revenge, and Scandal.


For the remainder of 2014, City continues to be the home to some of the
most top-rated live musical event series in the country, including the Country Music Association Awards (CMA Awards) and CMA Country Christmas, as well as Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve with Ryan Seacrest. The highest rated program in network history*, the 57(th) Annual GRAMMY Awards(®)returns to the City mid-season schedule in 2015, along with GRAMMY(®) Nominations Concert Live!.



Following the double-digit growth of the 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. timeslots
last year with the addition of beloved comedy Modern Family in strip (up 25 per cent nationally and 13 per cent in the P2+ and
A25-54 demos, respectively*), City continues to offer audiences the
programming consistency and stability they value by extending this
strategy to the 10 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. timeslots with strip episodes of
fan-favourites 2 Broke Girls and Two and a Half Men.


Fall premiere dates will be announced in the coming months; shows
acquired but not yet listed on the schedule will premiere at a later
date in the 2014/15 season.


City Fall Schedule

All times ET/PT; s = simulcast


Monday

8 p.m. 2 Broke Girls (s)

8:30 p.m. Mom (s)

9 p.m. Scorpion (s) *NEW*


Tuesday

8 p.m. Utopia (s) *NEW*

9 p.m. New Girl (s)

9:30 p.m. The Mindy Project (s)


Wednesday

8 p.m. Hell's Kitchen (s)

9 p.m. Modern Family (s)

9:30 p.m. Black-ish (s) *NEW*


Thursday

8 p.m. The Bachelor Canada *City Original Program*

9 p.m. Scandal (s)


Friday

8 p.m. Package Deal *City Original Program*

8:30 p.m. The Middle

9 p.m. Utopia (s) *NEW*


Saturday

7-10 p.m. NHL: Hockey Night in Canada *NEW to City*


Sunday

7-10 p.m. NHL: Hometown Hockey *NEW to City*

10 p.m. Revenge (s)


**NOTE: 57(th) Annual GRAMMY ® Awards, The Country Music Awards, and Peter Pan Live! (*NEW*)will join City's fall schedule - date and time TBC.


New Series Descriptions

s = simulcast


FALL - NEW COMEDIES

BLACK-ISH

30-minute scripted comedy series

Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT (s)

National broadcast


Black-ish depicts the life of Andre 'Dre' Johnson, who has a great job, a
beautiful wife, four kids, and a colonial home in the 'burbs. But has
success brought too much assimilation for this black family? With the
help of Dre's dad, the family attempts to establish a sense of cultural
identity that honours their past while also embracing the future.



PRODUCTION COMPANY: ABC/Disney

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER: Kenya Barris

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: James Griffiths

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Larry Wilmore (The Bernie Mac Show), Anthony Anderson (The Departed), Laurence Fishburne (Hannibal), Helen Sugland (Akeelah and the Bee), Peter Principato (The Joneses), Paul Young (Mad Max), Brian Dobbins (Matumbo Goldberg), and newcomer Tom Russo

CAST: Dre Johnson (Anthony Anderson, Guys With Kids), Rainbow Johnson (Tracee Ellis Ross, Girlfriends), Pops (Laurence Fishburne, Hannibal)


FALL - NEW DRAMAS

SCORPION

60-minute scripted drama series

Mondays at 9 p.m. ET/PT (s)

National broadcast



Inspired by a true story, Scorpion is a high-octane drama about an eccentric genius, Walter O'Brien, and
his team of brilliant misfits who comprise the last line of defense
against complex, high-tech threats of the modern age. As Homeland
Security's new think tank, O'Brien's "Scorpion" team includes Toby
Curtis, an expert behaviourist who can read anyone; Happy Quinn, a
mechanical prodigy; and Sylvester Dodd, a statistics guru. Pooling
their extensive technological knowledge to solve mind-boggling
predicaments amazes everyone, including federal agent Cabe Gallo, who
shares a harrowing history with O'Brien. However, while this socially
awkward group is comfortable with each other's humour and quirks, life
outside their circle confounds them, so they must rely on Paige Dineen,
who has a young, gifted son, to translate the world for them. At last,
these nerdy masterminds have found the perfect job: a place where they
can apply their exceptional brainpower to solve the nation's crises,
while also helping each other learn how to fit in.



PRODUCTION COMPANY: CBS Studios

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER: Nick Santora (Prison Break)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Justin Lin (Fast & Furious)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Nicholas Wootton (NYPD Blue), Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (Amazing Spider-Man 2), Heather Kadin (Sleepy Hollow), Scooter Braun (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never), and Walter O'Brien

CAST: Walter O'Brien (Elyes Gabel, World War Z), Toby Curtis (Eddie Kaye Thomas, American Pie franchise), Happy Quinn (Jadyn Wong, Cosmopolis), Sylvester Dodd (Ari Stidham, Huge), Cabe Gallo (Robert Patrick, Identity Thief), Paige Dineen (Katharine McPhee, Smash)


FALL - NEW UNSCRIPTED SERIES AND SPECIALS

UTOPIA

60-minute reality series

Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT & Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/PT (s)

National broadcast


Utopia is a ground-breaking social television experiment in which 15
individuals, all pioneers of our time, get one year to build an
entirely new society - from scratch. They will be leaving their current
lives behind to create the 'perfect world' on a secluded piece of land
with no facilities, no laws, and no rules. Will it lead to ultimate
happiness? Or complete chaos?



PRODUCTION COMPANY: Talpa

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Conrad Green (Dancing with the Stars) and Jon Kroll (Big Brother, The Amazing Race)

PETER PAN LIVE!

Three-hour live performance special

Date and time TBC

National broadcast



A bold, new, live television production of the classic Broadway musical
will bring together friends, families, and anyone who refuses to ever
grow up. Following in the footsteps of the phenomenally successful The Sound of Music LIVE! comes this musical masterpiece that tells the beloved story of Peter
Pan, the mischievous little boy who ran away to Neverland. Get ready
for show-stopping stars, stunning costumes, extravagant sets, and
delightful music in this three-hour live event.



PRODUCTION COMPANY: Universal


MID-SEASON - NEW DRAMAS

BACKSTROM

60-minute scripted drama series

Date and time TBC

National broadcast


Backstrom is a subversive and comic crime procedural about an unhealthy,
offensive, irritable - albeit brilliant - detective, Everett Backstrom,
who is brought back from exile to run the Portland Police Bureau's
Special Crimes Unit (S.C.U.). Tasked with navigating the city's most
sensitive and serious cases, Backstrom must solve each crime as he
tries, and fails, to change his own self-destructive ways. To no one's
surprise, his return is far from well-received, especially by his
commanding officer, Police Chief Anna Cervantes. Backstrom's
second-in-command and the person who supervises the day-to-day
operations of the S.C.U. is Detective Nicole Gravely - the ambitious
and optimistic yin to Backstrom's yang. Meanwhile, Gregory Valentine,
who serves as Backstrom's tenant, decorator, and underworld connection,
has a genuine fondness for the abrasive cop. Using his dark instincts
and peculiar abilities, Backstrom always manages to outsmart his foes,
manipulate his peers and, with the help of his eccentric team, solve
the case.



PRODUCTION COMPANY: 20(th) Century Fox Television

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/CREATOR: Hart Hanson (Bones)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Leif G.W. Persson (Backstrom novelist), Kevin Hooks (Last Resort), Niclas Salomonsson (Once Upon a Time) and Mark Mylod (Shameless)

CAST: Everett Backstrom (Rainn Wilson, The Office), Nicole Gravely (Genevieve Angelson, House of Lies), Peter Niedermayer (Kristoffer Polaha, Ringer), John Almond (Dennis Haysbert, The Unit), Nadia Chichikov (Beatrice Rosen, The Dark Knight), Gregory Valentine (Thomas Dekker, The Secret Circle)


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viewers with dynamic on-air personalities and delivers an entertaining
mix of news, local-interactive formats such as: Breakfast Television
and Cityline; as well as local Canadian and US acquired prime time
entertainment programming. City is a part of Rogers Broadcasting
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RCI) which is a diversified Canadian communications and media company.
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Source:

*BBM Canada, broadcast year 2013/14 to date (Aug 26-Dec15'13,
Dec30'13-Feb9'14, Feb24-Apr20'14) vs. same weeks in previous years. 2+
Mo-Su 2a-2a AMA (000) unless otherwise noted.


SOURCE Rogers Media

Rogers Media

CONTACT: Media Contacts 
Andrea Goldstein, Rogers Media, andrea.goldstein@rci.rogers.com, 647.801.4394
Michelle Lomack, Broadcast, Rogers Media, michelle.lomack@rci.rogers.com, 416.819.2783
Charmaine Khan, Broadcast, Rogers Media, Charmaine.khan@rci.rogers.com, 416.277.0450


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