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March 7th 2024 at 17:42

The Future by Catherine Leroux Wins the 23rd Edition of CBC’s Canada Reads

CBC’s CANADA READS 2024 concluded today with a live elimination vote, and The Future by Catherine Leroux has been voted Canada’s must-read book for 2024.

March 6th 2024 at 14:14

CBC/RADIO-CANADA CELEBRATES 288 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARD NOMINATIONS

CBC/Radio-Canada and its creative and production partners have received 288 nominations from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television for the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards, reflecting the public broadcaster’s commitment to Canadian content, creators and communities.

March 5th 2024 at 21:52

ANDREW PHUNG IS REUNITED WITH KIM’S CONVENIENCE CO-STARS NICOLE POWER AND PAUL SUN-HYUNG LEE ON UPCOMING EPISODES OF THE CBC ORIGINAL COMEDY RUN THE BURBS

CBC and Pier 21 Films today announced that almost exactly three years since Kim’s Convenience aired its final episode, Andrew Phung will be reunited with former co-stars Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Nicole Power in upcoming episodes of the CBC original comedy series RUN THE BURBS (13 X 30), currently in season 3 on Tuesdays at 9:30pm on CBC and the free CBC Gem streaming service.

March 1st 2024 at 15:09

CBC MUSIC LIVE AT MASSEY HALL AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW ON CBC GEM, ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES TO BE ADDED MARCH 8

Building on an extensive shared history and as part of the five-year partnership previously announced by CBC and Massey Hall, nine episodes from the CBC MUSIC LIVE AT MASSEY HALL concert series are now available to stream on the free CBC Gem streaming service, with additional performances to be added on March 8. Audiences from coast-to-coast-to-coast can stream dynamic performances by both emerging and established Canadian artists, recorded from the iconic Allan Slaight Stage at Massey Hall,...

February 28th 2024 at 15:00

NEW CBC KIDS ORIGINAL K-POP SERIES GANGNAM PROJECT TAKES THE STAGE, MARCH 8 ON CBC GEM

Celebrating the vibrant world of K-pop culture, CBC Kids is bringing Canadian audiences GANGNAM PROJECT (10x30) —a new coming-of-age series co-commissioned with CBBC and produced by Pillango Productions and Aircraft Pictures that offers audiences an exclusive glimpse behind the curtain of what it takes to become a K-pop superstar.

February 22nd 2024 at 18:50

New to CBC Gem in March 2024 (cont.)

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY COLLECTION   20th CENTURY WOMEN (118min, Drama, directed by Mike Mills, USA) Begins streaming Friday, March 8 The story of a teenage boy, his mother, and two other women who help raise him among the love and freedom of Southern California of 1979. Starring Oscar nominees Annette Bening (American Beauty, The Kids Are All Right) and Greta Gerwig (Barbie, Lady Bird), and Emmy nominee Elle Fanning (Super 8, Maleficent).  “a funny, emot...

February 22nd 2024 at 17:24

New to CBC Gem in March 2024

The JUNO Awards air Sunday, March 24 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. AT, live from Halifax and hosted by Canadian pop icon Nelly Furtado, and the celebratory JUNOS Collection features LONG TIME RUNNING (March 6), chronicling The Tragically Hip's final tour   CBC MUSIC LIVE AT MASSEY HALL will feature performances by established and emerging artists recorded at the historic Massey Hall, new episodes available to stream on March 1 and March 8 &n...

February 22nd 2024 at 16:00

NEW ON CBC LISTEN AND CBC RADIO: JUST ASKING, THE PORNHUB EMPIRE: UNDERSTOOD, WHO REPLACED AVRIL LAVIGNE? AND MORE

NEW ON CBC LISTEN AND CBC RADIO: JUST ASKING, THE PORNHUB EMPIRE: UNDERSTOOD, WHO REPLACED AVRIL LAVIGNE? AND MORE A new live call in show, JUST ASKING, teams up with guest experts to help listeners, and host Saroja Coelho, figure out life’s hard questions together  From the team behind Front Burner, Canada’s #1 daily news podcast, comes THE PORNHUB EMPIRE: UNDERSTOOD, a deep dive into the Canadian company that revolutionized porn Comedian Joanne McNally investigates...

February 20th 2024 at 19:30

PRODUCTION UNDERWAY ON 9 STORY’S NEW ANIMATED PRESCHOOL COMEDY, “LET’S GO, BANANAS!” FOR CBC KIDS

CBC Kids and 9 Story Media Group are pleased to announce that production is underway on Let’s Go, Bananas! (26 x 22 min), a new animated comedy described as “Modern Family” for the preschool set.

February 20th 2024 at 17:03

CBC KIDS READS RETURNS TO SHARE THE LOVE OF BOOKS WITH YOUNG AUDIENCES ACROSS CANADA, MARCH 2 – 7

As CBC’s great Canadian book debate, Canada Reads, kicks off its 23rd edition early next month, the literary celebration for young readers also returns with the second annual CBC KIDS READS, running March 2 – 7

February 15th 2024 at 16:44

ELVIS STOJKO - TWO-TIME OLYMPIC MEDALIST AND CANADIAN OLYMPIC HALL OF FAME & CANADIAN SPORTS HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE - TO GUEST STAR ON CBC ORIGINAL COMEDY SERIES ONE MORE TIME, FEBRUARY 20th

CBC and Counterfeit Pictures today announced that beloved two-time Olympic medalist, figure skater Elvis Stojko, will guest star on the new original comedy series ONE MORE TIME in the seventh episode of the season on Tuesday, February 20th on CBC and the free CBC Gem streaming service

February 8th 2024 at 17:13

Call for applications: CBC New Indigenous Voices 2024

Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 edition of CBC New Indigenous Voices, presented by the National Screen Institute

February 7th 2024 at 13:37

CBC ANNOUNCES SECOND ROUND OF ACCESSCBC PROGRAM FOR CREATORS WITH A DISABILITY, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DISABILITY SCREEN OFFICE

CBC today announced the second round of AccessCBC: A CBC Initiative for Creators with a Disability, a national program for Deaf and disabled creators that will provide pre-development training, mentorship and financing support through three programming streams - scripted comedy/ drama, unscripted and kids.

February 5th 2024 at 21:00

CBC/RADIO-CANADA LAUNCHES FIRST-EVER NATIONAL INDIGENOUS STRATEGY AND ESTABLISHES NEW INDIGENOUS OFFICE

The national public broadcaster will also commission a study of its past coverage to better understand its reflection and representation of First Nations, Inuit and Métis

January 30th 2024 at 17:50

CBC SHOWCASES BLACK VOICES AND STORIES THIS FEBRUARY IN HONOUR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH

CBC is celebrating BLACK HISTORY MONTH throughout February with a wide range of programming across its platforms, featuring Black creators, storytellers and changemakers.

January 24th 2024 at 16:30

New to CBC Gem in February 2024

CBC’s winter premieres continue in February including new CBC original series ALLEGIANCE (Feb. 7), a character-driven police procedural set in Surrey, BC and starring Supinder Wraich and Enrico Colantoni; THE GREAT CANADIAN POTTERY THROW DOWN (Feb. 8), a warm-hearted competition to find Canada’s Top Potter hosted by Jennifer Robertson with guest judge Seth Rogen; and exclusively on CBC Gem, Season 22 of the WINNIPEG COMEDY FESTIVAL (Feb. 16), featuring some of the most dynamic p...

January 15th 2024 at 17:37

CBC’s ‘MAKE THE SEASON KIND’ HOLIDAY DRIVES RAISE OVER $9 MILLION FOR LOCAL FOOD BANKS ACROSS CANADA

CBC today announced that $9,024,359.72 has been raised for local food banks as a result of the public broadcaster’s December 2023 fundraising drives in communities across the country, an increase of 12% over the December 2022 total.

January 11th 2024 at 14:37

CBC'S CANADA READS RETURNS MARCH 4-7, SEARCHING FOR ‘ONE BOOK TO CARRY US FORWARD’

  January 11, 2024 – CBC’s great Canadian book debate, CANADA READS, returns for its 23rd edition, Monday, March 4 through Thursday, March 7. Ali Hassan will host a panel of celebrity advocates championing Canadian books that speak to this year’s theme, “One Book to Carry Us Forward.” Each day of the competition, one book will be eliminated by the panellists until a winner is declared Canada's must-read book in 2024. The CANA...

January 9th 2024 at 13:00

CELEBRITY GUESTS AND HAUNTED LOCATIONS REVEALED FOR NEW UNSCRIPTED PARANORMAL COMEDY GHOSTING WITH LUKE HUTCHIE AND MATTHEW FINLAN, PREMIERING JANUARY 26 ON CBC GEM

CBC today revealed the nine celebrity guests joining GHOSTING WITH LUKE HUTCHIE AND MATTHEW FINLAN (8x30) on a quest to discover whether or not Canada’s most haunted places are truly haunted. The new unscripted paranormal comedy from Blue Ant Studios follows Hutchie (EZRA) and Finlan (Orphan: First Kill, EZRA), two actors known exclusively for their work in the horror genre, as they step off script and into their own real-life thriller, premiering Friday, January 26 with all episodes availabl...

January 4th 2024 at 14:25

SEIZE THE CLAY! CBC AND FRANTIC FILMS REVEAL THE 10 POTTERS COMPETING ON THE GREAT CANADIAN POTTERY THROW DOWN

CBC today revealed the 10 amateur potters from across the country who will compete in the debut season of Frantic Film’s THE GREAT CANADIAN POTTERY THROW DOWN, premiering Thursday, February 8 at 8 p.m. (8:30 NT) on CBC TV and available to stream that morning from 9 a.m. ET onwards on CBC Gem.