Global

Private Eyes debuts to 1.4M
The Global TV drama from eOne averaged 1.4 million viewers on each of its first two episodes.

Global sets premiere date for Private Eyes
The Toronto-shot series is produced by eOne, with Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson (pictured) starring.

Big Brother Canada posts premiere growth
The show’s Wednesday night opener was watched by just under one million viewers.

Shaw Media greenlights Mary Kills People for Global
The drama is executive produced by Tassie Cameron and created by newcomer Tara Armstrong (pictured).

Fall TV: Global TV’s demo-targeting pays off
Reading fall TV’s tea leaves with Christine Shipton, who argues the new TV landscape calls for a look beyond overall AMA.

Cameras roll on The Code
With Jason Priestley (pictured) cast in the lead role, the drama series from Entertainment One and Shaw Media is set to premiere on Global in spring 2016.

Tara Ellis returns to CBC as executive director, scripted content
The 15-year Shaw veteran will lead the pubcaster’s content teams to develop comedy, drama and kids programming.

Rookie Blue season finale dips against spring high
The pre-long-weekend sixth-season finale didn’t reach the lofty heights of its spring debut, but stayed above a million on overnights.

Rookie Blue shifts from Thursday
The procedural from ICF Films and eOne is currently pulling in an average weekly audience of 1.5 million on Global.

Specialties @ 20: Slice
From Playback magazine: in our multi-part tribute to Canada’s key specialty channels, today we look back on 20 years of Slice. (Big Brother Canada pictured.)

Bell Media names exec producer apprenticeship winners
Erica Landrock and Jennifer Little (pictured) each earn an internship with a Canadian prodco via the Bell Media Executive Producer Accelerator Lab.