The CBC has released its winter programming schedule, with premiere dates for five new and five returning series.

Nova Scotia-shot drama Pure (6 x 60 minutes), produced by Two East Production and Cineflix Media, premieres on Monday, Jan. 9 at 9:30 p.m., while Workin’ Moms (13 x 30 minutes) debuts the following day in the same timeslot. The half-hour comedy is created by Catherine Reitman. 

Meanwhile, Anna Paquin-starring drama Bellevue (8 x 60 minutes), produced by Muse Entertainment (The Kennedys) and Back Alley Film Productions (Durham County), make its debut the following month on Monday, Feb. 20 at 9 p.m. Bellevue is created by CFC Writers’ Lab graduate Jane Maggs and Back Alley co-founder Adrienne Mitchell and went to camera in Montreal this September.

Three nights earlier, factual series True North Calling (6 x 30 minutes) bows Friday, Feb. 17 at 8:30 p.m. Produced by Proper Television, the series follows the lives of young Canadians living in the harsh Canadian North.

The A Word, which CBC acquired from BBC earlier this year, premieres at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15.

CBC also set the return dates for the third seasons of both Schitt’s Creek (Not A Real Company Productions) and X Company (Temple Street). The new season of Schitt’s (13 x 30 minutes) premieres on Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 9:30, while the final season of X Company (10 x 60 minutes) debuts the following night at 9 p.m.

Also returning for its second season, after a five-year hiatus, is Michael: Every Day (6 x 30 minutes), as well as the second seasons of Crash Gallery (5 x 30 minutes) and Interrupt This Program (5 x 30 minutes).