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Hot Sheet: Top 30 TV programs, Feb. 27 to March 5, 2017

Five Canadian series cracked the top 30, with the season four premiere of MasterChef Canada coming in at #4.

Photo gallery: 2017 Canadian Screen Awards

They came, they saw, they walked away with golden trophies: See who picked up some hardware at the Screenies.

PBS scoops up two more Anne MOWs

The first instalment of the Breakthrough Entertainment-produced trilogy drew in more than three million viewers on the pubcaster in November.

The anatomy of a Netflix deal

It seems everyone wants to sign with the SVOD. But how to do it? And what does it mean? We break down how people are scoring deals with the platform.

Bardel partners with Rovio to animate Angry Birds TV series

The 30-part series of short episodes comes on the heels of last year’s Angry Birds movie, which grossed approximately USD $350 million worldwide.

Blue Ant adds 160 hours to slate

The distributor has added its first scripted program to its catalogue, along with a bevy of natural history and factual programming.

Programming profile: CraveTV

Playback catches up with Mike Cosentino and Tracey Pearce at Bell Media to find out how the largest Canadian-owned SVOD is differentiating itself from the pack.

CMF, BAI invest $170K in TV projects

Farpoint Films and Cream Productions are two of the Canadian prodcos that have received funding through the Canada-Ireland codevelopment incentive.

CBC orders more Murdoch Mysteries

The pubcaster ordered 18 more episodes for the show’s eleventh season, as well as a two-hour Christmas special.

Juste la Fin du Monde, Tatiana Maslany win at CSAs ’17

The Canada majority copro with France took home six trophies Sunday night, while Maslany was awarded for her work on the big and small screens.

50 Degrees North signs on to produce Date My Dad

The prodco is a joint venture between Vancouver Film Studios and L.A.-based producer EveryWhere Studios.

CBC greenlights Schitt’s Creek season four

With a third season of strong ratings underway, the pubcaster is targeting winter 2018 for the debut of new episodes.