The culinary competition series will return from a four-year hiatus with a new production team.
Producer Proper Television will hold open casting calls for the first time in the series’ history for season seven.
The half-hour special will air as part of a robust holiday lineup for the specialty channel beginning in early November.
Two years into the pandemic, international TV sales may have become more complicated, but Canada is holding its own.
The media company has sold Mary Makes it Easy to Food Network in the U.S., as well as channels in Europe and Asia, as part of its latest deals push.
Brenda Myers developed multiple unscripted hits including Mary’s Kitchen Crush and Mary Makes It Easy as well as Proper’s first original series for Netflix, Motel Makeover.
The Toronto-based unscripted entertainment producer found real success in format adaptations and building on its star power, confident in the right team.
Motel Makeover producers share what made the series an easy sell to the streamer and how their finance partners kept production from going off the rails.
Motel Makeover will premiere in more than 190 countries next month and was shot on location in Sauble Beach, ON.
Junior Chef Showdown producers share the challenges of staying on schedule while working with kids in pandemic-era filming and the importance of escapism programming.
The CTV Life Channel original series shot in the chef’s home kitchen consists of 25 half-hour episodes, including a holiday special, and will debut later this year.
Mary’s Kitchen Crush and The Great Canadian Baking Show from Proper Television are among the shows that sold like hot cakes.