Proper Television

CTV serves up new season of MasterChef Canada

The culinary competition series will return from a four-year hiatus with a new production team.

CBC renews The Great Canadian Baking Show

Producer Proper Television will hold open casting calls for the first time in the series’ history for season seven.

CTV Life orders Mary Makes it Easy holiday special

The half-hour special will air as part of a robust holiday lineup for the specialty channel beginning in early November.

Cancon clout: How Canadian TV series are reaching global audiences

Two years into the pandemic, international TV sales may have become more complicated, but Canada is holding its own.

Boat Rocker secures global deals for unscripted lifestyle titles

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.

Proper TV promotes new development director

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.

Prodco of the Year: Proper Television

The Toronto-based unscripted entertainment producer found real success in format adaptations and building on its star power, confident in the right team.

How a fateful trip led to Proper Television’s first Netflix series

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.

Proper Television’s first Netflix commission to debut in August

Motel Makeover will premiere in more than 190 countries next month and was shot on location in Sauble Beach, ON.

How Proper TV made a COVID-safe set for young culinary talent

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.

Production heats up on Mary Makes It Easy

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.

Boat Rocker Studios sates int’l appetite for food TV with six series

Mary’s Kitchen Crush and The Great Canadian Baking Show from Proper Television are among the shows that sold like hot cakes.