2015–16 Canadian network television schedule

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List of Canadian television series

The 2015–16 network television schedules for the five major English commercial broadcast networks in Canada covers primetime hours from September 2015 through May 2016. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2014–2015 television season, for Canadian, American and other series.

CBC Television was the first to announce its fall schedule on May 28, 2015,^[1][2] followed by Global on June 1, 2015^[3] and Citytv on June 2, 2015;^[4] this was followed by CTV and CTV Two on June 4.^[5][6] As in the past, the commercial networks' announcements come shortly after the networks have had a chance to buy Canadian rights to new American series.

Legend

     Light blue indicates Local Programming.

     Gray indicates Encore Programming.

     Light green indicates sporting events.

     Orange indicates movies.

     Red indicates Canadian content shows, which is programming that originated in Canada.

     Magenta indicates series being burned off and other irregularly scheduled programs, including specials.

     Cyan indicates Various Programming.

     Yellow indicates the current schedule.

Schedule

• New series are highlighted in bold. Series that have changed network are not highlighted as new series.
• All times given are in Canadian Eastern Time and Pacific Time (except for some live events or specials).
  • Most CBC programming airs at the same local time in all time zones, except Newfoundland time (add 30 minutes).
  • For commercial stations in the Central Time Zone, subtract one hour.
  • For commercial stations in the Atlantic and Mountain time zones, add one hour for programming between 8:00 and 10:00 PM. Programs airing at 10:00 PM ET/PT will generally air at 8:00 PM local on stations in these areas. For viewers in the Newfoundland time zone, add an additional 30 minutes to the Atlantic time schedule.
  • Notwithstanding the above, timeslots may occasionally vary further in some areas due to local simultaneous substitution considerations, compliance with watershed restrictions, or other factors.

Sunday

PM		7:00	7:30	8:00		8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
CBC		Heartland		Canada's Smartest Person			Keeping Canada Alive		The National
Citytv		Encore Programming	Bob's Burgers	Sunnyside		Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Family Guy	The Last Man on Earth	Encore Programming
CTV		NFL	NFL Game Day	Once Upon a Time			Blood & Oil		Quantico
CTV Two		Encore Programming		Dancing with the Stars					Encore Programming
Global		The Simpsons		Madam Secretary			The Good Wife		Bones

Monday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
CBC		Murdoch Mysteries		This Life		The National
Citytv	Fall	The Muppets	Life in Pieces	Scorpion		Encore Programming
	Follow-up		The Middle (10/2)
CTV		Gotham		Blindspot		Castle
CTV Two		The Voice				Encore Programming
Global		Supergirl		Minority Report		NCIS: Los Angeles

Tuesday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
CBC		Rick Mercer Report	This Hour Has 22 Minutes	Young Drunk Punk	Raised by Wolves	The National
Citytv		Grandfathered	The Grinder	Scream Queens		Encore Programming
CTV		The Flash		Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.		CSI: Cyber
CTV Two		The Voice		Reign		Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris
Global		NCIS		NCIS: New Orleans		Limitless

Wednesday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
CBC		Dragons' Den		The Romeo Section		The National
Citytv		Empire		Modern Family	Black-ish	Encore Programming
CTV		Arrow		Criminal Minds		Code Black
CTV Two		The Mysteries of Laura		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit		Encore Programming
Global		Survivor		Encore Programming		Chicago P.D.

Thursday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
CBC		The Nature of Things		First Hand		The National
Citytv	Fall	Thursday Night Football (continued to game completion)
	Follow-up	Mr. D (11/5)	Life in Pieces (11/5)	Mom (11/5)	The Mindy Project (11/5)	Encore Programming
CTV		The Big Bang Theory	The Goldbergs	Saving Hope		How to Get Away with Murder
CTV Two		The Vampire Diaries		Sleepy Hollow		Encore Programming
Global		Heroes Reborn		The Blacklist		Elementary (11/5)

Friday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
CBC	Fall	Marketplace	Crash Gallery	The Fifth Estate		The National
	Follow-up		Interrupt This Program (11/6)
Citytv		Undateable		World's Funniest Fails		Encore Programming
CTV		The Amazing Race		Grimm		Blue Bloods
CTV Two		MasterChef Junior (11/6)		Shark Tank		Encore Programming
Global		Encore Programming	Truth Be Told	Hawaii Five-0		Canadian Crime Stories

Saturday

PM		8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30
CBC		Hockey Night in Canada
Citytv		Hockey Night in Canada
CTV		Comedy Night on CTV				Encore Programming

By network

CBC Television

Canadian series:

Returning series: Canada's Smartest Person[1] Dragons' Den[1] The Fifth Estate[1] Heartland[1] Hello Goodbye Hockey Night in Canada[1] Jekyll and Hyde Just for Laughs[1] Marketplace[1] Murdoch Mysteries[1][7] Mr. D[1] The National[1] The Nature Of Things[1] Rick Mercer Report[1] Schitt's Creek[1][7] Still Standing[1][8] This Hour Has 22 Minutes[1] X Company[1]

New series: Crash Gallery[1] Exhibitionists[1] First Hand[1] Interrupt This Program[1] Keeping Canada Alive[1] The Romeo Section[1] This Life[1] Young Drunk Punk (second run)[1][9]

Not returning from 2014–15: Strange Empire[7]

Other series:

Returning series: Coronation Street[1]

New series: Please Like Me[1] Raised by Wolves[1]

Not returning from 2014–15:

Citytv

Canadian series:

Returning series: Sunnyside[4] Young Drunk Punk[4]

New series: Mr. D (second run)[4][9]

Not returning from 2014–15:

American series:

Returning series: 2 Broke Girls[4] The Bachelor[4] Black-ish[4] Brooklyn Nine-Nine[4] Empire[4] Hell's Kitchen[4] The Middle[4] Mike & Molly (also on CTV)[4] The Mindy Project[4][10] Modern Family[4] Mom[4] New Girl[4] Scorpion[4] World's Funniest Fails[4]

New series: Bob's Burgers (moved from Global)[4] Bordertown[4] Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life[4] Family Guy (moved from Global)[4][11] Grandfathered[4] The Grinder[4] The Last Man on Earth[4] Life in Pieces[4] Little Big Shots[4] The Muppets[4] Rush Hour[4] Scream Queens[4] Thursday Night Football[4] Undateable[4]

Not returning from 2014–15:

CTV/CTV Two

Canadian series:

Returning series: etalk[6] MasterChef Canada[6] Motive[6] Saving Hope[6] W5[6]

New series:

Not returning from 2014–15:

American series:

Returning series: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[6] The Amazing Race[6] Arrow[6] The Big Bang Theory[6] Blue Bloods[6] Castle[6] Criminal Minds[6] CSI: Cyber[6] Dancing with the Stars The Flash[6] The Goldbergs[6] Gotham[6] Grey's Anatomy[6] Grimm[6] Hot in Cleveland[6] How to Get Away with Murder[6] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit[6] MasterChef Junior[6] Mike & Molly (also on Citytv)[6] The Mysteries of Laura[6] NFL GameDay[6] NFL on Fox[6] Once Upon a Time[6] Reign[6] Shark Tank[6] The Vampire Diaries[6] The Voice[6]

New series: Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris[6] Blindspot[6] Blood & Oil[6] The Catch[6] Code Black[6] Legends of Tomorrow[6] Lucifer[6] Sleepy Hollow (moved from Global)[6][12] Quantico[6]

Not returning from 2014–15:

Global

Canadian series:

Returning series: Big Brother Canada[3] Entertainment Tonight[3] Entertainment Tonight Canada[3]

New series: The Code[3] Houdini and Doyle[3]

Not returning from 2014–15: Rookie Blue[13]

American series:

Returning series: The Blacklist[3] Bones[3] Chicago Fire[3] Chicago P.D.[3] Elementary[3] The Good Wife[3] Hawaii Five-0[3] Madam Secretary[3] NCIS[3] NCIS: Los Angeles[3] NCIS: New Orleans[3] Survivor[3] The Simpsons[3]

New series: Angel from Hell[3] Chicago Med[3] Containment[3] Heartbeat[3] Heroes Reborn[3] Limitless[3] Minority Report[3] Shades of Blue[3] Supergirl[3] Truth Be Told[3]

Not returning from 2014–15: Bob's Burgers (moved to Citytv)[3][4] Family Guy (moved to Citytv)[3][4][11] Sleepy Hollow (moved to CTV)[3][6][12]

References

1. CBC ANNOUNCES 2015-16 SCHEDULE
2. CBC-TV'S FALL SEASON LAUNCHES WITH EXCITING NEW PROGRAMS AND RETURNING FAVOURITES
3. Global Delivers Super-Charged Slate of New Series and Returning Primetime Hits this Fall
4. More Content, More Fun, More Choice City Unveils the 2015/16 Prime-Time Schedule
5. More Buzz, Better Hits: Bell Media Lands Hollywood’s Next Big Series for CTV Networks’ 2015/16 Primetime Lineup
6. More + Better: CTV’s 2015/2016 Schedule Revealed
7. CBC renews Schitt's Creek and Murdoch Mysteries, cancels Strange Empire. Yahoo]], March 4, 2015
8. "CBC Renews 'Still Standing' for Second Season". Broadcaster, August 24, 2015.
9. "Calgary-shot Young Drunk Punk to get second run on CBC this fall in innovative deal between networks". Calgary Herald, January 9, 2015
10. "Mindy Project staying on City despite being dropped by Fox". Toronto Star. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
11. "More Content, More Fun, More Choice City Unveils the 2015/16 Prime-Time Schedule". Rogers Media. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
12. "Sleepy Hollow Picked Up by Global in Canada". tommison.co.uk. June 5, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
13. GLOBAL CELEBRATES ROOKIE BLUE AS THE HIT SERIES COMES TO AN END AFTER SIX SEASONS