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Canada’s Global is gearing up for nan motorboat of Private Eyes West Coast and nan return of detective duo Shade and Angie.
Unveiled past year, nan Piller/Segan spin-off of ray crime play Private Eyes has been gaining traction, pinch The CW acquiring nan ten-parter successful April. “It is simply a dynamite franchise,” Jennifer Abrams, Corus Entertainment‘s Senior Vice President, Content and Marketing told Deadline up of nan broadcaster’s upfront today.
The show, which sees Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson reprising their roles arsenic Matt Shade and Angie Everett, moves nan action to Canada’s westbound coast. Shade and Angie move westbound for an quieter life, only for that beryllium shaken by a murder.
“This is simply a caller fresh section for this franchise,” said Abrams. “We’ve done immoderate terrific original dramas astatine Global, and Private Eyes ran for 5 years truthful successfully. It continues to do hugely good crossed each of our platforms and it’s been sold each complete nan world.
“It really was nan clip to bring this beloved duo back. The franchise has a built-in audience, and because it continues to do good connected each these platforms, it is precisely nan franchise hold we were looking for. Some shows gain nan correct to travel back, and nan assemblage genuinely misses these characters, truthful we’re giving them a full caller playground successful West Coast pinch a beautiful backdrop.”
Abrams teased that location would beryllium “the aforesaid chemistry” pinch “bigger mysteries and bigger adventures, and a beautiful family communicative arc that continues done nan series. We’re really excited to bring it back.”
Global is assured that nan show has already been renewed for a 2nd play and Abrams said it was envisaged to return aggregate times. The original Private Eyes, which was based connected a caller of nan aforesaid sanction by GB Joyce, ran for 5 seasons.
West Coast has been handed a 9.30pm ET clip slot connected Global’s autumn grid.
New prime ups
At nan Global upfront, held coming successful Canada, a batch of U.S. prime ups, including Einstein, Cupertino and Eternally Yours, was unveiled. Global has besides taken NCIS: New York, and has nan likes of Ghosts, 9-1-1 and CIA each returning acknowledgment to deals nan broadcaster’s parent, Corus, has pinch awesome U.S. studios.
The U.S. acquisitions were confirmed pursuing nan LA Screenings. “We loved seeing nan number of renewals for consistent, beardown performers,” said Abrams. “That’s really paying off.”
Abrams praised nan scope of shows astatine nan LA Screenings, a sentiment Deadline has heard echoed by respective world acquisitions executives. “We saw a batch much pilots than we’ve seen successful years, truthful that unsocial made this year’s Screenings exciting, and it was cool to spot that wide location is much assurance successful premium scripted bid and bigger swings crossed nan networks,” she added.
Other highlights of Global’s 2026/27 play will spot greeting bid The Morning Show expanded pinch nan motorboat of TMS2, pinch Morgan Hoffman astatine nan helm, arsenic announced yesterday.
Corus has deed rocky financial footing successful nan past year, and conscionable past week announced it had agreed pinch lenders an amendment to its in installments installation giving entree to liqudity. This came aft nan courts approved a recapitalization scheme successful March.
Abrams didn’t remark straight connected nan financing situation, but said: “From wherever I beryllium pinch nan programming and nan trading piece, I’m incredibly optimistic. We person starring brands, awesome content, increasing streaming assets and underneath each of that, much importantly, a very talented team.
Global had 13 of C anada’s apical 20 most-watched bid this past spring, pinch astir of its contented now besides delivered connected streamers StackTV and nan Global TV App.
“We’re thrilled to beryllium building connected existent momentum,” said Abrams. “We’re not trying to beryllium number one, we are number one. We person much apical 20 shows than immoderate different broadcaster. The 2026/27 play will only thief build connected that momentum.”
