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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Priestley is staying connected The CW.
Priestley, who stars successful Wild Cards for nan network, is nan prima and exec shaper of Private Eyes West Coast, which has conscionable been picked up by nan Nexstar-owned broadcaster.
Private Eyes West Coast is simply a spinoff of Canadian detective drama play that ran for 5 seasons.
Priestley and Supernatural’s Cindy Sampson person reprised their roles arsenic backstage investigators Matt Shade and Angie Everett successful nan series, which was primitively greenlit by Canada’s Corus Entertainment.
The ten-part bid will aerial later this twelvemonth connected The CW. It has already been renewed for a 2nd play by Corus.
Private Eyes West Coast is produced by Piller/Segan, which is down Wild Cards, and Lionsgate Canada.
Shade (Priestley) and Angie (Sampson) person near down their P.I. patient and settled into a caller life connected nan westbound coast, but their caller quiet life is shaken erstwhile a nighttime retired lands them astatine nan segment of a murder. A female stands complete her dormant fellow pinch a bloody steak weapon successful hand. Believing successful her innocence, Shade and Angie dive headfirst backmost into nan high-stakes world of investigation.
Over nan season, nan backstage eyes juggle nan challenges of opening a P.I. patient successful a caller city. Without their friends Toronto web of sources, Shade and Angie activity to build a caller community. From search down a missing student successful nan wilderness of British Columbia to extracting a execution confession from a surfer successful Tofino, Shade and Angie beryllium life connected nan westbound seashore is packed pinch heart-pounding thrills.
Priestley, who besides directs 2 episodes, will exec nutrient alongside Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, Sarah Dodd, Jennifer Kassabian, Jocelyn Hamilton and Darren Giblin. Dodd and Kassabian service arsenic showrunners. Lionsgate has world distribution rights.
“We are thrilled to invited Private Eyes West Coast to our autumn lineup and to proceed moving pinch nan immensely talented Jason Priestley connected different CW series,” said Brad Schwartz, President, The CW Network. “We are besides excited to grow our business pinch Lionsgate, arsenic good arsenic collaborate erstwhile again pinch nan Piller/Segan team, who person made Wild Cards nan network’s most-watched scripted bid of nan twelvemonth and person created yet different show packed pinch humor, action and undeniable chemistry betwixt its 2 leads.”
“We emotion what nan Piller/Segan squad and showrunners/creators Jennifer Kassabian and Sarah Dodd person done to build connected nan communicative of Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson’s Shade and Angie successful Private Eyes West Coast,” added Jocelyn Hamilton, President of Television, Lionsgate Canada. “The CW is nan cleanable web to present nan adjacent section of these beloved characters to audiences.”
