CITY tv FALL Schedule

Rogers Media Television today announced aggressive US program acquisitions for its “CITY tv” branded mini network. The network includes affiliated stations in major urban centres such as Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg. Rogers previously acquired the CITY stations from ctvglobemedia following the latter’s acquisition of the CHUM-City group, when the CRTC ordered CTV to divest itself of its CITY holdings as a precondition for approving the deal. The new Fall line-up will include returning US series that previously aired on other Canadian carriers as well as new series acquisitions.

All tolled CITY tv's line up this Fall will include an unprecedented 16 hours of US network simulcasts across the 22 prime time hours. CITY’s biggest US program supplier will be NBC. Many of the returning series previously held by other Canadian carriers have been bought away from troubled Canwest’s second network E!

Among the returning US network series taken away from other Canadian carriers are:

EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION - Season 7 (simulcast with ABC, take-away from E!)
THE BIGGEST LOSER - Season 8 (simulcast with NBC, take-away from E!)
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER - Season 5 (simulcast with CBS, take-away from E!)
SUPERNANNY - Season 6 (simulcast with ABC, take-away from “A” channel)

Among the new series acquisitions are:

THE JAY LENO SHOW (simulcast with NBC)

Dramas

TRAUMA (simulcast with NBC)
PARENTHOOD (simulcast with NBC)

Comedies

COMMUNITY (simulcast with NBC)
ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE (simulcast with CBS)
COUGAR TOWN (simulcast with ABC)
MODERN FAMILY (simulcast with ABC)

Among the US series returning in the Fall are:

NFL FOOTBALL (simulcast with NBC)
30 ROCK Season 4 (simulcast with NBC)
UGLY BETTY Season 4 (simulcast with ABC)
PARKS AND RECREATION Season 2 (simulcast with NBC)
BETTER OFF TED Season 2 (simulcast with NBC)

Among the US series returning mid-season are:

THE BACHELOR - Season 14 (simulcast with ABC)
SCRUBS - Season 9 (simulcast with ABC)
CHUCK – Season 3 (simulcast with NBC)