2016–17 Canadian network television schedule explained

The 2016–17 network television schedule for the five major English commercial broadcast networks in Canada covers primetime hours from September 2016 through August 2017. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 2015–16 television season, for Canadian, American and other series.

CBC Television was first to announce its fall schedule on May 26, 2016,^[1] followed by CTV and CTV Two,^[2] as well as City on May 30, 2016,^[3] and Global on June 9, 2016.^[4] 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.

CTV Two and Global are not included on Saturday as they do not carry network programming.

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.

Legend

Light blue indicates Local Programming.

Grey 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.

Light yellow indicates the current schedule.

Sunday

Network		7:00 PM	7:30 PM	8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
CBC	Fall	Heartland		*This Is High School*		*This Life*		The National
	Follow-up			Canada's Smartest Person		*This Life*
	Winter			The A Word
	Late Winter			The A Word		Interrupt This Program	Crash Gallery
	Spring			*Anne*
City	Fall	Encore Programming	Bob's Burgers	*Nirvanna the Band the Show*	*Son of Zorn*	Family Guy	The Last Man on Earth	Encore Programming
City	Spring	*Making History*	Bob's Burgers	Little Big Shots		Family Guy	The Last Man on Earth	Encore Programming
CTV	Fall	NFL		Once Upon a Time		Secrets and Lies		Quantico
CTV	Spring	Encore Programming		Once Upon a Time		*Time After Time*		Saving Hope ^[5]
CTV Two		Encore Programming		Dancing with the Stars				Encore Programming
Global	Fall	Superstore	The Simpsons			Madam Secretary		Elementary
	Winter	*The Good Fight*						Shades of Blue
	Spring	Elementary				*Chicago Justice*
	Summer	Big Brother		Hockey Wives

Monday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
CBC	Fall	Murdoch Mysteries		*Shoot the Messenger*		The National
	Winter			*Pure*
	Late Winter			*Bellevue*^[6]
City	Fall	The Middle	The Real O'Neals	2 Broke Girls	The Odd Couple	Scorpion
	Winter			2 Broke Girls	The Middle
	Spring			2 Broke Girls (R)	2 Broke Girls
CTV	Fall	Gotham		Lucifer		*Conviction*
	Winter	Encore Programming				Quantico
	Spring	The Voice				Quantico
CTV Two		The Voice				Encore Programming
Global	Fall	*Kevin Can Wait*	*Man with a Plan*	Chicago Fire		*Timeless*
	Winter	The Simpsons		The Blacklist		*Timeless*
	Spring	*Kevin Can Wait*		Big Brother Canada		*Taken*
	Summer	*Kevin Can Wait*	The Simpsons	Private Eyes		*Midnight, Texas*

Tuesday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBC	Fall	Rick Mercer Report	22 Minutes	*Kim's Convenience*	Mr. D	The National
CBC	Winter	Rick Mercer Report	22 Minutes	Schitt's Creek^[7]	*Workin' Moms*^[8]	The National
City	Fall	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	New Girl	Scream Queens		Encore Programming
		Winter	New Girl	*The Mick*	Bones
	Spring	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	Prison Break
CTV	Fall	The Flash		*The Mick*	*This Is Us*		Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
CTV	Spring	The Voice		*Trial & Error*	*Trial & Error* ^[9]		Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
CTV Two	Fall	The Voice		Encore Programming
CTV Two	Winter	The Flash^[10]		Legends of Tomorrow		Encore Programming
Global	Fall	NCIS		*Bull*
	Winter					*Ransom*
	Spring					Chicago Fire
	Summer					*Somewhere Between*

Wednesday

Network		8:00 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM	10:30 PM
CBC	Fall	Dragons' Den	The Romeo Section		The National
CBC	Winter	Dragons' Den	X Company^[11]		The National
City	Fall	Lethal Weapon	Modern Family	Black-ish	Encore Programming
City	Spring	*Shots Fired*	Modern Family	Black-ish	Encore Programming
CTV	Fall	Blindspot	Criminal Minds		*Designated Survivor*
	Winter				*Cardinal*^[12]
	Spring				*Designated Survivor*
CTV Two		Arrow			Code Black
Global	Fall	Survivor	Chicago Med		Chicago P.D.
		Survivor	Late Fall	Rookie Blue
	Late Winter	Chicago Med	*Mary Kills People*^[13]
	Spring	Survivor	Big Brother Canada ^[14]
	Summer	Big Brother	*Salvation*			*Travelers*

Thursday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	9:30 PM	10:00 PM
CBC		The Nature of Things		Firsthand		The National
City	Fall	*Thursday Night Football* (continued to game completion)
	Follow-up	The Mindy Project	*Second Jen*	Mom	Life in Pieces	Encore Programming
	Winter	The Mindy Project	The Middle
	Spring	The Real O'Neals	The Middle
CTV	Fall	Grey's Anatomy		*Notorious*		How to Get Away with Murder
		Follow-up	The Big Bang Theory	*Notorious*		How to Get Away with Murder	The Goldbergs
	Winter	*Powerless*^[15]		How to Get Away with Murder		*Training Day*^[16]
	Spring	*Powerless*^[15]		MasterChef Canada^[17]		*Training Day*^[16]
CTV Two	Fall	Legends of Tomorrow		Encore Programming
	Winter	MasterChef Junior		Reign		Encore Programming
	Spring	MasterChef Junior		Reign		The Catch
Global	Fall	Superstore	*The Good Place*	*Pitch*		The Blacklist
	Follow-up	Superstore	*The Great Indoors*			The Blacklist
	Late fall	The Simpsons				Pure Genius
	Winter	Superstore^[18]		Chicago Med		The Blacklist
	Late Winter	Superstore^[18]
	Spring	Big Brother Canada
	Summer	*The Wall*		Big Brother		The Night Shift

Friday

Network		8:00 PM	8:30 PM	9:00 PM	10:00 PM
CBC	Fall	Marketplace	Hello Goodbye	The Fifth Estate	The National
CBC	Late Winter	Marketplace	*True North Calling*^[19]	The Fifth Estate	The National
City		Hell's Kitchen		Encore Programming
CTV	Fall	Shark Tank		*The Exorcist*	Blue Bloods
CTV	Winter	Grimm		Shark Tank	Blue Bloods
CTV Two	Fall	The Vampire Diaries		Encore Programming
CTV Two	Winter	The Vampire Diaries		Sleepy Hollow	Encore Programming
Global	Fall	*MacGyver*		Hawaii Five-0	The Firm
	Follow-up				*Pure Genius*
	Late fall				Undercover Boss Canada
	Winter				*Pure Genius*
	Spring				Madam Secretary
	summer				*Ransom*

Saturday

Network		8:00 PM	9:00 PM
CBC		Hockey Night in Canada
City		Hockey Night in Canada
CTV		Comedy Night on CTV
Global	Fall	Various Programming
Global	Winter	*Ransom*	Encore Programming

By network

CTV/CTV Two

Comedies

American Housewife (October 11, 2016 – present)
The Big Bang Theory (September 23, 2007 – present)
The Goldbergs (September 26, 2013 – present)

Dramas

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (September 24, 2013 – present)
Arrow (September 24, 2012 – present)
Blindspot (September 21, 2015 – present)
Blue Bloods (September 24, 2010 – present)
Castle (September 29, 2009 – present)
Code Black (September 29, 2015 – present)
Conviction (October 3, 2016 – present)
Criminal Minds (September 21, 2005 – present)
Designated Survivor (September 23, 2016 – present)
The Exorcist (September 23, 2016 – present)
The Flash (January 17, 2015 – present)
Gotham (September 22, 2014 – present)
Grimm (October 28, 2011 – present)
How to Get Away With Murder (September 25, 2014 – present)
(September 19, 1999 – present)
Legends of Tomorrow (January 12, 2016 – present)
Lucifer (January 26, 2016 – present)
Once Upon a Time (September 25, 2011 – present)
Quantico (September 27, 2015 – present)
Secrets and Lies (July 19, 2015 – present)
This Is Us (September 21, 2016 – present)

Upcoming Programming

The Mick (2017)
Time After Time (2017)

Global

Comedy Programming

The Great Indoors (October 27, 2016 – present)
The Good Place (September 22, 2016 – present)
Kevin Can Wait (September 19, 2016 – present)
Man with a Plan (October 24, 2016 – present)
The Simpsons (December 19, 1989 – present)
Superstore (December 1, 2015 – present)

Drama Programming

The Blacklist (September 23, 2013 – present)
Bones (September 12, 2005 – present)
Bull (September 21, 2016 – present)
Chicago Fire (September 18, 2012 – present)
Chicago Med (November 19, 2015 – present)
Chicago P.D. (January 19, 2014 – present)
Elementary (September 20, 2012 – present)
Hawaii Five-0 (September 20, 2010 – present)
MacGyver (September 23, 2016 – present)
Madam Secretary (September 28, 2014 – present)
NCIS (September 24, 2004 – present)
(September 22, 2009 – present)
(September 21, 2014 – present)
Pitch (September 22, 2016 – present)
Pure Genius (October 27, 2016 – present)
Timeless (October 3, 2016 – present)