City’s Original Thriller Between Returns for a Second Season Accompanied by New Digital After Show, Premiering June 30
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Jennette McCurdy, Jesse Carere, Shailyn Pierre-Dixon and Justin Kelly
return with new cast members
Steven Grayhm and
Mercedes Morris
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– New this season, viewers go behind the scenes and inside the fence on the new digital after show Inside Between, hosted by Jim Watson –
TORONTO
(Thursday, May 19)
City’s original premium drama series Between returns for a highly anticipated second season, premieringThursday, June 30 at 8 p.m. ET/PT (check local listings) on City, premiering next day onshomi. Featuring six, one-hour episodes, Between stars Jennette McCurdy (iCarly), Jesse Carere (Finding Carter), Canadian Screen Award-winner Shailyn Pierre-Dixon (The Book of Negroes), and Justin Kelly (Degrassi: The Next Generation). This season, audiences get an inside look into the quarantine on the all-new, LIVE digital after show, Inside Between, following each new episode on Citytv.com.
This season, as the harsh winter settles in, food and resources diminish, and residents of Pretty Lake are pushed to the limits of lawlessness, Wiley
(Jennette McCurdy) and Adam (Jesse Carere) must fight harder to survive – whether it involves planning a daring escape or rebelling against the
treacherous government. Amidst this struggle, a mysterious stranger, Liam Cullen (Steven Grayhm, The Family Tree), arrives in Pretty Lake with
promise of a cure, leaving Wiley and Adam questioning his motivation. Another enigmatic outsider, Renee (Mercedes Morris, Forest Fairies), charges
into Pretty Lake armed with a survivalist group, The Horde, who have been actively thriving off the grid in their own society. Ronnie (Kyle Mac, Carrie) is instantly attracted to this new, charismatic leader and finds himself entangled in Renee’s drama.
The action doesn’t stop there. All new this season, Between’s companion digital after show, Inside Between, airs LIVE following each episode on Citytv.com. Hosted by Jim Watson – who played Pat, a Pretty Lake’s casualty from season one – this half-hour weekly special will feature special guests and cast members sharing exclusive behind-the-scenes content, playing interactive trivia games, and teasing what’s to come. Audiences at home can engage with Jim and the special guests on social media, submitting their questions and comments on the series on Twitter at @BetweenSeries.
Looking for even more drama and everything in between? Citytv.com is the official second screen destination of Between, featuring digital exclusives including web series Between The Lines: Wiley and Adam’s Lost Weekend. Showcasing Wiley and Adam’s new found relationship, this web series develops over six, two-minute episodes and acts as a prequel to the second season, launching Friday, June 23.
Catch up on Season 1 of Between on Citytv.com and theCity video app beginning Wednesday, June 1, and anytime on shomi.
Between
is an original series created by Michael McGowan (Still Mine, One Week) produced by Don Carmody Television (DCTV) and Mulmur Feed Co. Executive
Producers are Don Carmody (Pompeii, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Goon, Chicago), David Cormican (The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe, ShadowHunters), Michael McGowan, and Naveen Prasad of Elevation Pictures. Sam Egan ( The Listener, Continuum) joins as Showrunner. McGowan and Supervising Producer Rick Bota (Haven, Damaged, Beauty and the Beast) will each
direct three episodes. Innovate by Day are co-producers of companion digital after show, Inside Between. From Rogers Media, Nataline Rodrigues is
Director of Original Programming, Hayden Mindell is Vice President of Television Programming & Content, and Colette Watson is Vice President of
Television and Broadcast Operations.
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About Don Carmody Television (DCTV)
Don Carmody Television, a partnership between entrepreneurs Don Carmody, David Cormican and John Barrack established in 2013, is a division of Don Carmody
Productions (DCP), one of North America’s most successful producers of premium content since 1980. By enlisting top talent and participating in
partnerships across the USA and worldwide, DCP has produced 100+ projects for cinema and television, including Best Picture Academy Award-winner®Chicago. Recent productions include Pompeii, Goon, Resident Evil: Retribution and The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. DCP’s productions have garnered over 100 national and international awards, including wins at the Golden
Globes, Academy Awards and Emmys. Current DCTV productions include Between, an original series for Netflix and City, and ShadowHunters
for Freeform and Netflix, along with the recent Emmy nominated mini-series The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe for Lifetime.
About Mulmur Feed Co.
Mulmur Feed Co. is a leading Canadian film and television production company. Recent credits include Still Mine, Score: A Hockey Musical and One Week.
About Innovate By Day
Innovate By Day is a digital content and social media company that specializes in digital and social media strategy, online community engagement, and
original interactive production for film and television properties. www.innovatebyday.ca
About Elevation Pictures Corp.
Founded in 2013, with finance partner Teddy Schwarzman of Black Bear Pictures, Elevation Pictures has established itself as one of Canada’s leading film
and television companies. Elevation’s team of seasoned production and distribution executives are committed to bringing an elevated and robust film and
television slate to audiences. Elevation was named Playback Magazine’s Distributor of the Year for 2015.
About shomi
shomi is the Canadian streaming service that brings premier TV and movies direct to your screen. With new content added weekly, there is something for
every entertainment lover – hit TV shows available only on shomi, must-see movies, and hand-picked shomi Collections, plus fun kids and family content.
Curated by people who love popcorn and magic, shomi combines the passion and knowledge of our entertainment experts with the power of technology to offer
recommendations and shomi Collections that help our members always find something good to watch. We are made in Canada. Shomi Partnership is a joint
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About City
City™ television stations in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal and Saskatchewan offer viewers intensely-local, urban-oriented,
culturally-diverse television programming. A distinct alternative to other conventional television stations, City engages its viewers with dynamic on-air
personalities and delivers an entertaining mix of news, local-interactive formats such as: Breakfast Television and Cityline; as well as local Canadian and
US acquired prime time entertainment programming. City is a part of Rogers Broadcasting Limited, a division of Rogers Communications Inc. (TSX: RCI and
NYSE: RCI) which is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. For more information on City stations and programming, visit Citytv.com
Media Contact
Elisa Barbaro, City, Elisa.Barbaro@rci.rogers.com, 647-388-9403
Lisa Ghione, Unit Publicist, Between, lghione@gmail.com, 416.520.8031
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