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CTV Programming Highlights: September 1 – 13

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CTV heads into fall with all-new episodes of Canada’s #1 summer series THE AMAZING RACE CANADA and its original comedy SPUN OUT. CTV also presents the season finales of MISTRESSES, HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT, HOT IN CLEVELAND, Part 1 of the two-part finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, and ANGER MANAGEMENT.  Plus, the season finales of Bravo series 19-2, and Space’s BITTEN and ORPHAN BLACK. All-new episodes of ZOO and MASTERCHEF continue. To tweet this alert: http://bmpr.ca/1VrDhsq Programming Highlights for September 1 – 13 on CTV and CTV GO include:
  • The winner of the Mystery Box Challenge receives two advantages: he/she is safe from elimination and chooses which of four different baskets filled with ingredients the remaining contestants must cook with on MASTERCHEF (Sept. 2)
  • THE AMAZING RACE CANADA continues in Delhi, India, where things get slippery and spicy (Sept. 2)
  • On the season finale of MISTRESSES, Joss (Jes Macallan) receives a confusing gift from Calista (Jennifer Esposito), but when she denies sending it, Joss is sent down the rabbit hole to find out if the real killer might be on the loose (Sept. 3)
  • Charlie (Charlie Sheen) has to decide between keeping his group and being a sports psychologist for a baseball team on the series finale of ANGER MANAGEMENT (Sept. 6)
  • The four remaining Stage and Street dancers have the chance to perform one last time in hopes of becoming America’s Favourite Dancer on Part 1 of the two-part season finale of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (Sept. 7)
  • Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, Niecy Nash (THE SOUL MAN), Ming-Na Wen (MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.), Kevin Nealon (Blended), Cedric the Entertainer (THE SOUL MAN), and Mel B (AMERICA’S GOT TALENT) appear on the season finale of HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT (Sept. 7)
  • Joy (Jane Leeves) and Bob’s (Dave Foley, SPUN OUT) Paris wedding plans get derailed when they find out there’s a baby available for adoption in Las Vegas on the summer finale of HOT IN CLEVELAND (Sept. 8)
  • When Jackson (James Wolk) is injured after a run-in with the rebels in Zambia, the team rushes him to a hospital in Zimbabwe and finds it overrun by wild animals on a new, two-hour episode of ZOO (Sept. 8)
  • Edward Norton (Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)) stars in the CTV movie premiere of THE INCREDIBLE HULK (Sept. 13)
** Media Note **– Download photos for CTV programming at BellMediaPR.ca Below is a chronological listing of detailed highlights for Sept. 1 – 13. All programming is subject to change (visit CTV.ca to confirm local broadcast times). Tuesday, Sept. 1 8 p.m. – SPUN OUT – “Dude Where’s My Client” – NEW EPISODE After a night drinking, the gang wakes up to find they’ve somehow scheduled a new client meeting. Problem is, they have no clue who the client is. Meanwhile, Beckett (Paul Campbell) and Stephanie (Rebecca Dalton) try to figure out if they “did or didn’t” after waking up together in Dave’s (Dave Foley) office. 8:30 p.m. – HOT IN CLEVELAND – “About a Joy” – NEW EPISODE Joy (Jane Leeves) sees Bob (Dave Foley, SPUN OUT) in a new light when he helps Joy’s grandson deal with the school bully. Elka (Betty White) inspires Melanie (Valerie Bertinelli) to reconnect with a woman from her past, and Victoria (Wendie Malick) tries to keep up with her younger boyfriend. 9 p.m. – ZOO – “Emotional Contagion” – NEW EPISODE On the run as fugitives, the team flies to Zambia to gather leopard DNA in order to manufacture a cure for the abnormal behaviour that’s affecting animals worldwide. When it’s time to leave, they need to reach out to animal rights activist Ray Endicott (Warren Christie, MOTIVE) to get safe passage out of the country. Also, Chloe (Nora Arnezeder) makes the ultimate sacrifice to avoid further bloodshed. 10 p.m. – HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT – “Everything’s Coming Up Jonas” – NEW EPISODE Two contestants each lead a team of three celebrities through a series of unique party games in hopes of winning the $25,000 grand prize. Celebrity guests include singer Joe Jonas, comedian Jeff Dye (NUMBNUTS and MONEY FROM STRANGERS), Cheryl Burke (DANCING WITH THE STARS), Jenna Elfman (GROWING UP FISHER), Seth Green (FAMILY GUY), and Michelle Trachtenberg (GOSSIP GIRL). Wednesday, Sept. 2 8 p.m. – MASTERCHEF – “Return of the Champions” – NEW EPISODE In the next Mystery Box Challenge, the Top 5 home cooks must create a dish using pear, blue cheese, tomato, portabello mushroom, and chocolate. The winner of the challenge receives two advantages: first, he/she is safe from elimination; secondly, they get to choose which of four different baskets filled with ingredients – put together on his/her own and with three former MASTERCHEF winners – the remaining contestants must cook with. 9 p.m. – THE AMAZING RACE CANADA – NEW EPISODE The race continues in Delhi, India, where things get slippery and spicy. A turban challenge has teams wrapped up at the Road Block, and teams go toe-to-toe at a wrestling Detour. Thursday, Sept. 3 9 p.m. – MISTRESSES – “Goodbye Girl” – SEASON FINALE Just as Joss (Jes Macallan) gets her freedom, Harry (Brett Tucker) is presented with an exciting new job opportunity that will impact a future with her. As soon as Scotty (Julius Fair, ARROW) leaves Los Angeles Marc (Rob Mayes) disappears, causing April (Rochelle Aytes) to finally realize her true feelings. Vivian’s (Sonja Bennett, Preggoland) illness takes a turn for the worse, leaving Karen (Yunjin Kim) adrift and unsure of the future. Joss receives a confusing gift from Calista (Jennifer Esposito), but when she denies sending it, Joss is sent down the rabbit hole to find out if the real killer might be on the loose. Friday, Sept. 4 8 p.m. – CTV MOVIE: WARM BODIES – CTV MOVIE PREMIERE After a zombie epidemic, a highly unusual zombie, R (Nicholas Hoult, Mad Max: Fury Road), encounters a human survivor, Julie (Teresa Palmer, Cut Bank), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human – setting off a chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and the whole lifeless world. Saturday, Sept. 5 9 p.m. – ORPHAN BLACK – “Insolvent Phantom of Tomorrow” – NEW TO CTV Sarah (Tatiana Maslany), Felix (Jordan Gavaris), and Mrs. S (Maria Doyle Kennedy) take a trip with the hopes of tracking down the Castor Original. But they are not alone. Back home, Donnie (Kristian Bruun, MURDOCH MYSTERIES) tries to save the family business when Pouchy (Tony Cianchino, The Great House of Robbery) defects, but it is Helena (Maslany) who manages to secure a “full refund.” Meanwhile, Cosima (Maslany) becomes suspicious of Shay (Ksenia Solo, LOST GIRL), and Delphine (Evelyne Brochu, Inch’Allah) takes the matter into her own hands. But nothing will ever be the same again when Leda finally finds what they’ve been looking for. 10 p.m. – BITTEN – “Scavenger’s Daughter” – NEW TO CTV With Aleister’s (Sean Rogerson) Undoing spell underway, Elena (Laura Vandervoort), Clay (Greyston Holt), Paige (Tommie-Amber Pirie, Don’t Get Killed in Alaska), and Nick (Steve Lund) try to find him before it’s too late. Meanwhile, Jeremy (Greg Bryk) helps Ruth (Tammy Isbell, Big News from Grand Rock) delve into Left Hand magic in order to take down Aleister from afar, and Logan (Michael Xavier) spirals into his own dark corner after Rachel (Genelle Williams, REMEDY) delivers some devastating news. Sunday, Sept. 6 8:30 p.m. – ANGER MANAGEMENT – “Charlie & The 100th Episode” – SERIES FINALE Charlie (Charlie Sheen) has to decide between keeping his group and being a sports psychologist for a baseball team. 9 p.m. – 19-2 – “Bridges” – NEW TO CTV – SEASON FINALE With the mole on the run, a devastated squad turn on each other, and on themselves. Monday, Sept. 7 8 p.m. – SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE – “Part 1 Finale: Top 4 Perform” – LIVE – NEW EPISODE Each dancer has one final chance to show America what they’ve got. The four remaining Stage and Street dancers have the chance to perform one last time in hopes of becoming America’s Favourite Dancer. 10 p.m. – HOLLYWOOD GAME NIGHT – “Cedric Gives Niecy A Hand” – SEASON FINALE – SPECIAL NIGHT Two contestants each lead a team of three celebrities through a series of unique party games in hopes of winning the $25,000 grand prize. Celebrity guests include Grammy®-nominee Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy, Niecy Nash (THE SOUL MAN), Ming-Na Wen (MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.), Kevin Nealon (Blended), Cedric the Entertainer (THE SOUL MAN), and Mel B (AMERICA’S GOT TALENT). Tuesday, Sept. 8 8 p.m. – SPUN OUT – “Dream On” – NEW EPISODE After Stephanie (Rebecca Dalton) has a romantic dream about Bryce (J.P. Manoux), she confides in Abby (Holly Deveaux) who uses it to torment and tease her. When Dave (Dave Foley) asks Beckett (Paul Campbell) to help him write his autobiography, Beckett tries to turn what he thinks is a fluff piece into a serious character study. Gordon (Darcy Michael) and Bryce prepare for their improv debut. 8:30 p.m. – HOT IN CLEVELAND – “One Wedding and One Funeral” – SUMMER FINALE Joy (Jane Leeves) competes with Canadian Joy (Missi Pyle, TWO AND A HALF MEN) for Bob’s (Dave Foley, SPUN OUT) affection. Elka (Betty White) enlists Melanie’s (Valerie Bertinelli) help when her affair with the mayor takes an unexpected turn, and Victoria (Wendie Malick) hires a bodyguard. 9 p.m. – ZOO – “Eats, Shoots and Leaves/Wild Things” – TWO-HOURS – NEW EPISODE When Jackson (James Wolk) is injured after a run-in with the rebels in Zambia, the team rushes him to a hospital in Zimbabwe and finds it overrun by wild animals. While Jackson undergoes emergency surgery, Mitch (Billy Burke) and Jamie (Kristen Connolly) work to formulate a cure using the Mother Cell and leopard DNA. Victory is within reach until a shocking turn of events jeopardizes everything. Wednesday, Sept. 9 8 p.m. – MASTERCHEF – “Think Inside the Box” – NEW EPISODE After learning from past champions in last week’s episode, the four remaining contestants put that knowledge to use in the next Team Challenge. Using special ingredients provided by judges Gordon Ramsay and Graham Elliot, each team must create a unique appetizer and entrée – and create them three times! The winning pair automatically moves into the Top 3, while the losing pair must face the next Pressure Test in which they must recreate judge Christina Tosi’s world-famous Chocolate Malted Layer Cake. The chefs find out who will be eliminated, and who will take the cake and move into the Top 3. 9 p.m. – THE AMAZING RACE CANADA – NEW EPISODE Teams continue their race across Canada and beyond in hopes of winning the biggest grand prize in Canadian television history. Thursday, Sept. 10 9:30 p.m. – SPUN OUT – “Can’t Buy Me Love” – NEW EPISODE / SPECIAL NIGHT After Stephanie (Rebecca Dalton) attends a motivational speaker conference, she tries to convert her dad into a new-aged model of success. Nelson (Al Mukadam) showers Beckett (Paul Campbell) with gifts but behind this newfound generosity, Beckett (Campbell) suspects that Nelson (Mukadam) may be hiding something. Bryce (J.P. Manoux) is confounded when Gordon (Darcy Michael) makes him his emergency contact. Saturday, Sept. 12 9 p.m. – ORPHAN BLACK – “History Yet to Be Written” – NEW TO CTV – SEASON FINALE Castor and Topside force Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) to make uneasy alliances. But there is some rest for the wicked, when Donnie (Kristian Bruun, MURDOCH MYSTERIES) gives Helena (Maslany) an unexpected ‘gift,’ and the results of Alison’s (Maslany) candidacy finally come in. Even as team Leda takes a moment to breathe, change is afoot and a life hangs in the balance. 10 p.m. – BITTEN – “Fine Temporum” – NEW TO CTV – SEASON FINALE Elena (Laura Vandervoort) and The Pack storm the Delphi building to save Savannah (Kira Glasco, COPPER), the witches, and the werewolves in a final showdown against Aleister (Sean Rogerson) and Clara (Debra McCabe, THE BORDER). Sunday, Sept. 13 8 p.m. – CTV MOVIE: THE INCREDIBLE HULK – CTV MOVIE PREMIERE Scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton, Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue Of Ignorance)) desperately seeks a cure for the gamma radiation that contaminated his cells and turned him into The Hulk. Cut off from his true love, Betty Ross (Liv Tyler, THE LEFTOVERS), and forced to hide from his nemesis, Gen. Thunderbolt Ross (William Hurt, The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby), Banner soon comes face-to-face with a new threat: a supremely powerful enemy known as The Abomination (Tim Roth, Rob Roy). 10:30 p.m. – SPUN OUT – “Political Partier” – NEW EPISODE / SPECIAL NIGHT Beckett (Paul Campbell) and Nelson (Al Mukadam) are tasked with rehabilitating the image of the spoiled son of a famous politician. Hoping to make a video collage for her mom, Stephanie (Rebecca Dalton) asks Dave (Dave Foley) for old home movies, but discovers a secret from her past she would rather forget. Abby (Holly Deveaux) enlists Gordon (Darcy Michael) to help her win a Bartender of the Year award.

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