CTV’s PLAYED Ups the Ante and Makes it a Double in Season Finale, Dec. 19

^{L to R: Joseph Kell as Richard Dansky and Vincent Walsh as John Moreland in “Hitmen”  
Lisa Marcos as Maria Cortez, Dwain Murphy as Daniel Price, Adam Butcher as Jesse Calvert, and Chandra West as Rebecca Ellis in “Revenge”}

**Media Note** Photography for PLAYED is available online at BellMediaPR.ca.

PLAYED’s finale night kicks offs with “Hitmen” (Thursday, Dec. 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV) which follows Devil’s Guard, a notorious biker gang that is behind the murders of innocent people. The C.I.U.’s one chance to infiltrate the gang is to trust the biker’s hitman Richard Dansky (Joseph Kell, Lies and Deception). Together, he and Moreland (Vincent Walsh) discover why the gang is targeting innocent people, and in a showdown with the volatile and erratic gang leader, they bring the bikers to their knees. 

The dramatic season concludes with the gripping finale “Revenge” (Thursday, Dec. 19 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV). All bets are off when Moreland’s worst nightmare comes true. Eight years ago, he infiltrated Charlie Mulcair’s (Shaun Benson, Populaire) gang. In the shoot-out that led to Mulcair’s arrest, his 12-year-old son was killed. Now out on parole, the convicted armed robber is bent on revenge. The vicious ex-con has been looking for Moreland and runs into him with his daughter, Emily (Zoé De Grand Maison, SAVING HOPE).  

Fans of the series can also go deep undercover into the world of PLAYED with CTV’s new interactive digital series INTERFERENCE. Each episode follows undercover team members into the criminal underworld and when things go sideways, it’s up to viewers to intervene. Fans advance the plot and engage with the team through their cell phones, text messaging, and their Facebook profiles. INTERFERENCE is available exclusively on CTV’s digital platforms, including CTV.ca/Interference and on the CTV GO app.

PLAYED is produced by Muse Entertainment Enterprises and Back Alley Film Productions Ltd.in association with Bell Media. Executive Producers are Michael Prupas (THE KENNEDYS, BEING HUMAN), Janis Lundman, Adrienne Mitchell (DURHAM COUNTY, BOMB GIRLS) and Greg Nelson (SAVING HOPE, ROOKIE BLUE), who is co-showrunner with Adrienne Mitchell. The series was created by Greg Nelson, and developed in association with Janis Lundman and Adrienne Mitchell. Tom Hastings is production executive for Bell Media. Trish Williams is Director, Independent Production, Bell Media. Corrie Coe is Senior Vice-President, Independent Production, Bell Media. Mike Cosentino is Senior Vice-President, Programming, CTV Networks. Phil King is President, CTV Programming and Sports.

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About Bell Media Independent Production
Bell Media has commissioned some of Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed original programming, working with the best Canadian independent producers in the country. Hit CTV series include ratings success stories SAVING HOPE, THE LISTENER, MOTIVE, the #1 new Canadian scripted series of the 2012/13 season, and THE AMAZING RACE CANADA, the record-breaking, Canadian-produced complementary version of the hit international series. CTV is also home to drama series PLAYED, and premiering in the 2013/14 season, multi-cam office comedy SPUN OUT, and hit international format MASTERCHEF CANADA. Among the scripted series on Bell Media pay and specialty channels are the two-time Emmy®-nominated hit DEGRASSI, the recently renewed ORPHAN BLACK, CSA-winning CALL ME FITZ, and upcoming dramas BITTEN, SENSITIVE SKIN, 19-2, and KILLJOYS. Bell Media specialty channels are also home to reality series such as BRAVE NEW GIRLS, game shows MATCH GAME and POP QUIZ, and factual series HIGHWAY THRU HELL and CANADA’S WORST DRIVER, among others. So far in 2013, Bell Media has ordered 24 original Canadian series and currently has 74 projects in various stages of development.

About CTV
CTV is Canada’s #1 private broadcaster. Featuring a wide range of quality news, sports, information, and entertainment programming, CTV has been Canada’s most-watched television network for the past 12 years in a row. CTV is a division of Bell Media, Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, digital and Out-of-Home. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. More information about CTV can be found on the network’s website at ctv.ca. 

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Tonia Addison, CTV and CTV Two, 416.384.2194 or tonia.addison@bellmedia.ca