Jesse Wanagas
CTV – CTV Life Channel – CTV Comedy Channel – CTV Drama Channel – CTV Sci-Fi Channel
Dark Ages Debauchery Abounds in Debut of All-New Animated Series CROSSING SWORDS, June 18 on CTV Comedy Channel and Crave
– From the team behind ROBOT CHICKEN, the GAME OF THRONES meets SOUTH PARK stop-motion series premieres Thursday, June 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT –
– All-new series voiced by an A-list cast including BAFTA nominee Nicholas Hoult, Emmy® Award-winner Tony Hale, Tara Strong, Seth Green, and Yvette Nicole Brown –
– All-new series voiced by an A-list cast including BAFTA nominee Nicholas Hoult, Emmy® Award-winner Tony Hale, Tara Strong, Seth Green, and Yvette Nicole Brown –
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TORONTO (June 8, 2020) – Chivalry has nowhere to hide as CTV Comedy Channel and Crave jousts with the edgy new stop-motion series CROSSING SWORDS, premiering Thursday, June 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. From the team behind the Emmy®-winning animated series ROBOT CHICKEN, the 10-episode, half-hour Medieval comedy follows good hearted peasant Patrick (Nicholas Hoult, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD), whose dream job of being a knight turns out to be more of a knight–mare as he discovers that his beloved kingdom is being run amuck by a group of dysfunctional royals, jesters, and crooks. Click here to watch the CROSSING SWORDS trailer. Created and written by ROBOT CHICKEN’s John Harvatine IV, who also serves as director, and Tom Root, CROSSING SWORDS is packed with unruly subjects, medieval torture, and even a royal sex dungeon. Joining Holt to bring life to the court of brightly coloured, sometimes nude, peg people is an all-star cast of voices that includes Adam Ray (AMERICAN VANDAL), Tara Strong (TEEN TITANS GO!), Tony Hale (VEEP), Luke Evans (THE ALIENIST), Seth Green (FAMILY GUY), Alanna Ubach (EUPHORIA), Adam Pally (THE MINDY PROJECT), Yvette-Nicole Brown (COMMUNITY), Maya Erskine (PEN15), Breckin Meyer (ROBOT CHICKEN), and Wendi McLendon-Covey (THE GOLDBERGS). In the premiere episode (Thursday, June 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT), a young Patrick dreams of earning his knighthood and dispensing justice to evildoers. He’s driven by his goodhearted, earnest nature, but also by guilt – his own siblings are some of the land’s most notorious crooks. However, when Patrick finally lands a coveted squire position at the royal castle, his dream job quickly turns into a nightmare. In this kingdom, corruption starts at the top, and staying true to his lofty goals will be a thornier proposition than Patrick anticipated.About CTV Comedy Channel
The #1 Canadian Entertainment Specialty channel among Adults 18-49 and 25-54, CTV Comedy Channel delivers every flavour of funny with A-list stand-up, hilarious late-night talk shows, favourite sitcoms, and hit movies. The home of original comedy CORNER GAS ANIMATED and fresh stand-up captured every year at Montréal’s Just For Laughs Festival, CTV Comedy Channel also boasts some of the best late-night talk series from THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH and FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE, to CONAN, in addition to sitcoms like TACOMA FD and limited series MAD ABOUT YOU, among others. From CTV, Canada’s most-watched network, CTV Comedy Channel is part of a powerful suite of specialty channels that also includes CTV Drama Channel, CTV Life Channel, and CTV Sci-Fi Channel. More information about CTV Comedy Channel is available at CTVComedy.ca
About Crave
Delivering more Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning programming than any other service, Crave is Canada’s prestige entertainment offering, with HBO, SHOWTIME®, Starz, Hollywood-hit movies, a superior collection of kid’s movies and programs, and thousands of hours of acclaimed television series, specials, factual programming, and originals that can’t be found anywhere else.
Crave is the exclusive home of HBO in Canada, delivering HBO’s current slate of signature dramatic and comedic programs, documentaries, films, and live specials, as well as titles from HBO’s extensive off-air library. Crave is also home to current SHOWTIME series and specials, and past SHOWTIME hits. Crave Original hit series include comedies LETTERKENNY and NEW EDEN; CRAVINGS: THE AFTERSHOW with Lainey Lui; HEALTHY IS HOT with Chloe Wilde; candid interview series MUCH STUDIOS PRESENTS: MIKE ON MUCH IN CONVERSATION WITH…; a series of original stand-up specials; the upcoming competition series CANADA’S DRAG RACE; and the upcoming apocalyptic original comedic documentary series WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE.
Crave is a major supporter of Canada’s production industry, helping to fund and develop numerous film and documentary projects including feature films THE SONG OF NAMES, WHITE LIE, and THE GRIZZLIES among others, as well as Crave Original Documentaries ONCE WERE BROTHERS: ROBBIE ROBERTSON AND THE BAND, SHARKWATER: EXTINCTION, YOU ARE HERE: A COME FROM AWAY STORY, and ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH. Crave also includes acclaimed selections from the Toronto International Film Festival which are featured in two exclusive collections: Best of TIFF and TIFF Selects.
Crave is a bilingual TV and streaming service with more than 6,000 hours of exclusive French-language content included with the Super Écran add-on. Crave is available directly to all Canadians with access to the Internet at Crave.ca, via iOS and Android, and other platforms. It’s also available in English through participating television providers across six 24-hour High Definition linear and on demand channels. Crave is from Bell Media, Canada’s leading content company, providing Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed television programming on network, specialty, pay and digital platforms. Visit our website at Crave.ca.
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