March 14-20: Crave Weekly Streaming Overview

MARCH 14 – Max Original Series THE GIRLS ON THE BUS * Premiere*

• From creators Amy Chozick and Julie Plec, and inspired by Chozick’s experiences as a political reporter on the campaign bus with multiple presidential candidates, THE GIRLS ON THE BUS invites viewers to hit the campaign trail alongside four female journalists, each of them different in their reporting styles and personalities. The story centres around Sadie McCarthy (Melissa Benoist), a journalist who romanticizes a bygone era of campaign reporting and scraps her whole life for a shot at covering a presidential campaign for the paper of record. Sadie joins the bus and eventually bonds with three female competitors: Grace (Carla Gugino), Lola (Natasha Behnam), and Kimberlyn (Christina Elmore). Despite their differences, the women become a found family with a front-row seat to the greatest soap opera in town: the battle for the White House. The series premieres Thursday, March 14, and follows a weekly release schedule with new episodes streaming

MARCH 15 – FANTASIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE *Movie Premiere*

• FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE is the newest adventure in the Wizarding World™ created by J.K. Rowling. Professor Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) knows the powerful Dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen) is moving to seize control of the wizarding world. Unable to stop him alone, he entrusts Magizoologist Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) to lead an intrepid team of wizards, witches, and one brave Muggle baker on a dangerous mission, where they encounter old and new beasts and clash with Grindelwald’s growing legion of followers. Crave is also home to The Wizarding World Collection, featuring the Harry Potter films, plus Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

MARCH 17 – Crave Original Special THE DESSERT PRESENTS: ST. BULGES DAY *Premiere*

• THE DESSERT PRESENTS: ST. BULGES DAY is a 30-minute companion special to the Crave Original series THE DESSERT, starring Shane Cunningham, Isabella Campbell, and Jillian Smart. Set on St. Patrick’s Day in Bulges, a not-so-family-friendly, all-male neighbourhood restaurant, a hotshot server begins to wonder if there is more to life than just wearing booty shorts, and a crop top for minimum wage plus tips.

  ***Media Note: Assets for Crave programming are available at the Bell Media press site, The Lede, here Programming Premieres and Finales for the week of March 14-20 *All Programming Subject to Change   HBO and Max Programming Max’s THE GIRLS ON THE BUS, *Series Premiere*, Season 1, Episode 1-2 (March 14)   Movies FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE (March 15) THE SWAN PRINCESS: FAR LONGER THAN FOREVER (March 15) OTHER PEOPLE’S CHILDREN (March 15) ASTERIX THE GAUL (March 15) THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: THE LAKE OF SHARKS (March 16) FLEE (March 18)   STARZ TWO SINNERS AND A MULE (March 15) YOU DON’T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN (March 15) STRONGER (2017) (March 15) MY GIRL 2 (March 15)   Highlighted Programming Crave’s AN OPTIMIST’S GUIDE TO THE PLANET WITH NIKOLAJ COSTER-WALDAU, Episode 6, *Original Series* *Season Finale* (March 14 at 8 p.m. ET) Discovery’s MUD MOUNTAIN HAULERS, *Canadian Title*, Season 1-2 (March 15) Crave’s THE DESSERT PRESENTS: ST. BULGES DAY, *Special Premiere* *Canadian Title* (March 17) IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON, Part One (March 17 at 9 p.m. ET)