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New Crave Original Series DRAG BRUNCH SAVED MY LIFE, Starring Priyanka, Hits the Streaming Menu, May 2
– Drag superstar Priyanka leads a team of experts as they revive restaurants and put on the ultimate drag brunch –
(TORONTO) April 10, 2025 – Get ready to sashay and sauté with the new restaurant revamp lifestyle series, DRAG BRUNCH SAVED MY LIFE. The series showcases world-renowned drag superstar, Priyanka, as she and a team of culinary connoisseurs visit restaurants, helping transform their businesses with all-new vibes, and culminating in the ultimate drag brunch extravaganza.
The eight-episode Crave Original series debuts with three episodes streaming on Friday, May 2, and follows a weekly release schedule with one new episode streaming on subsequent Fridays.
From diners to steakhouses to bistros, DRAG BRUNCH SAVED MY LIFE is a high-energy, heart-forward series that follows Priyanka – along with interior designer Crystal Westland, chef Mitchell Bright, and drag performers like Lemon, Tynomi Banks, and Xtacy Love – as they provide restaurants with an expert refresh, and equip them with the tools they need to survive and thrive, culminating in an unforgettable drag brunch. Thanks to Priyanka and her team, drag is celebrated as a powerful force for connection, while business is boosted, community is built, and joy is spread…one restaurant at a time.
Restaurants featured in DRAG BRUNCH SAVED MY LIFE include:
- Cosmo’s Diner in Thorold, ON
- Town & Country Steakhouse in Barrie, ON
- Bloom Bisto in Barrie, ON
- YOU Made it Cafe in London, ON
- The Smokin’ 116 Bistro in Belleville, ON
- Deja Vu Diner in Orangeville, ON
- The Alpine in Toronto, ON
- The Library Bar in Paris, ON
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Bell Media has commissioned some of Canada’s most-watched and most-acclaimed English and French original programming, working with the best Canadian independent producers and global content powerhouses. Scripted series commissioned by CTV include SULLIVAN’S CROSSING, SIGHT UNSEEN, CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING, and ACTING GOOD; with unscripted series THE TRAITORS CANADA, MASTERCHEF CANADA, and record-breaking Canadian format THE AMAZING RACE CANADA; as well as quiz series BATTLE OF THE GENERATIONS. Crave Originals include hit series LETTERKENNY, SHORESY, THE TRADES, LATE BLOOMER, THE OFFICE MOVERS, and CANADA’S DRAG RACE; award-winning drama LITTLE BIRD; docuseries BILLIONNAIRE MURDERS, THUNDER BAY, and THE REBUILD: Inside the Montreal Canadiens; as well as dozens of acclaimed feature documentaries. Bell Media’s factual series and franchises include HIGHWAY THRU HELL, FORENSIC FACTOR, and MY PET ATE WHAT!?. Bell Media also distributes a slate of original scripted and unscripted series, including LATE BLOOMER, THE OFFICE MOVERS, MARK MCKINNEY NEEDS A HOBBY, EVOLVING VEGAN, THE MIGHTIEST, and more. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. Learn more at www.BellMedia.ca.
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Delivering more Oscar®-nominated and Emmy® Award-winning programming than any other service, Crave is Canada’s prestige entertainment offering, with HBO Originals, Max Originals, STARZ, Hollywood-hit movies, is the exclusive Canadian streaming home of FRIENDS, and boasts a robust slate of English and French original series. Crave is a major supporter of Canada’s production industry, helping to fund numerous film projects, and features acclaimed selections from some of Canada’s prestigious film festivals including Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, HOT DOCS, ImagineNATIVE, and Inside Out Film Festival.
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Sphere Media is a production and distribution company with world-class talent creating premium content for the fast-growing global market. Sphere’s content spans not only international territories and languages, but also genres in both the scripted and unscripted spaces. Among Sphere’s international scripted series are Transplant (NBC), The Porter (BET) and Peabody Award-winning Sort Of (HBO Max). Sphere’s track-record in the unscripted space include international specials 9/11: Cleared for Chaos (NatGeo) and 100 Days to Victory (BBC) along with many documentary series like Haunted Hospitals (TRVL) and an original series called Paranormal Revenge for Sci-Fi (Bell Media). In 2024 Sphere produced the 10-part series Mark McKinney Needs A Hobby (Bell Media) and proudly partnered with Canada’s Drag Race season one winner Priyanka on the 8-part series, Drag Brunch Saved My Life (Bell Media). Experts in creating multiplatform content across all unscripted genres including specialist factual, doc series, docudrama, fact-entertainment formats, lifestyle, and kids & family. Our content has sales and distribution across almost every international territory, including US, UK, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Latin America.
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