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No Sticks, No Stones, Just Jokes that Really Burn! All-New Original Series ROAST BATTLE CANADA Fires Up CTV Comedy Channel, October 11
– ROAST BATTLE CANADA Season 1 roster of roasters revealed, featuring an all-Canadian lineup of comics paired-up to trade barbs –
– Produced in partnership with Just For Laughs and Counterfeit Pictures –
– Production on Season 2 begins later this year –
– Host Ennis Esmer and judges Russell Peters, Sabrina Jalees, and K. Trevor Wilson oversee the comedy smackdown, Monday nights at 10:30 p.m. ET –
– Produced in partnership with Just For Laughs and Counterfeit Pictures –
– Production on Season 2 begins later this year –
– Host Ennis Esmer and judges Russell Peters, Sabrina Jalees, and K. Trevor Wilson oversee the comedy smackdown, Monday nights at 10:30 p.m. ET –
Tags: @CTV_PR @CTVComedy, @JustForLaughs
TORONTO (September 20, 2021) – As revealed during CTV’s Emmy® Awards broadcast, Monday nights are about to get vicious when CTV Comedy Channel’s all-new trash-talking original series, ROAST BATTLE CANADA, debuts Oct. 11. The eight-episode, half-hour series features some of Canada’s most cutthroat comics going burn-for-burn in a weekly war of words, Mondays at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT. All-new episodes will also be available to stream on CTV.ca and on the CTV app. For viewers looking for even more heat, production is set to begin on the previously announced second season later this year. Each episode of ROAST BATTLE CANADA features two scorching standoffs between a pair of razor-sharp comics looking to be crowned battle victor by the distinguished panel of judges. Ready to prove they can deliver the superior jabs, the rules are simple – come prepared with original material, and contact should be of the verbal variety only. As previously announced, overseeing the battle of the barbs is host Ennis Esmer, along with judges Russell Peters, Sabrina Jalees, and Jeff Ross Presents: Roast Battle Season 1 semi-finalist, K. Trevor Wilson. The judging panel will determine Canada’s best roasters each week and decide which burn shall be declared “Joke of the Night.” Canada, here are your ROAST BATTLE CANADA matchups: Episode 1 – Monday, Oct. 11 at 10:30 p.m. ET Battle 1 – Daniel Woodrow vs. Keith Pedro Battle 2 – Brittany Lyseng vs. Mike Rita Episode 2 – Monday, Oct. 18 at 10:30 p.m. ET Battle 1 – Jarrett Campbell vs. Sophie Buddle Battle 2 – Hannan Younis vs. Stacey McGunnigle Episode 3 – Monday, Oct. 25 at 10:30 p.m. ET Battle 1 – Olivia Stadler vs. Paul Thompson Battle 2 – Cassie Cao vs. Hunter Collins Episode 4 – Monday, Nov. 1 at 10:30 p.m. ET Battle 1 – Jean Paul vs. Salma Hindy Battle 2 – Brittany Lyseng vs. Sterling Scott Episode 5 – Monday, Nov. 8 at 10:30 p.m. ET Battle 1 – Daniel Woodrow vs. Sophie Buddle Battle 2 – Jarrett Campbell vs. Mike Rita Episode 6 – Monday, Nov. 15 at 10:30 p.m. ET Battle 1 – Alan Shane Lewis vs. Sterling Scott Battle 2 – Amish Patel vs. Olivia Stadler Episode 7 – Monday, Nov. 22 at 10:30 p.m. ET Battle 1 – Hannan Younis vs. Keith Pedro Battle 2 – Jeff Paul vs. Hunter Collins Episode 8 – Monday, Nov. 29 at 10:30 p.m. ET Battle 1 – Alan Shane Lewis vs. Stacey McGunnigle Battle 2 – Faisal Butt vs. Paul Thompson Click here to access high resolution images on The Lede. ROAST BATTLE CANADA is produced by CTV Comedy, in association with Just For Laughs Television and Counterfeit Pictures. Bruce Hills is Executive Producer and also President, Just For Laughs. Anton Leo serves as Executive Producer, along with Dan Bennett and Shane Corkery of Counterfeit Pictures. Comedian Russell Peters also executive produces. The series was directed by Shelagh O’Brien. For Bell Media, Chris Kelley is Production Executive; Sarah Fowlie is Head of Production, Original Programming; Carlyn Klebuc is General Manager, Original Programming; Sarah Weaver is Director of Programming; Pat DiVittorio is Vice-President, CTV and Specialty Programming. Justin Stockman is Vice-President, Content Development & Programming, Bell Media. Karine Moses is Senior Vice-President, Content Development & News, Bell Media. Modeled on the format from ViacomCBS International Studios Distribution, and based on ROAST BATTLE, the U.S. television series created by comedians Jeff Ross and Brian Moses, the series builds on the success of Bell Media’s French-language version, ROAST BATTLE: LE GRAND DUEL, which is consistently a top-ranking series for Z. Source: Numeris, French Québec, Winter-Spring 2019 (Jan 7th-May 12th), Winter-Spring 2020 (Jan 6th-May 10th), Winter 2021 (Jan 4th-March 28th), Mo-Su 2a-2a, AMA (000), P2+, Z.Social Media
About Bell Media Original Programming
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 series commissioned by CTV include #1 Canadian drama TRANSPLANT; record-breaking Canadian formats THE AMAZING RACE CANADA and MASTERCHEF CANADA; comedy series JANN; and upcoming new comedy CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING from the producers of LETTERKENNY. Among the original series on Bell Media specialty and streaming platforms are CTV Life Channel’s culinary series MARY MAKES IT EASY with Mary Berg; CTV Sci-Fi Channel’s SURREALESTATE; and CTV Comedy Channel’s CORNER GAS ANIMATED. Crave Originals include hit series LETTERKENNY and its upcoming official spinoff series SHORESY, CANADA’S DRAG RACE, and WAY OVER ME (SORTEZ-MOI DE MOI); docuseries DARK SIDE OF THE RING; and acclaimed documentaries FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK and A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY. Discovery is home to Bell Media’s hit factual series and franchises HIGHWAY THRU HELL, HEAVY RESCUE: 401, and MUD MOUNTAIN HAULERS, in addition to MAKE IT TO THE MOON, and others. Bell Media is part of BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE), Canada’s largest communications company. Learn more at www.BellMedia.ca.
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 new series DOING THE MOST WITH PHOEBE ROBINSON. In addition to sitcoms like TACOMA FD and MIRACLE WORKERS, CTV Comedy hosts the upcoming cringe comedy CHAD, the revival of WIPEOUT, and more. 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, streaming on demand from CTV.ca and the CTV app.
About Just For Laughs Television
Just For Laughs Television is one of the world’s leading producers of stand-up comedy and variety programming. JFL’s television productions have been seen in Canada on CBC and an array of Bell networks and platforms (CTV Comedy, CTV, CTV 2, The Movie Network, HBO Canada, Crave and Snackable), and internationally on Netflix, Amazon Prime, HBO, FOX, ABC, MTV, Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, TBS, IFC, The CW, TF1, Comedy Central. Showtime, Hulu, BBC America and TEN Australia. Beyond stand-up, the TV franchise Just For Laughs Gags has also become a household name worldwide, being seen in 150 countries and on 100 airlines, in addition to its own JFL YouTube channel which has over 9 billion views; and Just For Laughs Canada on SiriusXM Canada, putting a spotlight on Canada’s rich pool of extraordinary stand-up comedy. Just For Laughs Television is part of Just For Laughs Group, with growth concentrated on four major focal points: festivals (in Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and Sydney); television production; and live tours.
About Counterfeit Pictures
Counterfeit Pictures, established in 2013 by Anton Leo, Shane Corkery, and Dan Bennett, has extensive experience in television production, broadcast and digital media. Counterfeit’s credits include the award-winning Sunnyside (CityTV/FX Canada), Dark Cargo (YouTube Premium), the mockumentary series Decoys (CBC GEM). They have also produced, in association with Just for Laughs, multiple stand-up comedy specials and series, including Mark Forward Wins All the Awards, Debra DiGiovanni: Here’s the Thing and Robby Hoffman: I’m Nervous (Crave), Comedy Night with Rick Mercer (CBC), and most recently, Roast Battle Canada (CTV Comedy).
About ViacomCBS International Studios
Introduced in 2018, ViacomCBS International Studios is a division of ViacomCBS Networks International that includes production of content for ViacomCBS brands and platforms, including Paramount+, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, Smithsonian Channel, Channel 5, Network 10, VIS, Telefe, Ananey and Porta Dos Fundos and for third parties, as well as sales and distribution of original productions, co-productions, formats sold for local adaptations and ready-made content. In 2020, VIS KIDS launched to further the expansion of the studio’s global kids content pipeline. The content that ViacomCBS International Studios produces covers all genres, from pre-school to young adult and live action and animation, as well as soap operas, dramas, short and long-form comedy formats and feature film productions.
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