September 9-15: Crave Weekly Streaming Overview

SEPTEMBER 9 – 46^th Edition of the Toronto International Film Festival

• Beginning tomorrow, Thursday, Sept. 9, the 46^th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival features 10 days of exceptional international and Canadian cinema, including HBO’s JAGGED and LISTENING TO KENNY G which are slated to debut on Crave later this year. Additionally, the Crave Original Documentaries OSCAR PETERSON: BLACK + WHITE and TRIUMPH: ROCK & ROLL MACHINE will also premiere at the Festival prior to streaming on Crave later this year. Plus, viewers can check out Crave’s Best of TIFF collection which includes many notable TIFF selections including Slumdog Millionaire, La La Land, Jo Jo Rabbit, Lady Bird, and more.

SEPTEMBER 10 – SHOWTIME’s RETURN OF THE TALIBAN: A VICE SPECIAL REPORT *Special Premiere*

• Streaming Friday, Sept. 10 is SHOWTIME’s RETURN OF THE TALIBAN: A VICE SPECIAL REPORT. From the two-time Emmy^® nominated documentary series VICE, this one-hour special explores the current Taliban take over of Afghanistan. Acclaimed VICE correspondents Hind Hassan, Ben Soloman, Seb Walker, and Isobel Yeung report from the ground in Afghanistan and surrounding areas – including exclusive footage and interviews captured before and after the takeover – and provide a deeper look at the militant group that seized control of the country in 11 days, following the U.S. military withdrawal.

SEPTEMBER 12 – HBO’s SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE *Series Premiere* 

• From Hagai Levi (IN TREATMENT) and starring Oscar Isaac (SHOW ME A HERO) and Jessica Chastain (Zero Dark Thirty), HBO’s SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE premieres on Sunday, Sept. 12 at 9 p.m. ET. The five-episode limited series explores love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage, and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple. Mira (Chastain) is a confident, ambitious tech executive left unfulfilled by her marriage, and Jonathan (Isaac) is a cerebral and accommodating philosophy professor desperate to keep their relationship intact. The series observes the full complexity of Jonathan and Mira as individuals who ultimately know their marriage isn’t being torn apart by any one event or flaw, resulting in a radically honest series that allows the audience to eavesdrop on private conversations between two people torn between feelings of hate and love. SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE follows a weekly release schedule, with new episodes streaming Sundays at 9 p.m. ET. In addition, Ingmar Bergman’s original drops Sept. 10 on Crave.

SEPTEMBER 13 – SHOWTIME’s BACK TO LIFE *Season 2 Premiere*

• The six-part, second season of the critically acclaimed series BACK TO LIFE streams Monday, Sept. 13. Season 2 picks up six weeks after an optimistic Miri (Daisy Haggard, EPISODES) leaves prison. Her probation officer, Janice (Jo Martin, Doctor Who), has gotten her a trial shift at the supermarket. Miri and her neighbour Billy (Adeel Akhtar, Utopia) have been spending more time together, and she’s even found her hair crimper. However, Miri’s not talking to her mother Caroline (Geraldine James, Downton Abbey) after the revelation that she was having an affair with Miri’s ex-boyfriend Dom (Jamie Michie, Borderline), and she’ll need a lot of shifts at the supermarket before she can afford to move out. She’s also avoiding her best friend Mandy (Christine Bottomley, DOMINIA) after learning that Mandy’s secret affair with Lara’s father led to Lara’s death all those years ago. Things are about to get a whole lot worse with the arrival of Lara’s mother, Norah, who is still grieving her daughter. It is clear that Miri cannot escape her past.

SEPTEMBER 14 – HBO’s LEVEL PLAYING FIELD *Series Premiere*

• The four-part sports documentary series LEVEL PLAYING FIELD premieres Tuesday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ET. The series examines how multi-billion-dollar industries in and out of sports have historically underpaid their most valuable assets, politicized community-based initiatives, and stifled the voices of athletes of colour. Featuring stories and insights from sports and policy changemakers including the WNBA’s Elizabeth Williams, U.S. senators Cory Booker and Raphael Warnock, Rep. Joaquin Castro, and sports journalist Jemele Hill among others, the dynamic four-part series looks at the far-reaching twin impacts of legislation and activism, as they intersect with sports.

**Media Note: Assets for Crave programming are available at the Bell Media press site, The Lede, here

Complete listings for the week of September 9-15

*All Programming Subject to Change

HBO and HBO Max Programming

HBO Series REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER, Season 19, Episode 26 (September 11)

HBO Series NYC EPICENTERS 9/11 -> 2021 ½, Season 1, Episode 4 *Series Finale* (September 11 at 8 p.m. ET)

HBO Series SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE, Season 1, Episode 1 *Series Premiere* (September 12 at 9 p.m. ET)

HBO Series LAST WEEK TONIGHT WITH JOHN OLIVER, Season 8, Episode 23 (September 13)

HBO Series LEVEL PLAYING FIELD, Season 1, Episode 1 *Series Premiere* (September 14 at 8 p.m. ET)

Movies

THE FLORIDA PROJECT (September 9)

HALF BROTHERS (September 10)

NEWS OF THE WORLD (September 10)

RETURN OF THE TALIBAN: A VICE SPECIAL (September 10)

AMERICAN RUST, Season 1, Episode 2 (September 12)

BILLIONS, Season 5, Episode 9 (September 12 at 9 p.m. ET)

WORK IN PROGRESS, Season 2, Episode 6 (September 12 at 11 p.m. ET)

THE L WORD: GENERATION Q, Season 2, Episode 6 (September 13 at 9 p.m. ET)

BACK TO LIFE, Season 2 *Season Premiere* (September 13 at 10 p.m. ET)

STARZ Programming

FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (September 9)

NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (September 9)

AN AMERICAN TAIL (September 10) (and Crave Plus)

AN AMERICAN TAIL: FIEVEL GOES WEST (September 10)

BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (September 10)

THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (September 10)

BULLITT (September 10)

CONFIDENCE (September 10)

LEAN ON ME (September 10)

THE MASK (September 10)

NEXT DAY AIR (September 10)

PHANTOM BOY (September 10) (and Crave Plus)

SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE (1974) (September 10) (and Crave Plus)

HEELS, Season 1, Episode 5 (September 12)

POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN, Season 1, Episode 8 (September 12)

EMPIRE OF THE DIRT *Canadian Film* (September 15)

More Riveting TV to Watch

STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS, Season 2, Episode 5 (September 9)

MTV Series JERSEY SHORE FAMILY VACATION, Season 4B (September 10)

SISTER, SISTER, Season 4-6 (September 10)

THE STAND UP SHOW WITH JON DORE, Season 2 (September 10)

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, Season 34, Episode 238-242 (September 14)