Week of June 22-28: Programming Highlights for CTV and the CTV Specialty Channel Group

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Below are programming highlights for CTV, CTV Comedy Channel, CTV Drama Channel, CTV Life Channel, and CTV Sci-Fi Channel, as well as CTV Throwback and CTV Movies, which are available exclusively on CTV.ca and the CTV app. MUST-WATCH FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 22 CTV: GLOBAL GOAL: UNITE FOR OUR FUTURE – THE CONCERT airs Saturday, June 27 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and Crave. With artists to be announced next week, the two-hour virtual broadcast special will feature musical performances and star-studded special appearances celebrating innovators, scientists, health workers, activists, and organizations working to develop and distribute COVID-19 tests, treatments, and vaccines. CTV Comedy Channel: Filmed at Montréal’s Just For Laughs Festival, THE THROWBACK STARRING WANDA SYKES (8 p.m. ET/PT) kicks off a night of feel-good stand-up premieres, Sunday, June 28, as host Sykes – alongside established comics Jon Dore, Cristela Alonzo, and Andy Kindler – critique their early sets and share humbling stories about their first gigs. Then, the all-new special THIS IS STAND UP (10 p.m. ET/PT) explores the cherished but little understood art form of stand-up comedy, featuring intimate interviews with renowned comedians Judd Apatow, Tiffany Haddish, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, and Bob Saget. CTV Drama Channel: IN THE DARK continues with an all-new episode, Thursday, June 25 at 9 p.m. ET, as Murphy (Perry Mattfeld, SHAMELESS) helps Max (Casey Deidrick, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) out of a life-or-death situation, while Dean (Rich Somme, MAD MEN) leverages them against each other in an attempt to fix his own bad circumstances. CTV Life Channel: Opposites may attract but can they decide on a wedding venue? In another new episode of WHERE TO I DO?, host Tommy Smythe is tasked with striking a balance between a groom who prefers the hustle and bustle of the city and a bride who dreams of a wedding in the woods, Tuesday, June 23 at 9 p.m. ET. CTV Sci-Fi Channel’s beloved band of outcasts are back in action as Season 2 of DOOM PATROL returns Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET, beginning June 25. Premiering with two back-to-back episodes, this season picks up as the misfit superheroes find themselves in the aftermath of betrayal by one of their own while continuing their battle to save a world that wants little to do with them. CTV Throwback and CTV Movies: Seasons 1 and 2 of animated comedy series THE CRITIC join CTV Throwback on Thursday, June 25. The series follows TV movie critic Jay Sherman (Jon Lovitz, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE), who is forced by his tyrannical media mogul boss to review movies he doesn’t like. The series is packed with film references and parodies, and follows the mean-spirited critic as he navigates his love-life and relationship with his family in New York City. TOP PICKS FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 22 Monday, June 22 CHRONICLE MYSTERIES: THE WRONG MAN – 8 p.m. ET on CTV Life Channel THE DAILY SOCIAL DISTANCING SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH – New episodes Monday to Thursday at 11 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Comedy Channel Tuesday, June 23 BRIDEZILLAS – New episodes at 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET on CTV Life Channel WORLD OF DANCE – New episode at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Wednesday, June 24 ULTIMATE TAG – New episode at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. – New episode at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE – New episode at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Comedy Channel Thursday, June 25 BLINDSPOT – New episode at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV CROSSING SWORDS – New episode at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV JACKIE CHAN IN SHINJUKU INCIDENT – Now streaming on CTV Movies JACKIE CHAN’S THE MYTH – Now streaming on CTV Movies SNAKE IN THE EAGLE’S SHADOW – Now streaming on CTV Movies THE MEDALLION – Now streaming on CTV Movies Friday, June 26 WATTS ON THE GRILL – New episode at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Life Channel CARTER – New episode at 9 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Saturday, June 27 RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – 2 p.m. ET on CTV Sci-Fi Channel DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – 4:15 p.m. ET on CTV Sci-Fi Channel 50 FIRST DATES – 8 p.m. ET on CTV Life Channel MR. & MRS. SMITH – 8:30 p.m. ET on CTV Sci-Fi Channel WANTED – 10:55 p.m. ET on CTV Sci-Fi Channel Sunday, June 28 YOUR FACE OR MINE MARATHON – Beginning at 3 p.m. ET/PT on CTV Comedy Channel Marvel Movie Event: DOCTOR STRANGE – 7 p.m. ET/PT on CTV