FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TLN Announces New English Language TV Lineup Drama, Films, Lifestyle and Specials Showcase Living life with Latin Gusto! Toronto, July 20, 2012 -- TLN Telelatino, Canada s leading multilingual specialty TV network, announced highlights of its English language shows for the coming TV season today. The lineup features a cross-cultural collection of drama, films, lifestyle shows and specials that radiate a passion for Living life with Latin Gusto! We take great pride in producing and curating a collection of shows that showcase the cross-cultural diversity that Canadians embrace, said TLN Telelatino President Aldo DiFelice. We are also proud to now offer TLN viewers an enhanced viewing experience with our recently launched TLN HD channel. Drama and Film: Ugly Betty The first North American prime time program inspired by a Colombian telenovela, comedydrama series Ugly Betty airs weeknights at 6pm and 9pm. Mucho Movies continues nightly at 10 pm, featuring first run titles, Che (Benicio del Toro, Julia Ormond, Rodrigo Santoro), Agora (Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella), The Air I Breathe (Andy Garcia) and The Girl in the Park (Alessandro Nivola, Sigourney Weaver). The Sopranos, a final toast to 86 unforgettable original episodes of a modern TV masterpiece, running nightly after midnight. RPM Miami, an action packed story of speed, corruption, danger and passionate love in a groundbreaking new 13 hour bilingual dramela series, part Hispanic style novella, part Anglo style drama. Carla Cametti, P.D., an Australian produced mini-series about a clever and sassy female police detective from Melbourne whose family apparently wants her dead. Lifestyle Series: TLN Original series Opening Campagnolo and Opening Bestellen showcase emerging local chefs Rob Rossi and Craig Harding making their marks on the Toronto restaurant scene. TLN Original microprogram series Roman Holiday introduces TLN s Rome based correspondent Kylie Flavell providing insider tips for enjoying the dolce vita in The Eternal City. Wine Trails of the World - An intoxicating tour of estate wineries in Italy, France, Portugal and Australia. Rhodes Across Italy - British chef and TV personality Gary Rhodes explore Italy s authentic cuisine. Antonio Carluccio s Italian Feasts - A cookery show, travelogue and love affair with Italy all rolled into one.
Francesco s Italy Top to Toe - A grand tour given by Venetian architect Francesco da Mosto. Two Greedy Italians, Season 2 - The kings of U.K. Italian cuisine Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo return to Italy. Lidia s Italy in America, Season 2 - North America s queen of Italian cuisine explores this continent s versions of Italian classic dishes. My Fair Wedding, Season 4 - David Tutera helps brides realize their dreams. Specials: Il Divo LIVE in London - Operatic pop group Il Divo perform their hits. Andrea Boccelli & David Foster: My Christmas - Legendary Italian and Canadian music icons team up. Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables & Traditions - Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich with special guest Stanley Tucci explores festive food traditions from many cultures. Lidia Celebrates America: Weddings - Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich with special guest Mario Cantone, explores ethnic wedding celebrations where food is the common denominator. Carluccio s Renaissance Cookbook - The master presents mouthwatering recipes of the Renaissance. The Last King of the Gondoliers - A special portrait of the iconic Venetian gondolieri FIFA Men s Under 20 World Cup 2013, from United Arab Emirates - June 21 July 13, 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup 2013, from Brazil - June 15 June 30, 2013 To view the complete release, including series descriptions, premiere dates and times, go to http://tlntv.com/fall-programming About TLN Television Network TLN Television, Canada s Latino Superstation, offers programming in Italian, Spanish and English and is seen in 6 million Canadian television homes on cable and satellite from coast to coast. As Canada s leading Hispanic and Italian TV network, TLN s family of channels includes three 100 percent Spanish language digital TV channels (TLN en Español, Teleniños, Cinelatino) two 100 percent Italian language channels (Mediaset Italia, Sky TG 24 Canada), and an all-sports channel (EuroWorld Sports). TLN delivers a variety of domestic and international programming including daily news reports from Italy and Latin America, the world s best soccer, award-winning novellas and dramas, variety shows, feature films and specials. TLN is majority owned by Corus Entertainment, a leading Canadian media company. Visit our website: www.tlntv.com For additional information contact: Marisa Ciarlitto TLN Television Network 416.744.5732 marisa@tlntv.com
ENGLISH PROGRAMMING LINEUP All Eastern Times DRAMA & FILM UGLY BETTY THE COMPLETE SERIES Comedy-Drama Series: 60 mins Airs: Monday to Friday 6pm and 9pm Begins Monday September 3, 2012 In its own uniquely stylized and highly entertaining way, for four seasons Ugly Betty challenged and embraced issues of beauty, ethnicity and sexual mores. MUCHO MOVIES Airs: Nightly 10pm Mucho Movies continues nightly at 10 pm, featuring first run titles, Che (Benicio del Toro, Julia Ormond, Rodrigo Santoro), Agora (Rachel Weisz and Max Minghella), The Air I Breathe (Andy Garcia) and The Girl in the Park (Alessandro Nivola, Sigourney Weaver). THE SOPRANOS THE COMPLETE SERIES Drama Series: 60 mins Airs: Nightly following Mucho Movies The Sopranos, a final toast to 86 unforgettable original episodes of a modern TV masterpiece, running nightly after midnight. Winner of eighteen Emmys and six Golden Globe Awards! Episode 1 starts Monday September 3, 2012. RPM MIAMI NEW SERIES Bilingual Drama: 60 mins RPM Miami is a groundbreaking new, bilingual drama series about speed, corruption, danger and passionate love. Cast with today s hottest and sexiest new actors, it will teach you to both roll your Rs and spin your tires!
CARLA CAMETTI, P.D. NEW MINI-SERIES Bilingual Drama: 60 mins An Australian produced mini-series about a clever and sassy Italo-Australian female police detective from Melbourne whose family apparently wants her dead. FOOD & LIFESTYLE OPENING: CAMPAGNOLO NEW SERIES A lifestyle series that captures the trials and tribulations of a new generation of young chef/owners in today's restaurant industry. The series features Craig Harding as he commits all he has to opening his own restaurant in the up and coming Dundas West area of Toronto. Follow Craig's journey as he blazes his own trail in pursuit of his dream. Watch him try to create that special place that connects with an entire city. Craig has to succeed, or he loses it all and everything is on the line. OPENING: BESTELLEN NEW SERIES The stakes are raised as young chef Rob Rossi bets everything he has that his plans for a Bavarian style restaurant will translate into success in Toronto s hugely competitive dining scene. The runner up on Top Chef Canada will gamble on a massive space with an ambitious concept. But he s confident that his talent and vision will win the city over with Bestellen, a casual, energetic, neighbourhood eatery serving simple and honest, flavour forward food inspired by artisans and local farmers. WINE TRAILS OF THE WORLD NEW SERIES Lifestyle Series: 30 mins This series explores international vineyards, wineries and colourful personalities, including visits to France, Australia, Portugal and Italy. Each segment takes you on an intoxicating journey across the country where there is lots of wine, history, folklore and cuisine to discover.
RHODES ACROSS ITALY NEW SERIES Food/Lifestyle Series: 60 mins From pasta to polenta, prosciutto to panna cotta, Italy is crammed full of mouth-watering food. Top chef Gary Rhodes, joined by two apprentices, takes an amazing trip along the length of the country, rooting out the very best dishes from the forgotten corners of Italy. ANTONIO CARLUCCIO S ITALIAN FEASTS NEW SERIES A cookery show, travelogue and love affair with Italy all rolled into one. FRANCESCO S ITALY NEW SERIES Travel/Lifestyle Series: 60 mins Venetian architect Francesco da Mosto celebrates the art and beauty of Italy - its cathedrals, churches, palaces, opera houses, paintings, sculpture and music. It is a story of the Italy we all know and love, enhanced by a look at the secret side of the country that only an insider can show us. Da Mosto reveals the full glories of Renaissance Italy and the country's astonishing cultural diversity. TWO GREEDY ITALIANS SEASON 2 Food/Lifestyle Series: 60 mins In this beautifully filmed food and drink series, the kings of Italian cuisine Antonio Carluccio and Gennaro Contaldo return to Italy together to remember their own pasts and discover how the culinary capital of the world is changing the way it cooks and eats. The series is distinctly personal, drawing upon Antonio and Gennaro's upbringing in Italy through their memories and anecdotes whilst reflecting their sometimes fractious, often hilarious relationship.
LIDIA S ITALY IN AMERICA SEASON 2 Lidia s Italy in America brings viewers on a road trip into the heart of Italian American cooking. Join Lidia as she crosses the US to talk with fishermen, chefs, farmers, butchers, families and entrepreneurs to learn more about the rich and diverse development of Italian American culture. CUCINA TOSCANA NEW SEASON Airs: Sundays starting 10am Begins Sunday September 9, 2012 Restaurant entrepreneurs Johnny and Damian bring their Texas sized appetites, hospitality and egos to the kitchen and create magical Italian classics as only two perpetually cheerful Italian-American food lovers can. Think of the BBC s famous female duo Two Fat Ladies.then imagine they are not ladies, they have Texas drawls instead of English accents and they d never choose to serve a meatloaf over a frittata! Johnny and Damian share all the cooking secrets of their large Italian families with a double dose of pure Texas fun. MADE IN SPAIN WITH JOSÉ ANDRÉS Airs: Sundays starting 11am Pioneering Spanish Chef José Andrés was recently featured on CBS 60 Minutes where he took Anderson Cooper's taste buds on a savory tour of his culinary laboratory featuring his avant-garde cooking technique, molecular gastronomy. In this 26 episode culinary television tour de force, Chef Andrés takes viewers on a tour of Spain, both a cultural and culinary experience hosted by Spain's most influential unofficial ambassador to the world. MEXICO: ONE PLATE AT A TIME WITH RICK BAYLESS SEASONS 7 & 8 Airs: Sundays starting 12pm Repeatedly honored over 2 decades with the most distinguished culinary and cultural awards, chef-restaurateur, cookbook author and television personality Rick Bayless has done more than any other culinary star to introduce Americans to authentic Mexican cuisine and to change the image of Mexican food in America. Travel with Rick and discover the real and varied flavours of Mexico, from the street food of Mexico City to the glorious eateries of Guadalajara.
LIDIA S ITALY NEW TIMES Airs: Sundays starting 2pm and 5pm Pack your bags because you re going to Italy... Lidia s Italy. Renowned chef Lidia Bastianich returns to TLN for another season! In the latest episodes Lidia travels to the beautiful regions of Calabria, Sardegna, Molise, Abruzzo, Basilicata and Le Marche getting inspiration for her delicious recipes. JERSEY COUTURE THE COMPLETE SERIES Reality Series: 60 mins/30 mins Airs: Weekends starting 6pm Begins Saturday September 8, 2012 Weekend evenings are for Fashionistas. Experience the glamour of fashion, Jersey style. Combining unmistakable style and no-nonsense attitude, this reality series follows the drama of the Scali s, a New Jersey family who runs one of the Garden State s most sought-after destinations for extravagant women s formal wear Diane & Co. MY FAIR WEDDING SEASON 4 Reality Series: 60 mins A bride knows what she wants for her wedding the dress, the flowers, even the icing on the cake! But with only a few weeks before the big day, celebrity event planner David Tutera shows up and changes everything transforming the fate of the party from less than ordinary to beyond extraordinary in the hit series My Fair Wedding. SPECIALS IL DIVO LIVE IN LONDON Special: 60 mins Operatic pop group, Il Divo, perform their hits at an intimate concert in the beautiful surroundings of the London Coliseum.
ANDREA BOCCELLI & DAVID FOSTER: MY CHRISTMAS Special: 60 mins Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli teams up with Canadian producer David Foster for a very special Christmas collection with some unique special guests. LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: HOLIDAY TABLES & TRADITIONS featuring Stanley Tucci Special: 60 mins An Italian Christmas Eve. A Mexican-American Christmas Day. A Chinese New Year. A Passover Seder. Four holidays, four very different tables and traditions. Join celebrity chef and culinary author Lidia Bastianich as she travels across America in a celebration of culture through food in the new special, Lidia Celebrates America: Holiday Tables and Traditions. LIDIA CELEBRATES AMERICA: WEDDINGS featuring Mario Cantone Special: 60 mins The special explores diverse cultural heritages as seen through the lens of its wedding ceremonies and the special foods and traditions associated with them. Weddings are really telling of a culture, and they are all beautifully different, says Lidia, who marries her passion for food with her love of family in the special. Each ceremony is a celebration of family, continuity and new life. CARLUCCIO S RENAISSANCE COOKBOOK Special: 60 mins Lush scenery and mouth-watering ingredients create a visually stunning feast. Antonio Carluccio travels to Italy to cook the recipes of renaissance cook Bartolomeo Scappi, the man who invented Italian cuisine.
THE LAST KING OF THE GONDOLIERS Special: 60 mins A special portrait of the iconic Venetian gondolier. Picture the beauty that is Venice and the image of the gondolieris not far behind. The most romantic city on Earth and the thrill of the moonlit boat ride are inexorably intertwined. FIFA MEN S UNDER 20 WORLD CUP 2013 Hosted by: Turkey Airs: June 21 July 13 TLN Telelatino is Canada s multilingual language broadcaster of all major FIFA international tournaments through to the 2014 World Cup Brazil. Watch the future stars of the World Cup and catch all the passion as the world s top soccer nations battle for the title. FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP 2013 Hosted by: Brazil Airs: June 15 June 30 The 8 heavy weight nations of the world, including already qualified Italy, Spain, Brazil and Mexico, compete in a 16 match elimination tournament as a pre-2014 teaser to FIFA s World Cup. Catch the world s most popular sporting event as TLN Telelatino is Canada s multilingual language broadcaster of all major FIFA international tournaments through to the 2014 World Cup Brazil. COMEDY GEORGE LOPEZ NEW TIMES Comedy Series: 30 mins Airs: Weekdays 9am, 9:30am, 4pm and 4:30pm After a successful launch on TLN, the hit family sitcom George Lopez is back for another season. Follow all six seasons of the hilarious antics of a working-class father and his working class friends, starring popular Mexican-American standup comedian George Lopez.
ITALIAN PROGRAMMING LINEUP All Eastern Times TEMPESTA D AMORE NEW EPISODES Italian Soap Opera: 60 mins Airs: Weekdays 1pm Tempesta D Amore (Storm of Love) is the most widely-seen telenovela in Europe. Since 2005 it is one of the ten most successful and valuable drama series in Europe. Along with shows like CSI: Miami, House and The Mentalist, Storm of Love ranked number 8, making it the only non-hollywood production in the Top Ten. I CESARONI SEASONS 3 & 4 Italian Series: 60 mins Airs: Mondays 7pm Begins Monday September 3, 2012 The drama tells the story of I Cesaroni, an extended family composed of two divorcees, Julius and Lucy, who find each other and rediscover true love. Watch the adventures unfold as they move to Rome and start their life together with his three children and her two daughters. I KENNEDY NEW SERIES Italian Mini Series: 60 mins Airs: Mondays 8pm Begins Monday September 3, 2012 The Kennedys, an eight episode miniseries, uses public events as a background to tell the intimate story of this iconic family. The series is about epic achievements and private failures, love, resentment, betrayal and most of all family loyalty. LA PICCOLA MOSCHEA NELLA PRATERIA Italian Series: 30 mins Airs: Tuesdays starting 7pm Canadian breakout hit comedy Little Mosque on the Prairie is about a small Muslim community in the fictional prairie town of Mercy. The series takes an unabashedly funny look at the congregation of a rural mosque and their attempt to live in harmony.
ROOKIE BLUE SEASON 3 Italian Series: 60 mins Airs: Tuesdays 8pm Rookie Blue is a workplace drama about 5 rookie cops plunged into big city policing, a world where even the smallest mistake can have life-or-death consequences. LA NOSTRA STORIA NEW SERIES Italian Series: 30 mins Airs: Wednesdays starting 7pm In 1598, the first Italian explorer reached North America and the country now known as Canada. His name was Giovanni Caboto, or to the English, John Cabot. Little did he know, four hundred years later, Canada was to become home to almost 2 million people of Italian descent. From cuisine, to sports, arts, construction and culture; Italian Canadians have transformed their new home. This is La Nostra Storia. MAGNIFICA ITALIA NEW EPISODES Italian Series: 30 mins Airs: Wednesdays starting 8pm Take an unprecedented journey through Italy. Soar high above the magnificent peaks of the Alps, to the rural fields of Tuscany, to the breathtaking coastal regions of Umbria and Basilicata, to the romantic canals of Venice to the historical streets of ancient Rome. Bear witness to an inexhaustible reign of castles, fortresses and places of worship. Magnifica Italia is a true mosaic of cultures, nature and art revealing three millennia of history. CINEMA ITALIANO Italian Films: 120 mins Airs: Thursdays & Fridays 7pm Alongside favourite classics such as Federico Fellini s La Dolce Vita and Vittorio DeSica s Sciuscia, TLN s Cinema Italiano" presents an expanded line up of the best acclaimed contemporary feature films including Matteo Garrone s Golden Globe nominee Gomorrah and Nanni Moretti s award winning movie Quiet Chaos.
DAVID ROCCO S DOLCE VITA Lifestyle Series: 30 mins Airs: Weekdays 11am Italian Canadian cooking heartthrob David Rocco returns to TLN. David Rocco s Dolce Vita is part cooking show, part cultural expose. Inspired by cucina povera or peasant cuisine that is at the heart of Italian cooking, David makes dishes using simple ingredients. The show is a guide to all things Italian and how food is the starting point that brings friends and family together. SPANISH PROGRAMMING LINEUP All Eastern Times UNA MAID EN MANHATTAN NEW EPISODES Spanish Telenovela: 60 mins Airs: Weekdays 5pm Marisa, a strong and hard working young mother, moves to New York City to fulfill her dreams of creating a good life for herself and her son, Lalo. In New York City, she begins working at an upscale hotel, as a maid, and soon falls in love with one of the wealthy guests of the hotel, Cristobal Parker. However, fate and foil work against Marisa, and she must constantly face hardships and struggles. NOTICIERO UNIVISION Spanish Series: 30 mins Airs: Weekdays 6am and 7:30am Stay connected with the latest news and current affairs from the Latin World daily on TLN and its all Spanish sister channel TLN en Español with Noticiero Univision. FELIZ 2013 NEW YEAR S EVE CONCERT Music Special: 180 mins December 31, 2012 - LIVE Ring in the New Year Latino style with Feliz 2013!. Master of ceremonies and renowned TV personality Don Francisco leads audiences in celebrating Hispanic-America s #1 New Year s fiesta with a star studded concert featuring celebrity guests and live remote broadcasts from urban centers around the globe.
2013 PREMIO LO NUESTRO MUSIC AWARDS Music Special: 180 mins Airs: February 2013 - LIVE The record-breaking Premio Lo Nuestro Latin Music Awards is the longestrunning Latin music awards show in Spanish-language television history paying homage to the many genres and the hottest names on the Latin music scene. 2013 BILLBOARD LATIN MUSIC AWARDS Exclusive Canadian Broadcast Music Special: 180 mins Airs: April 2013 LIVE Join TLN in celebrating the achievements of Latin America s sizzling stars with the exclusive Canadian broadcast of the 2013 Billboard Latin Music Awards. Past winners include Ricky Martin and Shakira.