Here’s a nice surprise for fans of crime dramedy ‘Private Eyes’. Canadian broadcaster Global has announced they have ordered a new spin-off/continuation series with both Jason Priestley & Cindy Sampson returning, called ‘Private Eyes West Coast‘.
The original series, ‘Private Eyes’, followed ex-pro hockey player Matt Shade (Priestley) who irrevocably changes his life when he decides to team up with fierce P.I. Angie Everett (Sampson) to form an unlikely investigative powerhouse. Now, Matt and Angie are back, but solving cases in Victoria, British Columbia. Leading different lives from their Toronto crime-fighting days, they encounter a world of different cases along with a new group of friends.
“I am thrilled to be part of the Private Eyes West Coast spinoff, bringing Matt Shade back to the screen,” said Jason Priestley, series co-lead. “The Private Eyes series has been such a global success thanks to our incredible partners and talented teams at Corus, Lionsgate Canada and Piller/Segan, and I can’t wait for our audiences to see what surprises our new world has in store.”
The new series comes from Lionsgate Canada and Piller/Segan, with Lionsgate Television managing international distribution. Shawn Piller and Lloyd Segan are acclaimed producers of commercially exciting premium television programming spanning the past thirty years including, in addition to ‘Private Eyes’, ‘Wild Cards’ (CBC, The CW), adaptations of Stephen King’s novels ‘Haven’ (Syfy) and ‘The Dead Zone’ (USA Network). Corus Entertainment, who owns Canada’s Global channel, is the commissioning broadcaster with Rachel Nelson, VP, Original Programming and Head of Corus Studios, and Lynne Carter, Director, Original Programming, overseeing the production.
“This marks the first time Corus has greenlit a spinoff of one of our homegrown scripted series,” said Nelson. “Private Eyes resonated so deeply with viewers at home and abroad, and alongside our valued production partners, we’re so excited to see Shade and Angie now on the beautiful coast of British Columbia.”
The original show ran for five seasons, first airing on Universal TV in the UK, before being moved over to Sky Witness for the later seasons after the Universal TV channel was closed down. It ran on Ion Network in the USA. As this is technically a new show, we have no idea who might pick it up in the UK or the USA.
Additional information including casting, start of production and storyline details for Private Eyes West Coast will be announced at a later date.
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