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Warner Bros. Discovery revealed the 2024 class for its second annual Wbd Access Unlock Unscripted pipeline program, which focuses on diverse, mid-level producers on the rise to becoming the industry’s next unscripted TV showrunner.

Thirteen producers were admitted for this year’s program, triple in size from 2023’s inaugural class. Those accepted came from US, Canada, the UK, as well as the Apac region.

Per Wbd, “Participants immersed themselves in a weeklong intensive in New York from August 23-29 featuring special events and programming from Wbd’s suite of brands. Throughout the week, participants learned about producing unscripted content across all stages of production, from development through post. The program included of workshops, panels, and networking opportunities to help build participants’ knowledge and skills and prepare them for high-level production jobs in unscripted television. Returning partners include Food Network, HGTV, OWN, and TLC, alongside new partners Magnolia Network, Warner Bros.

Here in the USA, we tend to cling to certain stereotypes about our Canadian neighbors. That they’re exceptionally polite. That they’re obsessed with ice hockey. That they say the word “eh” a lot. Some of that may even be true. But there’s one cliché aboot — um, about — the Great White North that turns out to be demonstrably false: The place is much more diverse than you might think.

That’s one of the reasons THR has put together its first list of Canada’s most powerful women in entertainment, to showcase not just the female talent running TV and film sets across the border, but to celebrate the rainbow of identities that make up Canada’s film, TV and music industries. On these pages you’ll find Korean Canadians, Ukrainian Canadians, Canadians of Mohawk descent, even a First Nation Canadian who’s half-Jewish. What they all have in common,...

Canada has crime, too, eh? Apparently, according to the producers of the upcoming series Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent. The series’ debut season will premiere next spring, according to Variety, which reports that it will follow a group of detectives investigating high-profile crimes (murders, abductions, bigtime robberies) — just like the long-running police procedural set in New York City. Although the producers haven’t yet announced a cast, they’re promising the series will be distinctly maple-flavored, saying it “will showcase original Canadian stories written and produced by, and starring, Canadians.

The “Law & Order” universe is heading up north. Citytv has ordered the series “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent,” Rogers Media announced on Monday. The pickup was revealed a day before Rogers Media’s virtual upfront presentation on June 6.

The Toronto iteration hails from Vancouver-based Lark Productions and Cameron Pictures Inc. in association with Citytv. The first season is planned as ten hour-long episodes, set to premiere in Spring 2024. The show is based on the “Law & Order” franchise created by Dick Wolf for Universal Television, which will distribute the series internationally.

But in this case, “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent” also takes its cue from “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” the third series in Wolf’s “L&o” franchise. The original “Criminal Intent,” created and produced by Wolf and René Balcer, ran for 10 seasons between 2001 and 2011, and starred Vincent D’Onofrio and Kathryn Erbe.

According to the release, “Law & Order Toronto:...