{"id":3066,"date":"2017-07-28T22:17:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T22:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/07\/28\/discovery-canada-unveils-2017-2018-sked\/"},"modified":"2017-07-28T22:17:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T22:17:06","slug":"discovery-canada-unveils-2017-2018-sked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2017\/07\/28\/discovery-canada-unveils-2017-2018-sked\/","title":{"rendered":"Discovery Canada unveils 2017-2018 schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Regan Reid \/ Real Screen<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bell Media-owned, Canadian specialty net Discovery has set its 2017\/18 schedule and announced the premiere dates for its new Canadian factual original,\u00a0<em>Last Stop Garage<\/em>, as well as\u00a0its returning scripted series\u00a0<em>Frontier<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Proper Television\u2019s\u00a0<em>Last Stop Garage<\/em>\u00a0(pictured, 12 x 30 minutes)\u00a0will air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET, beginning Oct. 23. The new Canadian show, which\u00a0shot in Labrador\u00a0this past February, follows the\u00a0team at CRB Automotive, the sole auto repair shop in the area and located on the only road leading into the Labrador wilderness.\u00a0<em>Last Stop Garage<\/em>\u00a0is also set to air on U.S. net Velocity.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frontier<\/em>\u00a0(6 x 60 minutes) returns for its sophomore season on Oct. 18. The channel\u2019s first-ever scripted series, produced\u00a0by Take The Shot Productions, will air Wednesdays at 10 p.m. The series is also broadcast globally on Netflix, though a premiere date has yet to be set.<\/p>\n<p>Also joining the fall lineup are two doc specials, produced by Discovery\u2019s in-house prodco\u00a0Exploration Production (EPI).\u00a0<em>Saturn: Inside the Rings<\/em>\u00a0will debut Sept. 15 at 7 p.m., while\u00a0<em>Drain Alcatraz<\/em>\u00a0will premiere in November, with a date still to be set.<\/p>\n<p>Among Discovery\u2019s returning series are\u00a0<em><i>Daily Planet<\/i>,<\/em>\u00a0which premieres\u00a0its 23rd season on Monday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m;\u00a0<em>Highway Thru Hell<\/em>, back for a sixth season on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at 10 p.m.; season 17 of\u00a0<em>Mayday<\/em>, premiering Friday, Sept. 8 at 10 p.m;\u00a0<em>Mighty Planes<\/em>, returning for season four on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.; the 30th season of international favorite\u00a0<em>How it\u2019s Made<\/em>, beginning Monday, Sept. 11 at 8:30 p.m., and season 13 of\u00a0<em>Canada\u2019s Worst Driver<\/em>, premiering Monday, Oct. 23 at 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>As announced at its\u00a0upfront presentation, two other Canadian original series have found a home at Discovery.\u00a0Cineflix Productions\u2019\u00a0<em>Rocky Mountain Railroad<\/em>\u00a0(8 x 60 minutes) has been set for the winter 2018 lineup. The factual series follows the crews that keep these extreme railroads running and the communities that rely on the tracks for survival.\u00a0Meanwhile, Pixcom-produced docuseries\u00a0<em>Hellfire Heroes<\/em>\u00a0(10 x 60 minutes), which follows the firefighters of Alberta\u2019s Slave Lake, has been added to the spring 2018 lineup.<\/p>\n<p>Season two of Great Pacific Media\u2019s\u00a0<em>Heavy Rescue 401<\/em>\u00a0will also return in winter 2018, along with season four of\u00a0Omnifilm Entertainment\u2019s\u00a0<em>Jade Fever.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Discovery channel is a joint venture between Canada\u2019s Bell Media and Discovery Communications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Regan Reid \/ Real Screen Bell Media-owned, Canadian specialty net Discovery has set its 2017\/18 schedule and announced the premiere dates for its new Canadian factual original,\u00a0Last Stop Garage, as well as\u00a0its returning scripted series\u00a0Frontier. Proper Television\u2019s\u00a0Last Stop Garage\u00a0(pictured, 12 x 30 minutes)\u00a0will air Mondays at 9 p.m. ET, beginning Oct. 23. 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