Heartland (Canadian TV series)

This article is about the Canadian drama series. For other TV series with the same title, see Heartland (disambiguation).

Heartland
Genre
Based onHeartland series
by Lauren Brooke
Developed byMurray Shostak
Starring
Opening theme"Dreamer" by Jenn Grant
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons18
No. of episodes266 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Suzan Aynscough
  • Tina Grewal
  • Jamie Paul Rock
  • Dean Bennett
Running time44 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkCBC Television (Canada)
ReleaseOctober 14, 2007 (2007-10-14) –
present
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Heartland is a Canadian family comedy-drama television series which debuted in Canada on CBC Television and originally in the United States on The CW Plus syndication on October 14, 2007. Since 2010, the series moved first-run to Up TV, but still continues to air in reruns on the latter channel as a part the service's weekend schedule.

The series is based on the Heartland book series by Lauren Brooke. It follows Amy Fleming and her older sister Louise "Lou" Fleming on their family ranch, 'Heartland', in Alberta. They live there with their widowed grandfather Jack Bartlett (played by Shaun Johnston), their father Tim Fleming, and hired farmhand Ty Borden. While dealing with the highs and lows of life on the ranch, the family bonds and grows closer.

With the airing of its 139th episode on March 29, 2015, Heartland surpassed Street Legal as the longest-running one-hour scripted drama in Canadian television history.[citation needed]

On June 1, 2022, CBC renewed the series for a 15-episode sixteenth season, premiered in Canada on October 2, 2022.[1] In May 2023, the series was renewed for a 10-episode seventeenth season, which premiered in Canada on October 1, 2023.[2]

In May 2024, the series was renewed for an eighteenth season, which immediately began filming thereafter.[3] It is set to premiere in Canada in the fall of 2024, and in the US later in 2025.

In the United States, the series has wide distribution through broadcast syndication on weekends, including as part of the default national schedule for Up TV and The CW Plus and new episodes become available as of 2021, on Up Faith & Family, the network's streaming service months after full seasons finish their runs in Canada and later premiere in the US linearly on the main network and all later seasons are exclusive to Up Faith & family first before they go up to available for syndication on other American networks and streaming services that aren't affiliated with UP tv or its sister networks. Reruns of older episodes air on Hulu, Pluto TV, Crackle, Tubi, BYUtv, Retro TV, COZI TV, and Heartland (which is not named for the series). It was also a part of the schedule on Light TV until it was rebranded as TheGrio TV on January 15, 2021. The show is also available on Netflix and various other streaming platforms in the US.

  1. ^ "CBC Unveils 2022–23 Programming Slate Featuring Over 40 Original Series and Specials from Canadian Storytellers". CBC Media Centre (Press release). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. June 1, 2022.
  2. ^ "CBC UNVEILS 2023-24 PROGRAMMING SLATE FEATURING OVER 40 ORIGINAL SERIES FROM CANADIAN STORYTELLERS AND MORE THAN 4000 HOURS OF NEW PROGRAMMING" (Press release). CBC Television. June 1, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  3. ^ Wallace, Kevin (May 13, 2024). "Heartland's season 18 starts filming this week". Okotoks Online. Retrieved June 19, 2024.