New Comedy Rutherford Falls Debuts On Showcase April 29

 NEW COMEDY RUTHERFORD FALLS DEBUTS
ON SHOWCASE APRIL 29 

From Established Comedy Vets Including the Creator of
The Good Place and Parks and Recreation

The Series Stars Ed Helms, Jana Schmieding, Michael Greyeyes,
Jesse Leigh and Dustin Milligan

Watch the Promo Here

Stream Showcase Live and On Demand with STACKTV and
the Global TV App

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For Immediate Release

TORONTO, April 8, 2021 – Corus Entertainment announced today Rutherford Falls is slated to premiere on Showcase with back-to-back episodes on Thursday, April 29 at 8:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. ET, together with a special presentation of episode one on Global at 8 p.m. ET/PT.

The latest Peacock Original series to hit Corus Entertainment’s networks and platforms is a comedy about two lifelong best friends, Nathan Rutherford (Ed Helms) and Reagan Wells (Jana Schmieding), who find themselves at a crossroads – quite literally – when their sleepy town gets an unexpected wakeup call. The series also stars Jesse Leigh (Heathers), and Canadians Michael Greyeyes (I Know This Much Is True) and Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek).

Rutherford Falls represents a breakthrough moment in Indigenous representation in comedy television, both in front of and behind the camera, with Schmieding (Cheyenne River Lakota Sioux) and Greyeyes (Nêhiyaw from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) starring in the series, along with five Indigenous writers staffed, making it one of the largest Indigenous writer’s rooms on television. The writers include Schmieding, Sierra Teller Ornelas (Navajo), Bobby Wilson (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Tai Leclaire (Kanien’kehá:ka [Mohawk Nation]/Mi’kmaq), and Tazbah Chavez (Nüümü [Bishop Paiute Tribe], Diné [Navajo], San Carlos Apache).

Rutherford Falls is from co-creators and executive producers Michael Schur (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation), Ed Helms (The Office) and Sierra Teller Ornelas (Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Superstore). Mike Falbo, David Miner and Morgan Sackett also serve as executive producers. Rutherford Falls is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Fremulon, 3 Arts Entertainment and Pacific Electric Picture Company.

Showcase can be streamed live and on demand on the Global TV App, available now on iOS, Android, Chromecast and at watch.globaltv.com, and via STACKTV, available on Amazon Prime Video Channels. The network is also available through all major TV distributors, including Shaw, Shaw Direct, Rogers, Bell, Videotron, Telus, Cogeco, Eastlink and SaskTel.

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About Corus Entertainment Inc.
Corus Entertainment Inc. (TSX: CJR.B) is a leading media and content company that develops and delivers high quality brands and content across platforms for audiences around the world.  Engaging audiences since 1999, the company’s portfolio of multimedia offerings encompass 33 specialty television services, 39 radio stations, 15 conventional television stations, a suite of digital and streaming assets, animation software, technology and media services. Corus is an internationally-renowned content creator and distributor through Nelvana, a world class animation studio expert in all formats and Corus Studios, a globally recognized producer of hit scripted and unscripted content. The company also owns innovative full-service social digital agency so.da, lifestyle entertainment company Kin Canada, leading 2D animation software supplier Toon Boom and children’s book publishing house, Kids Can Press. Corus’ roster of premium brands includes Global Television, W Network, HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, HISTORY®, Showcase, Adult Swim, National Geographic, Disney Channel Canada, YTV, Global News, Globalnews.ca, Q107, Country 105, and CFOX, along with broadly distributed Canadian streaming platforms STACKTV, Nick+, the Global TV App and Curiouscast. For more information visit www.corusent.com.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Kelsey MacLeod, Publicity Coordinator
Corus Entertainment
416.479.6774
kelsey.macleod@corusent.com

April Lim, Senior Publicist
Corus Entertainment
416.860.4216
april.lim@corusent.com