Corus announces original programming for its new channels

Home Network and Flavour Network will replace WBD's HGTV and Food Network brands.

Corus has announced original Canadian programming for Home Network and Flavour Network, the new lifestyle channels it will launch to replace the HGTV and Food Network brands after its deal with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) concludes in December.

Corus co-CEO Troy Reeb had already told MiC‘s sister publication Playback Daily that, by 2025, the new networks would have more original Canadian content compared to what HGTV Canada and Food Network Canada were offering in 2024 or 2023.

Programming announced for next year includes 14 new and returning Canadian titles, including Life is Messy (Home Network), which follows Kortney Wilson and Kenny Brain as they work with families facing life changes that have tested their relationships and homes; Cooking with Love (Flavour Network), which will welcome world-renowned chefs to Vancouver to create plant-based meals for family and friends; Great Chocolate Showdown (Flavour Network), featuring 10 home bakers competing for a grand prize; Carnival Eats (Flavour Network), which takes viewers on a culinary roller coaster ride; and Big Burger Battle (Flavour Network), about seven burger-obsessed chefs as they team up to crown the world’s best burger master.

Home Network will also launch new seasons of Renovation Resort, Scott’s Vacation House Rules, Pamela’s Garden of Eden (pictured) and Rock Solid Builds. These titles join series already announced for the channel such as Beer Budget Reno, Rentovation, Building Baeumler and House of Ali. Top Chef Canada will premiere on Flavour Network.

Corus announces the lineup after extending agreements with its studio partners to include 173 hours of new content in Slice’s fall programming, following the announcement that WBD will not renew some shows. In August, the broadcaster filed a complaint with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission over agreements Rogers signed with Disney and WBD. It alleged that Rogers had given itself an undue preference and subjected Corus to an undue disadvantage, after adding the Disney+ level of advertising to its existing plans and after signing a multi-year licensing agreement with WBD’s HGTV, Food Network, Magnolia Network and Cooking Channels.