EXCLUSIVE: Jason Priestley is staying on The CW.
Priestley, who stars in Wild Playing cards for the community, is the star and exec producer of Non-public Eyes West Coast, which has simply been picked up by the Nexstar-owned broadcaster.
Non-public Eyes West Coast is a derivative of Canadian detective comedy drama that ran for 5 seasons.
Priestley and Supernatural’s Cindy Sampson have reprised their roles as non-public investigators Matt Shade and Angie Everett within the collection, which was initially greenlit by Canada’s Corus Leisure.
The ten-part collection will air later this 12 months on The CW. It has already been renewed for a second season by Corus.
Non-public Eyes West Coast is produced by Piller/Segan, which is behind Wild Playing cards, and Lionsgate Canada.
Shade (Priestley) and Angie (Sampson) have left behind their P.I. agency and settled into a brand new life on the west coast, however their new quiet life is shaken when an evening out lands them on the scene of a homicide. A girl stands over her lifeless boyfriend with a bloody steak knife in hand. Believing in her innocence, Shade and Angie dive headfirst again into the high-stakes world of investigation.
Over the season, the non-public eyes juggle the challenges of opening a P.I. agency in a brand new metropolis. With out their pleasant Toronto community of sources, Shade and Angie work to construct a brand new neighborhood. From monitoring down a lacking pupil within the wilderness of British Columbia to extracting a homicide confession from a surfer in Tofino, Shade and Angie show life on the west coast is full of heart-pounding thrills.
Priestley, who additionally directs two episodes, will exec produce alongside Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, Sarah Dodd, Jennifer Kassabian, Jocelyn Hamilton and Darren Giblin. Dodd and Kassabian function showrunners. Lionsgate has worldwide distribution rights.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Non-public Eyes West Coast to our fall lineup and to proceed working with the immensely gifted Jason Priestley on one other CW collection,” stated Brad Schwartz, President, The CW Community. “We’re additionally excited to broaden our partnership with Lionsgate, in addition to collaborate as soon as once more with the Piller/Segan workforce, who’ve made Wild Playing cards the community’s most-watched scripted collection of the 12 months and have created one more present full of humor, motion and simple chemistry between its two leads.”
“We love what the Piller/Segan workforce and showrunners/creators Jennifer Kassabian and Sarah Dodd have carried out to construct on the story of Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson’s Shade and Angie in Non-public Eyes West Coast,” added Jocelyn Hamilton, President of Tv, Lionsgate Canada. “The CW is the right community to ship the following chapter of those beloved characters to audiences.”
