The CW has ordered two scripted series to air as originals on the network. Wild Cards is a crime-solving drama with Vanessa Morgan of Riverdale and Giacomo Gianniotti of Grey’s Anatomy in the cast. Sight Unseen is about a detective forced to leave the job after losing her sight, with Dolly Lewis starring. 

Both are slated to premiere on The CW next year. Wild Cards will also air on CBC in Canada and Sight Unseen will air on CTV in Canada. 

“Wild Cards and Sight Unseen are two unique, binge-worthy shows that reflect The CW’s commitment to compelling, top-tier storytelling that will appeal to our loyal fans and attract a wide range of new viewers,” The CW head of scripted programming Liz Wise Lyall said. “We are thrilled to collaborate with our partners at Blink49 Studios, Front Street Pictures, Piller/Segan [Wild Cards] and Sisters Troubetzkoy Productions [Sight Unseen] to bring these dynamic series to life and highlight just how expansive The CW brand can be.”

Wild Cards follows the unlikely duo of a gruff cop and a clever con woman. Gianniotti plays the cop and Morgan is the scammer. Produced by Blink49 Studios and Front Street Pictures for commissioning broadcaster CBC in Canada, Wild Cards is created by Michael Konyves. 

Sight Unseen has Lewis as Tess, a homicide detective forced to quit the job after nearly killing her partner and being diagnosed as clinically blind. She is haunted by the unsolved cases she left behind, but develops a fresh perspective on criminal cases. 

Sight Unseen is produced by Blink49 Studios and Front Street Pictures in association with Sisters Troubetzkoy Productions for commissioning broadcaster Bell Media’s CTV in Canada.  

Amid the strikes in Hollywood, The CW has acquired a number of shows from other countries, most of them from Canada. 

Season 14 of family drama Heartland begins on the BYUtv app Friday, April 1, followed by the season premiere on BYUtv April 5. The show airs on CBC in Canada. 

The whole season will be available to stream on the BYUtv app. 

BYUtv is a family entertainment network available over cable and satellite, and online. Streaming is free. 

Streaming service Up Faith & Family began season 15 of Heartland March 17. Angela Cannon, VP and channel manager, Up Faith & Family, called the show a “fan favorite.” Season 15 aired on CBC late last year.

Murray Shostak created Heartland, which is the longest-running one-hour drama in Canadian TV history. It is based on the series of books by Lauren Brooke. 

In the show, sisters, played by Amber Marshall and Michelle Morgan, keep the family’s horse ranch in the Canadian Rockies up and running. The Heartland ranch treats troubled or neglected horses, and finds new homes for them. 

Shaun Johnston and Alisha Newton are also in the cast.

The executive producers are Michael Weinberg, Tom Cox, Jordy Randall and Heather Conkie, who is showrunner. ■

Pop (the former TVGN) renewed its first original scripted series, the Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara comedy Schitt's Creek. The sitcom, about a spoiled formerly-rich family forced to make do living in a motel in a depressing town the dad bought years ago as a joke, will come back in 2016 with 13 episodes, the network said.

Created by Levy and his son, Daniel Levy, who also stars, the cast also features Chris Elliott and Annie Murphy. The season finale airs on Wednesday, May 6, at 10 p.m. A scan of February Nielsens show it ranged between 181,000 and 275,000 viewers on a live plus same day basis. For a Multichannel News review of the show, click this link. For the show's site on Poptv.com, click here.

“We struck comedy gold with season one of Schitt's Creek, and now with 13 more episodes on the way, audiences will get to keep falling in love with the Rose family,” Pop president Brad Schwartz said in a release. “Get ready for more laughs and award-worthy performances from some of the best talent in comedy.”

“Wow. A second season on Pop? This is good news! It’s better than good news. My son Daniel and I are thrilled to be associated with such a young, vibrant network. Here’s hoping as Pop grows, so grows Schitt's Creek,” Eugene Levy said in the release.

The show, produced in Canada and airing on the CBC (which commissioned it), is distributed by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.