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 airs in first-run on Up TV, but still continues to air in reruns on the latter channel as apart the service's weekend schedule.
The series is based on the Heartland book series by Lauren Brooke and follows Amy Fleming and her older sister Louise "Lou" Fleming on their Alberta-based family ranch, 'Heartland', where they live with their widowed grandfather Jack Bartlett, their father Tim Fleming and hired farmhand Ty Borden. While experiencing 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.
On June 1, 2022, CBC renewed the series for Season 16 which consisted of 15 episodes and premiered on October 2, 2022 in Canada. In May 2023, the series was renewed for a 17th season with an order of 10 episodes that premiered in Canada on October 1, 2023.
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 the now-defunct 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.
Contents
- 1 Cast
- 2 Episodes
- 3 Filming locations
- 4 Home media
- 5 Reception
- 5.1 Ratings
- 5.2 Accolades
- 6 Spin-off web series
- 7 External links
Cast[]
Episodes[]
Filming locations[]
Much of the series is filmed on location in and around High River, Alberta, with additional filming in studio and on location in nearby Calgary. A June 2013 flood in High River swamped the standing set for Maggie's Diner. The main Heartland sets escaped damage, and seventh season scripts were rewritten to move shooting locations for the fictional town of Hudson to Inglewood, a historic neighborhood in downtown Calgary. A month after the flood, the show's Calgary studios offered behind-the-scenes tours to paying fans for a one-day "Heartlanders for High River" fundraiser,providing $80,000 to help the town recover.Heartland filmed some of its interiors at an abandoned military base, Currie Barracks, scheduled for redevelopment.
Home media[]
Entertainment One has released the first seven seasons of Heartland on DVD in Region 1 (Canada only). The standalone TV movie A Heartland Christmas was released on DVD in Canada on November 1, 2011 and in the United States on October 29, 2013. Season 8 was released in Canada on October 6, 2015.
In Region 2, 4Digital Media has released the first 6 seasons on DVD in the UK.
In Region 4, Season 1 and Season 2 Parts 1 and 2 have been released by Roadshow Home Video.
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Season 1, Part 1 | 7 | September 15, 2009[1] | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | |
Season 1, Part 2 | 6 | November 10, 2009[2] | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | |
The Complete First Season | 13 | April 20, 2010 | April 26, 2010 | August 31, 2010[3] | |
Season 2, Part 1 | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | December 2, 2010[4] | ||
Season 2, Part 2 | Template:N/a | Template:N/a | March 3, 2011[5] | ||
The Complete Second Season | 18 | May 4, 2010[6] | June 27, 2011 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Third Season | 18 | March 22, 2011[7] | February 13, 2012 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Fourth Season | 18 | November 1, 2011[8] | February 27, 2012 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Fifth Season | 18 | September 18, 2012[9] | November 19, 2012 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Sixth Season | 18 | October 15, 2013[10] | August 12, 2013 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Seventh Season | 18 | September 28, 2014[11] | September 21, 2015 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Eighth Season | 18 | October 6, 2015[11] | November 16, 2015 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Ninth Season | 18 | November 1, 2016 | July 25, 2016 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Tenth Season | 18 | 2017[11] | November 13, 2017 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Eleventh Season | 18 | 2018 | November 12, 2018 | unknown | |
The Complete Twelfth Season | 11 | 2019 | December 2, 2019 | Template:N/a | |
The Complete Thirteenth Season | 10 | 2020 | November 30, 2020 | unknown | |
The Complete Fourteenth Season | 10 | May 22, 2021 | unknown | unknown |
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A Heartland Christmas | November 1, 2011[8] |
Reception[]
Ratings[]
In its series premiere, Heartland beat Global's comedy Da Kink in My Hair with 513,000 viewers in a battle of two new series. After four episodes, Heartland had an average viewership of 464,000. In its first-season finale, Heartland attracted 625,000 viewers. The third-season premiere brought in over one million viewers, a new record for the show. The 100th episode "After All We've Been Through" was watched by 945,000 viewers.
Accolades[]
Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Heartland
Spin-off web series[]
A six-part spin-off web series titled Hudson with Jade Virani as the protagonist was released on CBC Gem on March 31, 2019. It won the Best Web Series award at the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers's second annual Stinger Awards.
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