CBC renews Alberta-shot family drama Heartland for a 19th Season
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The lives, loves and adventures of the Bartlett-Fleming-Morris-Borden clan will continue after the CBC announced the family drama Heartland will be renewed for a 19th season.
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The Alberta-shot series was among five dramas the Mother Corp. renewed. Saint-Pierre, Wild Cards and Murdoch Mysteries have been renewed. Allegiance, a police procedural created by former Calgarian Anar Ali, has also been renewed for a third season.
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Heartland began production in 2007 and has become the longest-running hour-long drama in Canadian television. The ensemble cast includes Amber Marshall, Michelle Morgan, Shaun Johnston and Chris Potter, who have all been on the series since it began.
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