CTV orders new Canadian talk show
The Social will have four co-hosts including current CP24 news anchor Melissa Grelo, ETALK reporter Traci Melchor along with gossip blogger Lainey Lui and Theloop.ca relationship expert Cynthia Loyst.
By Tamara Baluja
Canadian audiences will get a brand new lifestyle talk show this fall courtesy of CTV. The Social is a daily one-hour show “developed to deliver a unique Canadian voice to the CTV daytime schedule, in addition to providing custom opportunities for CTV’s advertising partners.”
[node:ad]Michelle Crespi, current executive producer of The Marilyn Denis Show, will manage production duties. The Social will have four co-hosts including current CP24 news anchor Melissa Grelo, ETALK reporter Traci Melchor along with gossip blogger Lainey Lui and Theloop.ca relationship expert Cynthia Loyst.
According to the press release, the four co-hosts will provide their own spin on the day’s top stories. The show will be produced in front of a live studio audience from Bell Media’s 299 Queen West location in Toronto.
Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.