THE CW Adds Canadian ‘Family Law’

The CW Network has acquired the one-hour Canadian drama series Family Law, distributed by
Entertainment One (eOne) which stars Jewel Staite (Firefly) and Emmy and Tony nominated Victor Garber (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), it was announced today by Kevin Levy, executive vice president,
program planning, scheduling and acquisitions. The premiere of Family Law will be announced at a later date.

Family Law follows lawyer and recovering alcoholic Abigail Bianchi (Staite) struggling to put her career and family back together after hitting rock bottom. As a condition of her probation, Abby is forced to work at her estranged father Harry’s (Garber) firm, Svensson and Associates, and practice in family law for the first time while forging new relationships with the half-brother Daniel (Zach Smadu, Cardinal) and half-sister Lucy (Genelle Williams, The Expanse) whom she’s never met. The result is a dysfunctional family law firm operating to help other families with their own dysfunctions.

Produced by SEVEN24 Films and Lark Productions for Corus Entertainment’s Global (Canada), Family Law is created, written and executive produced by award-winning author Susin Nielsen (Degrassi). The series is executive produced by SEVEN24’s Jordy Randall (Heartland) and Tom Cox (Fortunate Son), and Lark’s Erin Haskett (Motive) and Andy Mikita (Stargate SG-1) are executive
producers. eOne holds international distribution rights to the series.