OUTtv May 2017 National Free Preview Event
May 1, 2017
OUTtv May National Free Preview gives viewers across Canada access to OUTtv’s programming including RuPaul’s Drag Race, Finding Prince Charming and more.
VANCOUVER, BC, May 1, 2017 – OUTtv, Canada’s national LGBTQ television has launched a National Free Preview event, providing free, coast-to-coast access to the channel for the month of May 2017. The National Free Preview event will feature new series and movies as well as new episodes of OUTtv’s iconic show, RuPaul’s Drag Race. Cable Operators supporting the OUTtv National Preview event include: Bell Satellite, Bell Fibe TV, Bell Aliant Fibe TV, Cablevision du Nord, Cogeco, Hay Communications, Mitchell Seaforth Cable TV, Nexicom, Northwestel, Novus, Rogers, Sasktel, Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct, Telus, Tbaytel, Videotron and Wightman.
New series include:
Beauty and the Beach launches Monday, May 1 at 10pm ET/PT
This series takes viewers on a holiday with a transformational difference. Come for a nip, a tuck and a tan with the people determined to change their lives forever. Experience the exciting, bewildering, painful, exhilarating and ultimately liberating journey of plastic surgery in paradise.
My Mad Fat Diary launches Wednesday, May 3 at 8pm ET/PT
My Fat Mad Teenage Diary takes a warm, hilarious and honest look at teenage life from the perspective of an overweight sixteen-year-old girl in mid 90s Lincolnshire. Adapted from Rae Earl’s real-life diary and book of the same name, the series is written by Tom Bidwell. It’s a coming of age show about a fat, funny girl who – despite a bonkers mother and her own mental health issues – has a huge lust for life and a burning desire to get laid.
Finding Prince Charming launches Thursday, May 4 at 8pm ET/PT
Thirteen suitors look for the attention of Prince Charming — interior designer Robert Sepulveda Jr. The contestants, who are housed together during the competition, try to stand out from one another in hopes of landing an intimate connection with Sepulveda.
New movies include:
Kinky Boots on Wednesday, May 17 at 9pm ET/PT
For generations, the Price family has made very sensible, very conservative shoes for men. But to save the business from imminent bankruptcy, young Charlie Price turns to an unlikely new creative consultant: a sassy cross-dressing cabaret singer whose outrageous style and wild designs are a breath of fresh air in the stuffy old factory!
Y Tu Mama Tambien on Tuesday, May 23 at 9pm ET/PT
Julio and Tenoch are two teens ruled by raging hormones and a mission to consume exotic substances. But one summer, the boys learn more about life than they imagined when they set off on a wild, cross-country road trip with seductive, 28-year-old Luisa. Both boys taste forbidden fruit as Luisa schools them in the finer points of passion, but will their mutual desire for her destroy their friendship forever?
New episodes of popular OUTtv programming include:
RuPaul’s Drag Race airs on Fridays at 8pm ET/PT
Season Nine’s drag queens are fiercer than ever, competing to snatch the coveted title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” This year’s cutthroat race to the crown features unpredictable competition, gag-worthy performances and jaw-dropping moments.
A new batch of hopeful drag queens compete to win $100,000 and the title of America’s Next Drag Superstar
Neighbours airs Monday-Friday 2:30pm ET/PT
Australia’s longest running and most successful drama. Neighbours has been a sunny and soapy favourite amongst audiences worldwide!
Cable Operators supporting the OUTtv National Preview event include: Bell Satellite, Bell Fibe TV, Bell Aliant Fibe TV, Cablevision du Nord, Cogeco, Hay Communications, Mitchell Seaforth Cable TV, Nexicom, Northwestel, Novus, Rogers, Sasktel, Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct, Telus, Tbaytel, Videotron and Wightman.