TORONTO – Prime Video’s new Canadian slate of programming includes a docuseries that brings together a singing legend and one of the country’s home-renovation stars as they chase junior hockey glory.
In “Hometown Giants,” Michael Bublé and Drew Scott are rolling up their sleeves as part-owners of the Western Hockey League’s Vancouver Giants.
The show is a look at the pressure that comes with running a hockey team, and the sacrifice teenage players make for a chance to join the NHL.
The singer and “Property Brothers” personality will try to bring back the Canadian Hockey League’s Memorial Cup to Vancouver. The team last won the top prize in 2007.
The six-part series is reminiscent of “Welcome to Wrexham,” a reality show executive produced by Vancouver-born star Ryan Reynolds. The show follows the Welsh soccer team’s trajectory from a lower-tier league to a history-making three consecutive promotions all the way to the Champions League.
Prime Video’s new lineup announcement comes as the tech giant hosts the Amazon Upfront, an event in Toronto geared toward promoting its slate to advertisers. The Canadian originals include six new projects and one returning, all of them unscripted.
It’s also teaming up with another HGTV star, Scott McGillivray, for the survival series “Surrender.”
The handyman will host and executive produce the eight-part series in which strangers compete in the Canadian wilderness. It starts production this fall.
The streaming service is creating a Canadian version of a reality TV format it’s produced in other countries with “Heels in the Hay,” in which influencers are moved away from their comfy lives at home to reside in the countryside. The French-language show will be produced by Canadian company Trio Orange in association with Amazon MGM Studios.
Prime Video also touted its new 11-year deal with the NBA that allows it to air 67 regular season games, along with the NBA Cup tournament and select playoff games.
The streamer did not give an update on “Prime Monday Night Hockey” or “NHL Coast to Coast,” which was part of a two-year deal with the National Hockey League that ends after this season.
Mark Shopiro, who heads up Prime Video in Canada, said in a video interview last week they were proud of the last two years and think the shows have been well received, but did not have any information about a renewal to share at the time.
Last year the NHL and Rogers announced a 12-year $11-billion-dollar deal for the national media rights for games across all platforms in Canada. When it was announced, Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said there was a “strong possibility” they would continue their deal with Prime Video.
Prime Video also announced a premiere date for “Young Farts Trailer Parts,” a docuseries about Alberta siblings who are trying to build an RV-parts empire. The show is executive produced by Jacob Tierney of “Heated Rivalry” fame and was announced last year. It will premiere July 17.
Prime Video’s only returning series announced Wednesday is the Québécois show “LOL: Qui Rira Le Dernier?,” which features comedians competing to make each other laugh without breaking out in laughter themselves. The show is hosted by Patrick Huard, best know for his role in “Bon Cop, Bad Cop,” and in its fifth season it’s inviting back former players.
To date the company said it has commissioned more than 25 Canadian Prime Originals and Brent Haynes, head of original programming for Canada, said their strategy is figuring what shows will capture an audience.
“There’s so much on Prime Video that there’s something there for everyone. On the originals side, we’re just looking for those grey spaces that we can fill within Canada,” Haynes said.
Executives declined to share how much the streamer spends on Canadian programming.
Last week, after the interview with Prime Video executives, the Canadian broadcast regulator announced that large streaming services must contribute 15 per cent of their Canadian revenues to Canadian content.
That’s three times the five-per-cent initial contribution requirement the CRTC set out in 2024, which is being challenged in court by major streamers, including Apple and Amazon.
The Motion Picture Association, the U.S. group representing streamers including Netflix and Prime Video, said the new rules will triple the cost of doing business in Canada and called on the federal government to reconsider.
Asked to comment on the CRTC ruling, a spokesperson for Prime Video forwarded the MPA statement and quoted Shopiro as saying:
“We have a long-standing commitment to investing in Canadian production, the latest examples of which are being announced today at the Amazon Upfront.”
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 27, 2026.
