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Based on | Heartland series by Lauren Brooke |
Developed by | Murray Shostak |
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Opening theme | "Dreamer" by Jenn Grant |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 19 |
No. of episodes | 272 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 44 minutes |
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Network | CBC |
Release | October 14, 2007 – present |
Heartland is a Canadian family drama television series which debuted in Canada on CBC Television and originally in the United States through broadcast syndication on October 14, 2007, where it continues to air, along with multiple other networks and streaming services.
The series is based on the Heartland book series by Lauren Brooke. It follows Amy Fleming and her older sister Louise "Lou" Fleming on their family ranch, 'Heartland', in Alberta. They live there with their widowed grandfather Jack Bartlett (played by Shaun Johnston), their father Tim Fleming, and hired farmhand Ty Borden. While dealing with the highs and lows of life on the ranch, the family bonds and grows closer.
With the airing of its 125th episode on October 19, 2014, Heartland surpassed Street Legal as the longest-running one-hour scripted drama in Canadian television history. [1]
On June 1, 2022, CBC renewed the series for a 15-episode sixteenth season, premiered in Canada on October 2, 2022. [2] In May 2023, the series was renewed for a 10-episode seventeenth season, which premiered in Canada on October 1, 2023. [3]
In May 2024, the series was renewed for an eighteenth season, which immediately began filming thereafter. [4] It premiered in Canada in the fall of 2024, and is set to premiere in the United States later in 2025. The decision to continue on with the series was announced by the CBC so that the family drama Heartland will be renewed for a 19th season. Filming began for this in May 2025.[ citation needed ]
In the United States, the series has wide distribution through broadcast syndication on weekends, including as part of the default national schedule for Up TV and The CW Plus and new episodes become available as of 2021, on Up Faith & Family, the network's streaming service months after full seasons finish their runs in Canada and later premiere in the United States linearly on the main network and all later seasons are exclusive to Up Faith & family first before they are available for syndication on other American networks and streaming services unaffiliated with UP tv or its sister networks. Reruns of older episodes air on Hulu, Pluto TV, Crackle, Tubi, BYUtv, Retro TV, COZI TV, and Heartland (a coincidental brand unrelated to the show itself). It was also part of the schedule on Light TV until it was rebranded as TheGrio TV on January 15, 2021. Heartland also began airing on Hallmark Channel in January 2025. The show is also available on Netflix and various other streaming platforms in the United States.
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Georgie is Lou and Peter's adopted daughter who was orphaned at age 3. After the foster care system separated her and her brother, Jeff, Georgie developed serious behavioral problems, though her behavior gradually improves. Georgie, a natural equestrian and a tomboy, is fearless, talented, strong-minded, and clever. This initially makes Mallory, a young family friend, jealous. Georgie grows close to the family but occasionally misbehaves, even running away once. In later seasons, Georgie joins the Extreme Team, a trick riding group, replacing show jumping as Georgie's main equestrian activity. She develops romantic feelings for Adam Parker, her tutor. Georgie and Adam briefly date but break up when Adam thinks she has feelings for Clay McMurtry. By seasons 14 and 15, she is in a relationship with newcomer Quinn. He encourages Georgie to revive her dream of competing in the Olympics. She begins training at his family's Florida ranch. Although billed as "main cast" during this time, Georgie later becomes more of a "recurring character" due to her infrequent visits back to Heartland. She was absent for all of season 15 and much of 16 after Newton left the main cast for nearly two seasons to pursue other acting opportunities. She returned for the last two episodes of season 16. Early on in season 16, Georgie gets into a riding accident during one of the competitions off screen that lead her to be nearly paralyzed. She returned to the ranch on screen at the end of season 16, after her character made a physical recovery to deal with the trauma of her accident.
Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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First aired | Last aired | |||
1 | 13 | October 14, 2007 | February 24, 2008 | |
2 | 18 | October 5, 2008 | March 22, 2009 | |
3 | 18 | October 4, 2009 | March 28, 2010 | |
4 | 18 | September 26, 2010 | March 27, 2011 | |
Film | December 12, 2010 | |||
5 | 18 | September 18, 2011 | March 25, 2012 | |
6 | 18 | September 16, 2012 | April 7, 2013 | |
7 | 18 | October 6, 2013 | April 13, 2014 | |
8 | 18 | September 28, 2014 | March 29, 2015 | |
9 | 18 | October 4, 2015 | March 20, 2016 | |
10 | 18 | October 2, 2016 | March 26, 2017 | |
11 | 18 | September 24, 2017 | April 8, 2018 | |
12 | 11 | January 6, 2019 | April 7, 2019 | |
13 | 10 | September 22, 2019 | November 24, 2019 | |
14 | 10 | January 10, 2021 | March 21, 2021 | |
15 | 10 | October 17, 2021 | December 19, 2021 | |
16 | 15 | October 2, 2022 | February 5, 2023 | |
17 | 10 | October 1, 2023 | December 3, 2023 | |
18 | 10 | October 6, 2024 | December 8, 2024 | |
19 | 10 | October 5, 2025 | TBA |
Much of the series is filmed on location in and around High River, Alberta, with additional filming in studio and on location in nearby Calgary. A June 2013 flood in High River [6] swamped the standing set for Maggie's Diner. [7] [8] [9] The main Heartland sets escaped damage, [10] and seventh season scripts were rewritten to move shooting locations for the fictional town of Hudson to Inglewood, a historic neighbourhood in downtown Calgary. [11] A month after the flood, the show's Calgary studios offered behind-the-scenes tours to paying fans for a one-day "Heartlanders for High River" fundraiser, [12] providing $80,000 to help the town recover. [13]
Heartland filmed some of its interiors at an abandoned military base, Currie Barracks, [14] [15] scheduled for redevelopment. [16]
Entertainment One has released the first seven seasons of Heartland on DVD in Region 1 (Canada only). The standalone TV movie A Heartland Christmas was released on DVD in Canada on November 1, 2011 [17] and in the United States on October 29, 2013. [18] Season 8 was released in Canada on October 6, 2015. [19]
In Region 2, 4Digital Media has released the first 6 seasons on DVD in the UK.
In Region 4, Season 1 and Season 2 Parts 1 and 2 have been released by Roadshow Home Video.
Season | Ep# | Release dates | |||
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Season 1, Part 1 | 7 | September 15, 2009 [20] | — | — | |
Season 1, Part 2 | 6 | November 10, 2009 [21] | — | — | |
The Complete First Season | 13 | April 20, 2010 | April 26, 2010 | August 31, 2010 [22] | |
Season 2, Part 1 | — | — | December 2, 2010 [23] | ||
Season 2, Part 2 | — | — | March 3, 2011 [24] | ||
The Complete Second Season | 18 | May 4, 2010 [25] | June 27, 2011 | — | |
The Complete Third Season | 18 | March 22, 2011 [26] | February 13, 2012 | — | |
The Complete Fourth Season | 18 | November 1, 2011 [27] | February 27, 2012 | — | |
The Complete Fifth Season | 18 | September 18, 2012 [28] | November 19, 2012 | — | |
The Complete Sixth Season | 18 | October 15, 2013 [29] | August 12, 2013 | — | |
The Complete Seventh Season | 18 | September 28, 2014 [30] | September 21, 2015 | — | |
The Complete Eighth Season | 18 | October 6, 2015 [30] | November 16, 2015 | — | |
The Complete Ninth Season | 18 | November 1, 2016 | July 25, 2016 | — | |
The Complete Tenth Season | 18 | 2017 [30] | November 13, 2017 | — | |
The Complete Eleventh Season | 18 | 2018 | November 12, 2018 | unknown | |
The Complete Twelfth Season | 11 | 2019 | December 2, 2019 | — | |
The Complete Thirteenth Season | 10 | 2020 | November 30, 2020 | unknown | |
The Complete Fourteenth Season | 10 | May 22, 2021 | unknown | unknown |
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A Heartland Christmas | November 1, 2011 [27] |
In its series premiere, Heartland beat Global's comedy Da Kink in My Hair with 513,000 viewers in a battle of two new series. [31] After four episodes, Heartland had an average viewership of 464,000. [32] In its first-season finale, Heartland attracted 625,000 viewers. [33] The third-season premiere brought in over one million viewers, a new record for the show. [34] The 100th episode "After All We've Been Through" was watched by 945,000 viewers. [35]
A six-part spin-off web series titled Hudson with Jade Virani as the protagonist was released on CBC Gem on March 31, 2019. It won the Best Web Series award at the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers's second annual Stinger Awards. [36] [37]
Alberta communities, including Canmore, High River, Bragg Creek, in state of emergency
After months of repairs, Maggie's Diner is now open again.
The final tally is not in, but it looks like over $70,000 was raised, which will be given to High River in the near future.