The Best TV Shows on CBC Gem

Sand sculptor teams Race Against the Tide to complete their works of art. As the Bay of Fundy tide comes in, judges decide the winning team moments before everything is washed away!

A typical North American family's lives change drastically when a distant relative moves in from another galaxy - Overlord, the 2nd-most wanted villain in the universe.

Wendy Ohata has just made three startling realizations: One, she has a twin brother named Vincent. Two, she’s a kami-jin - a descendent of an ancient Japanese people who can turn paper into deadly weapons. And three, there’s a kami-jin warrior named Sadako hunting her down for reasons she doesn’t understand.

In a genre bending take on a coming of age story, a group of teens in a distant future colony uncover an ancient forbidden archive of historical, cultural and musical relics. This discovery forces them to question everything they've been taught, and use the power of music to ignite change in their reality to expose the truth.

Teenage best friends Zoe and Becca set out to build their own fake ID empire, but when business starts booming, their life of crime gets way too real.

The life of the French actor Brigitte Bardot and model from 1949, when she first appeared on the cover of a magazine, to the birth of her son in 1960.

After the death of his wife, Sarah, John West, packs up his three children and moves from their hectic urban life to his small northern hometown to take command of the local search-and-rescue service. Once there, the family struggles with their new surroundings, new friends and accepting Sarah's death.

Plan B offers clients the chance to travel back in time to change the past, but each alteration has unintended consequences, revealing the complexity and limitations of personal agency.

A comedy about a dysfunctional family with 3 children. Oldest Wendy is trying to figure out life. Don came home after being kicked out of his band and finds he can talk to raccoons. Youngest Brian always seems to unite the family.

Canadian version of hit British baking competition. 10 amateur bakers from across Canada compete in a series of themed culinary challenges.

Stepping off script horror actors turned amateur ghostbusters, Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan, bring celebrity guests on paranormal adventures to see if haunted places are truly haunted.

Nothing is safe when fearlessly off-the-charts senior citizen Lady and her chain-smoking best friend embark on a rampage of urban vengeance, upturning everything in their path.

In this tongue-in-cheek portrayal of his life, Chris Jericho is a former wrestler struggling to make it big as an actor.

A colorful pirate crew aboard the Pink Skull searches for riches across the Great Sea, discovering friendship and excitement as they explore mysterious islands together.

Ethan, a 31-year-old single man, moves in with his 90-year-old grandfather and the pair quickly realize that they have a lot to learn from each other.

Save Me drops us into random lives, mid-sentence. We get to know people through storylines that unravel with humour and pathos and a built-in ticking time bomb - that one of them at some point will be blindsided by a medical emergency. And all of it is rooted in the on-going stories of our regular cast of EMTs who come to the rescue.

Bit Playas follows Ahmed and Leon as they spend their days hustling in the casting room, working jobs in the real world, deflecting the occasional “soft racism” and dealing with their own identity crises.

Sparks fly as a line cook crashes into a medical resident, igniting a whirlwind romance until things sour. A mischievous supernatural girl hurls the chef back in time for a second chance at love.

A six-part series that takes viewers on a deep dive through some animated favourites to explore how these cartoons have shaped society.

A series of engaging, character-driven, short documentaries by emerging documentary filmmakers from across Canada.