The Best TV Shows on CBC Gem

Every CBC Gem Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Highlighting CBC Gem’s quality programming, But I'm Chris Jericho! and The Great Canadian Baking Show stand out, premiering in 2013 and 2017. Dive into our updated selection of CBC Gem’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of June 2025. CBC Gem has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 2013 all the way to 2024.

  • Race Against The Tide
    Race Against The Tide (2021)9.5

    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!

  • Overlord and the Underwoods
    Overlord and the Underwoods (2021)9.0

    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.

  • How to Buy a Baby
    How to Buy a Baby (2017)8.5

    "How to Buy a Baby" is the story of an infertile couple that struggles to conceive with the help of a doctor. And a nurse. And a financial planner. And unsolicited advice from everyone they know.

  • Revenge of the Black Best Friend
    Revenge of the Black Best Friend (2022)8.0

    An episodic series created, co-written, and co-produced by Amanda Parris that follows Dr. Toni Shakur, a self-help guru whose singular mission is to cancel the entertainment industry's reliance on token Black characters....before she gets canceled herself.

  • Fakes
    Fakes (2022)7.2

    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.

  • For Heaven's Sake
    For Heaven's Sake (2021)6.4

    While mixing the comedy and documentary formats we follow the search for Harold Heaven, who mysteriously disappeared from his remote cabin in Ontario, Canada, in the winter of 1934. Local police searched the nearby woods and dredged the adjacent lake, but Harold was never found nor heard from again. 85 years later, his great-great-nephew, Mike, attempts to solve this coldest of cold cases, with the help of his extended family and true-crime-obsessed best friend, Jackson.

  • Northern Rescue
    Northern Rescue (2019)6.2

    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
    Plan B (2023)5.7

    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.

  • The Great Canadian Baking Show
    The Great Canadian Baking Show (2017)5.2

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

  • The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down
    The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down (2024)5.0

    This naturally upbeat, open-hearted competition series revels in the remarkable creativity of Canada’s top potters, featuring clever challenges, beautiful creations and personal stories between layers of humour and discovery.

  • Ghosting
    Ghosting (2024)4.3

    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.

  • Hey Lady!
    Hey Lady! (2020)1.0

    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.

  • But I'm Chris Jericho!
    But I'm Chris Jericho! (2013)N/A

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

  • The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island
    The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island (2017)N/A

    The Neddeaus of Duqesne Island is a 1970s documentary parody about a family living isolated on an island in Northern Canada.

  • Save Me
    Save Me (2017)N/A

    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.

  • The Writers' Block
    The Writers' Block (2018)N/A

    A behind the scenes look as a three-person writing team tries to put together a TV show.

  • Stay Tooned
    Stay Tooned (2022)N/A

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

  • Farming For Love
    Farming For Love (2023)N/A

    Five Canadians searching for their soulmates open up their farms – and their hearts – to a select group of urban singles. As they live and work together, the daters must adjust to a new lifestyle, and immerse themselves in a series of challenges, group activities, and intimate one-on-one dates with the goal of finding their one true love.

  • Near or Far
    Near or Far (2024)N/A

    Sisters Lauren and Sadie are inseparable twins until going separate ways, exposing differing memories and secrets that lead to a rift and betrayal between them.

  • CBC Short Docs
    CBC Short Docs (N/A)N/A

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