The Best TV Shows on CBC Gem

Every CBC Gem Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Boasting a rich catalog, CBC Gem features more than 20 shows, with broadcasting dates ranging from 1972 to 2024. Marketplace and But I'm Chris Jericho! represent the pinnacle of CBC Gem’s programming, launching in 1972 and 2013. Dive into our updated selection of CBC Gem’s finest, featuring more than 20 series as of July 2026.

  • 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.

  • Gangnam Project
    Gangnam Project (2024)9.0

    A spirited biracial Canadian/Korean teen, obsessed with K-pop, accepts a job as an English tutor at an elite Korean entertainment company, but gets more than she bargained for.

  • Utopia Falls
    Utopia Falls (2020)7.2

    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.

  • Fakes
    Fakes (2022)6.9

    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.

  • Bardot
    Bardot (2023)6.7

    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.

  • 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.

  • Alter Boys
    Alter Boys (2023)6.0

    After being rescued from a forest fire that tore through an isolated conversion therapy camp, a group of young men reflect back on a summer of adversity - and all the beauty they wielded in protest.

  • Marketplace
    Marketplace (1972)5.9

    Marketplace is a Canadian television series, broadcast on CBC Television. Launched in 1972, the series is a consumer advocacy newsmagazine, which shows investigative reports on issues such as product testing, health and safety, fraudulent business practices and other news issues of interest to product and service consumers.

  • Plan B
    Plan B (2023)5.8

    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)4.7

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Pirata and Capitano
    Pirata and Capitano (2016)N/A

    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.

  • My 90 Year Old Roommate
    My 90 Year Old Roommate (2016)N/A

    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
    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.

  • Topline
    Topline (2022)N/A

    A young reclusive singer/songwriter is discovered online and invited to join a mysterious, high-pressure music production team that creates hits for superstars.

  • Hello (Again)
    Hello (Again) (2022)N/A

    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.

  • Absolutely Canadian
    Absolutely Canadian (N/A)N/A

    Absolutely Canadian is a Canadian television series, which airs weekdays on CBC Newsworld, CBC Television and CBC Country Canada. A news and information series about Canadian communities, the show is anchored each week from a different Canadian city.

  • Macy Murdoch
    Macy Murdoch (2023)N/A

    When a mysterious rival uses a time machine to frame famous Edwardian-era Detective William Murdoch of a murder he didn’t commit, Macy and her friends travel back to 1910 to determine the real perpetrator of the crime. But if you thought solving a regular murder mystery was difficult, imagine doing so undercover, in a time that isn’t your own, and without the aid of modern technology. To make matters worse, if Macy doesn’t succeed in exonerating Detective Murdoch, she faces a terrible fate — being erased from the future!

  • 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.