Countdown to Absentia: The Canadian premiere date is here!

In today’s Countdown to Absentia piece, we’re keeping the message short and somewhat-sweet — the official Canadian premiere date is here! Today marks the official launch of the Stana Katic – Sony series over on Showcase, and we do think that much of Canada is officially prepared to check it out. Showcase has done a wonderful job promoting the series, and that includes everything from TV appearances featuring Katic to even a special screening that took place earlier this week.

If you look at the video below, you can see Stana’s introduction to the series while at the screening. It gives you another reminder of the passion that she has for the project and all of the work that went into it. The first season filmed in Bulgaria during the winter of 2017, which really is pretty hardcore when you think about the temperatures. (It’s also pretty darn cold in much of Canada right now — in Toronto it’s barely above freezing.)

Absentia premieres tonight on Showcase at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, which is where it will continue to air for the remainder of the first season. We imagine that there may also be opportunities to see the episodes On Demand after the fact … but you’re really going to want to watch this live. You’ve been waiting to see the series for so long if you are a diehard fan. Why in the world would you want to wait any longer? This was probably the perfect time to launch the series in Canada given that you’re able to kick things off a couple of weeks before the Super Bowl and there really isn’t all that much in the way of substantial competition — unless of course you’re a huge fan of the SAG Awards and you’re planning to check that out.

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What do you want to see on Absentia when it premieres, and are you thrilled that the premiere date is finally here? Share below, and be sure to like CarterMatt on Facebook in the event you want to score some additional updates related to the series. (Photo: Sony.)