Sorry, Big Brother Canada fans, your show has officially been evicted.

Unless fans can somehow play a secret veto, Big Brother Canada is off the Global TV lineup for now. Programming chief Barbara Williams confirmed the bad news Thursday.

“We did five seasons, which was a blast, and it delivered a big young audience. But we have to keep changing it up, we have to reinvent and try new things,” says Williams, executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Corus Entertainment, which owns the Global network, in an interview.

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Williams says she is aware of a social-media outpouring demanding the show return for a sixth season this fall. But that isn’t in the cards for now.

“Still, we never say never for the future. We are super proud of those seasons we did,” says Williams. “But the best example is something like American Idol being cancelled and coming back. You never know what can happen.”

It hasn’t been a good month for reality fans.

Williams also did not green-light a second season of the much-buzzed-about The Real Housewives of Toronto, which aired on Corus-owned Slice network. Like the other Housewives franchises, it follows the lives of upscale women and the inevitable conflicts they have with each other.

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Williams says the network may even try a different Canadian city altogether.

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“I thought the first season was really fun, but whether we do Toronto again, or maybe even another city, I don’t know,” said Williams. “We won’t bring it back right away in the fall. We may take a bit of a break.”

Williams stressed that Big Brother and Housewives aren’t being cancelled but are on “hiatus,” and could be picked up again at a later date.

Corus unveiled its 2017-2018 fall and winter slate Thursday to advertisers and media in annual upfront presentations. Rogers and Bell Media unveiled their offerings earlier in the week.

Corus also announced that it is bringing back The Bachelor Canada, which first aired on City. The show will join Corus’s Bachelorette Canada franchise, which starred Jasmine Lorimer in its well-received debut last season, on the W Network.

But don’t expect the new Canadian Bachelor to be a person of colour. While the U.S. franchise is already showcasing a Black Bachelorette in Rachel Lindsay, that won’t be the case for Canadians. Production on the show is already well underway. That will leave some wondering whether it was a missed opportunity for Canadians to lead the way in the diversity conversation.

“It’s a really important question especially on these big reality shows and when we are the broadcaster in charge of a casting a broad group of Canadians, where diversity is really important,” says Williams. “But to me it’s not whether the Bachelor is of colour or not. Whether the entire cast is diverse is important to me, and we are absolutely doing that.”

The broadcaster, which controls Global television as well as 45 specialty channels, including HGTV Canada and Food Network Canada, announced that it was “officially” the most-watched broadcaster in Canada, according to Numeris PPM data. Bell Media’s CTV remains the single most-watched network.

It’s becoming increasingly difficult for Canadian networks to compete with the plethora of shows coming from online broadcasters such as Netflix and Amazon. Rick Brace, president of Rogers Media, told the Star this week that prices for shows have also been bid up because of the competition from a greater universe of competing networks.

“The strategy is to have big stars, big brands and smart scheduling,” Williams told media and advertisers Thursday.

Big stars “break through the clutter” so that audiences immediately know the product. However, Williams added that broadcasters also have to create the right mix of shows.

While Williams has created a specialty-channel juggernaut that has seen Corus own much of the market for women’s programming through channels such as W Network and Slice, this fall she decided to introduce a testosterone-charged slate. That’s particularly true of the Global TV network, which is coming off the best fall viewership in a decade.

Global’s new season includes:

Seal Team (staring David Boreanaz of Bones) looking at elite Navy Seals.

The Brave (Anne Heche) looks at Special Ops forces who travel the world to conduct dangerous missions.

S.W.A.T., a 1970s series that was made into a movie and now back into a TV show, starring Shemar Moore of Criminal Minds.

“You just have to read the headlines to see that the world is a dangerous place and I think it says something that there is a need and desire by viewers to see heroes,” says Williams.

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Global announced six new dramas and four new comedies. But the big pickup is the return of Will & Grace, which ran on Global from 1998 to 2005. The original cast, including Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally, will reprise their roles.

“It was a no-brainer for us,” says Williams. “There is so much real nostalgia for the show.”