If you want to get the scoop on what’s next in Canadian television, you have to come to L.A.

More and more, with production costs ever rising, Canadian networks are looking to partner up with American broadcasters on content deals both countries can share.

It doesn’t always work. For every Flashpoint you have a couple of Combat Hospitals. That shot-in-Toronto series was the most watched scripted hit in Canada last summer, but when it failed to find an audience on ABC it was shut down, an example of a Canadian hit being cancelled by a U.S. network.

Being on brand may be the key to landing a two-country content deal. A good example is The L.A. Complex, a shot-in-Toronto drama about aspiring young Canadian actors in Hollywood just picked up by The CW network.

“We’re leaving no stone unturned, we’ll look at everything,” says Thom Sherman, head of development at The CW. Sherman says The L.A. Complex was brought to him by CTV and the agency that represents the project for international sales, William Morris Endeavor.

“We loved it,” says Sherman. “It’s an authentic look at people trying to make it in Los Angeles. It was edgy and smart, funny and fresh, and it just felt like a show that belonged on our network.”

The original plan was to air the series in summer, but The CW is so high on The L.A. Complex, which hails from the people behind the Degrassi franchise, the plan now is to put it on after One Tree Hill ends in April or May.