It’s not unusual for actors to work with co-stars they’ve never met before.

What is unusual? Getting to know the new colleague by singing to him during a car ride.

But then again, Diesel vom Burgimwald isn’t your average co-star. He’s an almost three-year-old German shepherd who stars with human actor John Reardon in Hudson & Rex, debuting Monday at 8 p.m. on Citytv.

Reardon — a Halifax-born actor known for shows like Arctic Air, Continuum and Van Helsing — met Diesel about four days before they were to begin shooting in St. John’s, N.L.

Reardon, 43, plays Charlie Hudson, a St....

ust six episodes into its 16-episode first season, Citytv announced on Thursday that it has renewed Hudson & Rex for Season 2. The second season will also consist of 16 one-hour episodes and is Citytv’s highest-rated original scripted series since 2015, reaching more than 2.5M viewers during its first six debut episodes. Season 1 of the series returns from a mid-season hiatus on June 13, with episodes moving to Thursdays at 8 ET/PT on Citytv.

“We are so thrilled that viewers have fallen in love with Hudson & Rex – what’s not to love about a cop and a dog solving crimes in beautiful...