<P> On June 27, 2013, American television network The CW announced that it was planning to release a new show based on the Venezuelan soap opera Juana La Virgen . On February 23, 2014, Entertainment Weekly announced that Rodriguez would play the title role of Jane Villanueva . On May 8, 2014, during The CW's 2014--2015 upfronts, the series was officially picked up . On July 18, 2014, an extended trailer was released by The CW . On August 8, 2014, it was announced that White Collar's Bridget Regan and Azie Tesfai would join the series as respectively Rose, a former lawyer, and Detective Nadine Hansan, a police detective and rival to Dier's character . On August 10, 2014, TVLine announced that Melrose Place and Emily Owens, M.D. actor Michael Rady would join the series as Lachlan . Filming for season one commenced on July 28, 2014 . The show is filmed on soundstages in Los Angeles and the pilot was filmed in Huntington Beach, California . On October 21, 2014, the show was given a full season order . On January 11, 2015, the show was renewed for a second season, set to air during the 2015--16 television season . Its second season premiered on October 12, 2015 . On March 11, 2016, the show was renewed for a third season, which premiered on October 17, 2016 . On January 8, 2017, The CW renewed the series for a fourth season that premiered on October 13, 2017 . </P> <P> Jane the Virgin premiered on The CW on October 13, 2014, during the 2014--15 television season . Unique to the CW, it is the network's only program to feature a Spanish language audio track on the second audio program channel; however, as many CW stations usually do not carry the SAP channel due to a lack of need, this is more limited than the major networks, which are required by the FCC to have a SAP channel for the Descriptive Video Service track, which as a minor network the CW is not required to carry . </P> <P> The show premiered in Canada on Global TV and in Australia on Fox8 on December 1, 2014 . The first two seasons aired in the United Kingdom on E4., with the first - run episodes on UK Netflix from season 3 onwards . Sony Channel broadcast the series throughout Southeast Asia as replacements of Sony Entertainment Television in the region (including BeTV in the Philippines). In Canada, new episodes are added each week to the streaming service Shomi, in addition to cable carriage by some providers of American CW affiliates (Chicago's WGN - TV, available as a superstation in Canada, carried the series' first two seasons until it ended its CW affiliation before the 2016 - 17 television season). The show premiered in New Zealand on July 24 on Prime . </P> <P> In the Philippines, Jane the Virgin premiered on ABS - CBN on March 28, 2016, dubbed in Filipino . The show replaced the local drama series You're My Home on a late - night timeslot, as part of the Primetime BIDA evening block . Days before the premiere, a teaser showing Gina Rodriguez promoting the show was also released . ABS - CBN only aired the first two seasons, locally editing and splitting the episodes into half - hour segments similar to the network's teleserye and anime programs . For a total of 74 modified episodes, the season - two finale aired on July 8, 2016 . </P>

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