‘Son of a Critch’ Coming to The CW on July 24th

The CW is bringing the Canadian coming-of-age comedy series Son of a Critch to U.S. audiences for the first time after its premiere season on CBC in January 2022. The series was recently renewed for a third season and will be produced in association with The CW. Season 1 premieres with back-to-back […]

CBC’s ‘Heartland’ Begins Season 17 Production With its 250th Episode

Photo by: CBCCBC‘s original series Heartland officially begins production on its 17th season this week in Alberta, Canada. Season 17 features 10 one-hour episodes, the first of which will be the 250th episode of the series that started in 2007. Season 17 will premiere exclusively in Canada on CBC and […]

Q&A: Lauren Gillis on Co-Creating AI Deepfake Comedy Series ‘Content Farm’

Photo by: Archipelago ProductionsWe caught up with Lauren Gillis who co-created, wrote, and produced along with Alaine Hutton the three-episode sketch comedy series Content Farm which premiered on CBC Gem on March 29. The sketch shorts are “self-contained mashups of sketch comedy and horror, rooted in internet culture. They interrogate […]

Interview: Katie Lafferty & Roma Ahi Talk Producing The 2023 Canadian Screen Awards

Canadian Screen Week is underway with Canada’s biggest show in Canadian film and television, The Canadian Screen Awards, taking place Sunday, April 16 on CBC and CBC Gem. The annual awards show honours and celebrate the country’s top talent in the film, television, and digital sector. This year, Toronto native Samantha […]

CBC, Netflix & APTN Greenlight New Arctic Comedy Series from Stacey Aglok MacDonald & Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

Photos courtesy of CBC, Netflix and APTNNetflix, CBC and APTN have announced they are commissioning a new untitled comedy series that will film in Nunavut (Untitled Arctic Comedy). The show was created and will be written by Inuit film and television writer and producer Stacey Aglok MacDonald, and Inuit filmmaker […]

CBC Renews Original Comedies ‘Run The Burbs,’ ‘Son of A Critch,’ & ‘This Hour has 22 Minutes’

CBC today announced the renewal of popular original series Run The Burbs and Son of A Critch for their third seasons, and long-running sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes for its 31st season. These series join Peabody Award-winning comedy Sort Of, which was renewed for a third season […]

Paramount+ & CBC Announce Start of Production for Season 2 of ‘Skymed’

Paramount+, CBC, and Piazza Entertainment today announced that production has begun on the second season of the medical drama series Skymed. Filming in Ontario and Manitoba, the young medics and pilots flying air ambulances return for more life, death and drama in the skies of remote Northern Canada. The original […]

‘Workin’ Moms’ Season 7 Interview: Dani Kind, Jessalyn Wanlim, Enuka Okuma, & Sarah McVie

Photo by: Jackie Brown for Wolf + Rabbit EntertainmentWe were joined on the Popternative show by Dani Kind, Jessalyn Wanlim, Enuka Okuma, and Sarah McVie who star in the critically acclaimed and award-winning CBC original comedy series Workin’ Moms. The 7th and final season premiered in Canada on January 3rd on […]

Interview: Malcolm McDowell & Mark Critch Talk Season 2 of ‘Son of a Critch’ on CBC

Photo courtesy of CBCWe were joined on the Popternative show by Malcolm McDowell and Mark Critch to discuss the second season of Son of a Critch which premieres on January 3. Based on Mark Critch’s (This Hour Has 22 Minutes) award-winning, best-selling memoir, and created by Critch and Tim McAuliffe […]

Interview: Jennifer Finnigan & Allan Hawco Discuss Season 2 of ‘Moonshine’ on CBC & CBC Gem

Photo by: CBCCBC’s comedy-drama series is back for a second season which recently premiered on October 2nd. It was previously announced that a third season is already confirmed and production occured this past summer in Nova Scotia. The series stars Jennifer Finnigan (Tyrant, Salvation) as Lidia, the eldest of the […]