CTV also confirmed today the first projects on its production slate for
the 2010/11 season, including two, new, 13-part comedy series. Created,
executive produced and written by the incomparable CORNER GAS creator and star
Brent Butt, HICCUPS stars CORNER GAS' Nancy Robertson as a children's author
with anger issues and Butt as her hapless "life coach". DAN FOR MAYOR, from
three of Canada's most respected comedy writers and producers, Mark Farrell,
Paul Mather and Kevin White, stars CORNER GAS alumnus Fred Ewanuick as a
30-something bartender who runs for mayor of his hometown.
The two new series join additional CTV Original Series entering new
production cycles, including DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION, FLASHPOINT, and
SPECTACLE: ELVIS COSTELLO WITH... CTV also announced today that it will
premiere a new two-hour TV movie event, PARADISE CITY: DEGRASSI GOES TO
HOLLYWOOD, this September.
Great news for comedy fans, and Corner Gas fans. TWO shows from that top creative team. It'll be interesting to track the differences between Butt's genial-styled Vancouver-set laffer (starring his wife,) and the behind-the-scenes "three generations of CG showrunners" effort of Dan For Mayor, starring Fred Ewaniuck, who played Hank on Gas.
Congrats to Butt & his Co, as well as Paul Mather, Kevin White and Mark Farrell.
Gotta admit, comparably, it does seem like CTV has a lot of originals in the hopper.
2 rumbles:
Editor's note: I deleted a comment about the relative merits of both scripts, because I'd like the comedies to be judged by their merits when they finally show up on the air.
Also, I think it would be a nice change of pace if I started only getting in shit for the things *I* say.
boooo
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