Inspired by the thread above, what Canadian TV series are worth watching (assuming Netflix has them)? I’ve watched all of Corner Gas and Trailer Park Boys, and loved both of them.
Little Mosque on the Prairie is a hoot.
I recommend Slings and Arrows. It’s a few years old, but it was very good. It was an hour-long series about a theater festival company in a small town (modeled on the Stratford Festival).
If you liked Corner Gas, you may like Robson Arms.
And Paul Gross is in it.
I thought Intelligence and Durham Countywere worthwhile, too. I’ll have to re-watch season one of Durham County if season two ever becomes available. They’re both crime dramas.
I second Robson Arms.
I also really enjoyed the first season of “The Listener”. It’s about an EMT who can read people’s thoughts. I loved how they actually based it in Toronto and didn’t just film it in Toronto and call it another city. (It’s funny as hell when you’re watching a movie based in, say, New Jersey but the big ole Honest Ed’s sign is lit up right behind them.)
Lost Girl. The adventures of a sucubus PI, her human surrogate baby sister, and her werewolf boyfriend as they navigate the shadowy fae underworld somewhere in Canada. There are a ton of great Canadian shows, but this one is by far my favorite meant for adults. (for the 12 to 20s set, Instant Star is hard to top, but it’s done)
They have TV in Canada? Well, I learn something new every day.
Degrassi
Let’s just say that if we see snow on the TV screen, we’re not kidding! You may want to check out the Canadian Police Chase ad for winter car preparation on Youtube.
Seriously, to answer the OP, you can’t go wrong with Corner Gas, a sitcom that always made me laugh. It may have ended its run, but it’s sometimes still available in reruns. And it’s available on DVD.
I second Little Mosque, Slings ans Arrows, and Lost Girl.
If you liked Corner Gas I can add Hiccups and Dan for Mayor. They have some of the same actors. Hiccups stars Brent Butt and Nancy Robertson (Brent and Wanda) who are married in real life. Dan for Mayor stars Fred Ewanuick (Hank)
I used to watch Being Erica, but lost interest last season. I also liked Billable Hours.
For cartoons there is Clone High.
Kids in the Hall are great, and they did a series called Death Comes to Town that was good.
Wow this post seems really disjointed, but in my defence I was scanning through the Wiki list of Canadian TV showsat the time.
The Bridge was a good police one that got cancelled after only one season - the DVD release was just this month, so it might show up on Netflix soon.
Flashpoint is a SWAT police show airing right now, I think it’s on one of the major US networks too.
Is Cold Squad on Netflix?
While making this post, I was saddened to realize Power Play never got a DVD release.
Did not know that Brent and Nancy were married. Wanda was my favorite character on the show.
I’ve only ever seen a couple of episodes of Da Vinci’s Inquest, but it was fun noticing that just about every other actor was also on Battlestar Galactica or one of the Stargate series.
Would also recommend the movie Bon Cop, Bad Cop. Very funny!
We like Lost Girl, too, and also Todd and the Book of Pure Evil. It so stupid, but we laugh out loud frequently during the show. Hey, new Todd on October 30th!
Let me put in a plug for Canada’s Worst Driver, too. This show frustrates the hell out of me, but it’s like a traffic wreck - I can’t look away.
I always liked Forever Knight, about an 800 year old vampire, living as a cop in Toronto.
I worked a small tour of a play staring Nigel Bennett (he played Lacroix) a few years ago. He was a nice guy, the play was awful.
I never saw Forever Knight, he was always the oatmeal guy to me.
The most dissonant series ever for this is Dead Like Me.
There’s a special effects shot in the first episode that clearly follows the lethal toilet seat as it falls from space to downtown Vancouver. Characters hang out on top of Harbour Center. They include establishing location shots with signs like “Welcome to Whonnock,” and show businesses and other elements that clearly convey “Vancouver” (or at least “Canada”) to people who’ve never been here.
And yet, it’s Seattle. It says so on the license plates - and they use American currency.
The only Canadian TV programs I even remember were from my youth, watching across Lake Erie on a clear night, Police Surgeon and Party Game.