# Canadian TV series worth watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852 "2011-10-26T14:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/1 "2011-10-26T14:35:59Z")
> **[Canada's Worst Driver: Season Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629059)** > > It’s back! They’re back! I’m once again horrified that all of these people are legally able to drive in Canada (and hey, the US, too, if they decide to go visiting!). I was flabbergasted at the woman who was obviously completely terrified when she... 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. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/2 "2011-10-26T14:39:12Z")
[Little Mosque on the Prairie](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mosque_on_the_Prairie) is a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/3 "2011-10-26T14:40:09Z")
I recommend [Slings and Arrows](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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). ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/4 "2011-10-26T14:49:30Z")
If you liked Corner Gas, you may like [Robson Arms](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robson_Arms). ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/5 "2011-10-26T15:47:59Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I recommend [Slings and Arrows](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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). And Paul Gross is in it. I thought [Intelligence](http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Intelligence-Season-2-Disc-4/70114695?trkid=496751) and [Durham County](http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Durham-County-Season-1-Disc-1/70129061?trkid=496751)were worthwhile, too. I’ll have to re-watch season one of Durham County if season two ever becomes available. They’re both crime dramas. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/6 "2011-10-26T16:01:28Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/7 "2011-10-26T16:06:54Z")
**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) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/8 "2011-10-26T16:14:01Z")
They have TV in Canada? Well, I learn something new every day. ---
**Author:** ![GovernmentMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9c0ed/32.png) [@GovernmentMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GovernmentMan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/9 "2011-10-26T18:50:39Z")
Degrassi ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/10 "2011-10-26T19:02:51Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > They have TV in Canada? Well, I learn something new every day. 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](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsxV49pmnL8) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/11 "2011-10-26T19:07:03Z")
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 shows](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English-language_Canadian_television_series)at the time. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/12 "2011-10-26T19:14:47Z")
[The Bridge](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_(TV_series)) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/13 "2011-10-26T19:17:08Z")
> [@Ludy](#): > > . . . > > 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. Did not know that Brent and Nancy were married. Wanda was my favorite character on the show. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/14 "2011-10-26T19:26:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/15 "2011-10-26T20:30:06Z")
Would also recommend the movie Bon Cop, Bad Cop. Very funny! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/16 "2011-10-26T20:36:31Z")
We like _Lost Girl_, too, and also [_Todd and the Book of Pure Evil._](http://www.toddandthebookofpureevil.com/) 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.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629059) This show frustrates the hell out of me, but it’s like a traffic wreck - I can’t look away. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/17 "2011-10-26T20:51:20Z")
I always liked Forever Knight, about an 800 year old vampire, living as a cop in Toronto. > **[Forever Knight (TV Series 1992–1996) ⭐ 7.6 | Crime, Fantasy, Mystery](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103417/)** > > 1h | TV-14 ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/18 "2011-10-26T21:00:10Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I always liked Forever Knight, about an 800 year old vampire, living as a cop in Toronto. > > [Forever Knight (TV Series 1992–1996) - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103417/) 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. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/19 "2011-10-26T21:22:26Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > (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.) The most dissonant series ever for this is [Dead Like Me](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348913/). 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](http://www.google.ca/search?gcx=c&q=harbour%20center&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=496&bih=456&sei=%20UneoTvjbGqXXiAKb6qDdBg). They include establishing location shots with signs like “Welcome to [Whonnock](http://www.whonnock.ca/),” 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. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/20 "2011-10-26T23:08:58Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852.md?page=2)