# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Musky\_Moon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90db22/32.png) [@Musky\_Moon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musky_Moon)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/61 "2012-03-19T06:48:56Z")
Kenny vs. Spenny: Two friends challenge each other to awful, often disgusting challenges. The puckish one cheats every time. The long-suffering one usually attempts to play it straight, but mostly ends up a quivering bowl of jelly. Loser agrees to be humiliated in the most horrific way… Just plain funny. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/62 "2012-03-19T16:23:17Z")
I do not watch Canadian TV, but Lost Girl is showing on the SyFy Channel in the US, and damn, it’s good. There have been a few US series that tried to work the urban mythology genre, but the writers of “Lost Girl” have a MUCH better grasp of what makes the genre appealing than anyone else I’ve seen doing it – in film anyway. John Crowley’s novel “Little, Big” still outstrips everything else in the genre by a huge margin … not that that doesn’t leave plenty of room for excellent work like “Lost Girl.” ---
**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:** [March 19, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/63 "2012-03-19T18:02:02Z")
I think I’ve touted “Lost Girl” in this thread already, but I totally agree. The second season has been incredible! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/64 "2012-03-19T19:27:31Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I think I’ve touted “Lost Girl” in this thread already, but I totally agree. The second season has been incredible! Oh my God! I’m envying Canadians\* AGAIN!\* Rush Limbaugh is gonna call me a nation-slut and take away my green card. And I don’t even HAVE a green card! ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/65 "2012-03-19T19:48:37Z")
Nickelodeon imported most of its lineup from Up North back in the glory days (early 1980s). Now get off my lawn! ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/66 "2012-03-19T20:08:53Z")
Lost Girl, Kids in the Hall, Made in Canada, Twitch City (oh Molly Parker…), Flashpoint, SCTV… I have been starting to watch King, and the American version of Being Human is filmed in Quebec which is kinda Canadian, at the very least Canadien :). Anyone watching Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays? It’s really good, but you need to watch from the beginning. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/67 "2012-03-20T02:16:10Z")
> [@FordPrefect](#): > > I have been starting to watch King, and the American version of Being Human is filmed in Quebec which is kinda Canadian, at the very least Canadien :). If every show filmed in Canada for budgetary reasons is considered “canadian” then a huge can of Vancouver worms will open up and devour the earth. 😛 As for Canadian shows, the last couple of summers ABC has run some Canadian cop show called Rookie Blue. It’s not incredibly blatant that it’s set in Canada, but if you pay attention to details, it’s pretty clear. It’s not the best show ever, but since it runs in the summer when there’s nothing much else on, it’s alright for something to watch. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/68 "2012-03-20T14:39:57Z")
[quote=“TBG, post:67, topic:600852”] If every show filmed in Canada for budgetary reasons is considered “canadian” then a huge can of Vancouver worms will open up and devour the earth. :p[\QUOTE] True and I knew that when I wrote it because I refrained from mentioning Stargate SG-1 🙂 Unfortunately, I also failed to mention both Less Than Kind and Todd and the Book of Pure Evil, both filmed here in Winnipeg. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/69 "2012-03-20T17:47:15Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > No love for [Red Green](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Red_Green_Show)? Wrong. Mucho love. I wear my Possum Lodge lapel pin on my baseball cap, and the Meeting Time Possum Squeal is my windows startup sound. I’m pullin’ for ya. . ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852/70 "2012-03-20T18:45:49Z")
Wayne and Shuster was a pretty funny show; probably worth keeping an eye out for. As a bonus, Wayne and Shuster sketches would sometimes feature Paul Kligman, the voice of J. Jonah Jameson in the 1960s Spider-Man cartoon. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-tv-series-worth-watching/600852.md?page=3)