From the Canadian Television Fund:
Everything about Less Than Kind, eh?
In the news: Less Than Kind ‘happens to be Jewish’
From Jaime J. Weinman of Macleans:
- No little synagogue on the prairie: A new Canadian comedy series goes out of its way to emphasize that it’s not a ‘Jewish’ show
“‘This is not a show about a Jewish family,’ says Marvin Kaye, creator of the new series Less Than Kind. ‘It is about a family that happens to be Jewish.’ The comedy, premiering on Citytv on Oct. 13, about a Jewish teenager (Jesse Camacho) living in Winnipeg, was conceived by Kaye and co-creator Chris Sheasgreen as a show in the vein of Arrested Development, with Camacho as a smart but shy kid perpetually embarrassed by his dysfunctional family.” Read more.
Less Than Kind premieres Oct. 13
From a media release:
What Happens in Winnipeg… is Pretty Hysterical!
- “Less Than Kind†Premieres Monday, October 13, 2008 on Citytv
Spend your Thanksgiving Monday with the Blechers, a volatile and dysfunctional family who really do love each other even though they sometimes don’t like each other. The intelligent and heart-warming, half-hour comedy series “Less Than Kind†premieres Monday, October 13 at 10:30pm ET/CT/MT/PT on Citytv.
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In the news: Mark McKinney of Less Than Kind
From CBC:
- McKinney turns his dark humour to TV series Less Than Kind
“Kids in the Hall’s Mark McKinney is turning his subversive comic spirit to a new television series with a dark premise. Less Than Kind, a half-hour comedy to launch soon on CityTV, follows the life of 15-year-old Sheldon Blecher, an overweight high school student with a self-destructive driving-instructor father, a pyromaniac mother and a failed-actor brother who still lives at home. McKinney is producer and story editor.” Read more.
In the news: Mark McKinney on Less Than Kind
From Andrew Ryan of the Globe and Mail:
- Here’s looking at you, Kid
“Mark McKinney, the creative mind behind The Headcrusher, brings his darkly comic wit to a new Canadian TV series about ‘a loser family that’s cool.'” Read more.