From Scott Stinson of the National Post:

• CBC: Good programming lives here
  Conveniently, there’s a new CBC show that is not just good, it is excellent. Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays, a half-hour comedy created by Don McKellar and Bob Martin, follows the lives of Michael (Matt Walsh) and David (Bob Martin), the therapist he visits twice a week. Michael, who is beset by an array of phobias — the closing credits describe the series as “based on the neuroses of Matt Walsh” — has been seeing David for 15 years, over which time he has become at least functional, if still rather skittish. Read more.

From a media release:

MICHAEL: TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS AND THE DEBATERS JOIN CBC COMEDY TUESDAYS

• Wednesdays get even hotter with Camelot after Dragons’ Den

CBC-TV makes the already laugh-filled Tuesdays even funnier with the addition of two of its outstanding new television comedies. Starting Tuesday, September 27, 2011, CBC-TV’s spotlight on Canadian comedy now includes MICHAEL: TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS and THE DEBATERS.

Next week, CBC-TV’s clever new gem, MICHAEL: TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS, the newest creation of acclaimed writer-producer-actor Bob Martin (Slings & Arrows, The Drowsy Chaperone) moves from Wednesdays to Tuesdays. Martin stars as Dr. David Storper, an Ottawa psychiatrist specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. He has been seeing his patient, Michael Dyer (Matt Watts) on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 15 years. Michael believes David is his key to happiness. David believes Michael is his key to a lucrative book deal. We’ll see.

Also moving from Wednesdays to Tuesdays is the hilarious and hugely popular radio hit THE DEBATERS with host Steve Patterson now on TV, teaming up with THE RICK MERCER REPORT and 22 MINUTES.

Continue reading Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays and The Debaters move to form Tuesday comedy block on CBC →

From Bill Brioux of TV Feeds My Family:

• Review: Michael Tuesdays & Thursdays
  Michael Tuesdays & Thursdays is insanely good. Smart, funny, touching at times, the CBC sitcom, which airs Wednesday nights at 9 p.m., is the best new comedy of the season. Read more.

From Chris Lackner of Postmedia News:

• Laughter is the best medicine?: Calm your nerves with CBC’s new comedy Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays
  In Matt Watts’ case, art is quite literally imitating his life. In the new comedy Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays, Watts plays 30-year-old Michael, a man who suffers from generalized anxiety disorder. The neuroses can manifest itself in fears of anything and everything – from heights, vomit and snakes to simple communication with other people. Watts knows the character well; Michael is based on his own life-long struggle. Read more.

From Richard Ouzounian of the Toronto Star:

• The Big Interview: Don McKellar
  “It all came out of the stories Matt’s being telling us for years,” begins McKellar. Matt is Matt Watts, the actor who plays the title role in the series and also the one who inspired its creation. “Based on the neuroses of Matt Watts,” in fact, is the official credit assigned to him for the show. Read more.

From Bill Harris of QMI Agency:

• Subtle ‘Michael’ debuts on CBC
  Anyway, the tone of the comedy in Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays is pretty subtle. Both Watts and Martin are likeable enough in their quirky roles, but the series certainly starts off low-key, rather than with a bang. Read more.