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Link: Schitt’s Creek is droll? Try smug and self-satisfied

From John Doyle of The Globe and Mail:

In the matter of Schitt’s Creek (CBC, 9 p.m.), opinion is divided.

The comedy show, a big deal in CBC’s plan for this TV season (and it has just been greenlit for a second season next year), has received some enthusiastic reviews in Canada, and here in the United States, where it will air on the teensy cable channel Pop (used to be the TV Guide Channel), a small number of critics think it’s hilarious. Others are utterly, eye-rolling indifferent.

I’m with the eye-rollers. It’s droll, sporadically, but dead on arrival. Continue reading.

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Link: ‘Schitt’s Creek’: Eugene Levy, Dan Levy, Catherine O’Hara Bring The Funny To CBC

From Chris Jancelewicz of The Huffington Post:

Canadian TV is in dire need of an edgy comedy, and it looks like we’ve gotten it with “Schitt’s Creek.”

CBC TV has been killing it lately with their new slate of programming — from the female-driven “Strange Empire” to the marvelous “Book Of Negroes” — and “Schitt’s Creek” brings audiences back to authentic Canadian comedy, which has always been the funniest in the biz (no bias here). Continue reading.

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Link: How Eugene Levy convinced CBC to name his show ‘Schitt’s Creek’

From Tony Wong of The Toronto Star:

When you name your show Schitt’s Creek, you’ve got to be prepared for some blowback.

Especially if it airs on the CBC.

 So Canadian star Eugene Levy and son Dan, the producers of the new single-camera comedy, went through phone books to see if the name Schitt actually existed. It did. And they copied pages from directories featuring the name to the Canadian public broadcaster to prove their point. Continue reading.
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Link: Eugene Levy & Son On ‘Schitt’s Creek’: “We’ll Never Know Where The Town Is” – TCA

From Anthony D’Alessandro of Deadline:

Growing up, Schitt’s Creek co-creator and star Dan Levy sought to do his own thing, never intentionally leaning on comedic legend father Eugene Levy.

“I grew up watching SCTV and when I was in high school, the Christopher Guest movies were the coolest thing. But I started up in Canada at MTV where I wanted to build my own brand there,” said the junior Levy at the Friday afternoon panel for Pop’s first scripted series Schitt’s Creek, debuting on Feb. 11.  While at MTV Canada, Dan Levy co-hosted MTV Live and co-wrote, produced and hosted The After Show which was a critical hit and spawned various incarnations. Continue reading.

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CBC orders second season of Schitt’s Creek

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From a media release:

With the first season of SCHITT’S CREEK premiering this Tuesday, January 13 at 9 p.m., CBC is pleased to announce that the second season has already been greenlit and is set to premiere in winter 2016. The highly anticipated character-driven, half-hour single-camera comedy is co-created by Eugene and Daniel Levy, who also star in the 13-episode series alongside the legendary Catherine O’Hara and rising star Annie Murphy, all of whom are set to return next season.

The series centres around a wealthy family who suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt’s Creek, a small, depressing town they once bought as a joke. With their pampered lives now abandoned, they must confront their new-found poverty and discover what it means to be a family, all within the confines of their new home.

SCHITT’S CREEK is commissioned by CBC, produced by Not A Real Company Productions Inc. and created by Eugene Levy and Daniel Levy.  The executive producers are Eugene Levy, Daniel Levy, Andrew Barnsley, Fred Levy and Ben Feigin.  SCHITT’S CREEK is distributed by ITV Studios Global Entertainment.

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