From The Writers Guild of Canada:

The next Writers Talking TV event features Sunnyside co-showrunner, Gary Pearson, and head writer, Jan Caruana. Fellow writer Simon Racioppa will host the evening, which includes a screening of an episode of Sunnyside, followed by a Q&A with audience members. You are invited to be one of those audience members! The event is free, and open to the public, but RSVP to Elaine Jacob, e.jacob@wgc.ca to secure a seat.

When: March 12, 7 p.m. at TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King St. West, Toronto

“Sunnyside is an all-new original sketch-comedy series from award-winning creators Gary Pearson (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Ron James Show) and Dan Redican (The Kids in the Hall, The Jenny McCarthy Show). From hipsters and yoga moms to meth addicts and romantic crooks, Sunnyside is a quirky neighbourhood in transition, where residents aren’t always what they seem and surprises lurk around every slightly dingy corner. Book clubs and coffee shops are just steps away from speakeasies and an underground baby-fighting ring.

Plus, this odd little world has just a touch of magic in it, including an occult store that can alter reality, a superhero shopping cart that comes to the rescue, and a mysterious manhole that can answer residents’ burning questions. Life might have a dark side, but we never lose sight of the Sunnyside.” -Description provided by Counterfeit Pictures

From Ken MacLeod of the Cape Breton Post:

If Canadian TV does one thing right, it’s sketch comedy
And while it’s fair to say that Canadian TV hasn’t exactly hit one out of the park in recent years, I think City television at least hit one off the wall for a standup double this year with “Sunnyside,” a half-hour sketch comedy show that finished a six-episode run this week. Continue reading.

From Mark Breslin of Post City Toronto:

Comic Stripped: Bizarre new comedy a welcome change for Canadian TV
It’s been hard finding a lot of examples of “bizarre” comedy on Canadian TV. In the early ’80s, there was, of course, a sketch comedy show on Global TV called Bizarre, starring John Byner, with a loopy sense of humour. Kids In the Hall sure had its weird moments, and you can see the influence of Monty Python’s surrealism on The Frantics. Until the welcome debut of Sunnyside on Citytv, the truly absurd has been absent from our programming lineup for too long. Continue reading.

The Nature of Things, CBC – “The Great Human Odyssey
At one time, Homo sapiens stood on the brink of extinction, numbering at just a few thousand somewhere in Africa. But our species found ways to rebuild. How did we do it?

Sunnyside, City – “Clowns”
Sunnyside comes face-to-face with Clown Culture.

Doc Zone, CBC – “The Truth About Female Desire”
An astonishingly frank exploration of what turns Canadian women on and why.