We’re hearing a lot of positive buzz about Mr D, the CBC sitcom created by comedian Gerry Dee. The first episode—it aired last Monday at 8pm, the second is tonight—earned 1.23 million viewers on its premiere. Great news for the show, which was shot in Halifax in 2011. The show is based on Dee’s experiences as a public school teacher—he’s a St.FX Education grad—before he became a full time comedy performer.
This article appears in Jan 12-18, 2012.
I was wondering how jonovision and bette macdonald found work, now I know.
maybe some This Hour castaways (heh) can fill some roles as well?