Jeff Rosenthal's Favourite English-Canadian
TV Shows
Many of my favourite recent television programs are Canadian-made,
which inspired this list. (I stick here to English-Canadian TV shows;
there are also numerous successful French-Canadian shows but I am
less familiar with them.) See also my
favourite English-Canadian movies.
English-Canadian TV shows I like (in approximate chronological
order):
- King of Kensington
- SCTV
- Kids in the Hall
- This Hour has 22 Minutes
- Royal Canadian Air Farce
- Da Vinci's Inquest
- North of 60
- Due South (Canada-U.S. [later -U.K.] co-production)
- Bob & Margaret (Canada-U.K. co-production)
- The Newsroom
- Rick Mercer Report
- The Mike Bullard Show
- Slings and Arrows
- Twitch City
- Train 48
- H2O: The last prime minister
- Little Mosque on the Prairie
- Being Erica
- Murdoch Mysteries
- Corner Gas
- Republic of Doyle
- Dan for Mayor
- Hiccups
- Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays
- Continuum
- Orphan Black
- Sunnyside
- Baronness Von Sketch
- Private Eyes
- Burden of Truth
- Kim's Convenience
- Schitt's Creek
- Anne with an E
- Carter
- Jann
- Transplant
Other English-Canadian TV shows that were very popular, though I
didn't really watch them:
- Beachcombers
- Wayne & Shuster
- Degrassi Junior High
- Anne of Green Gables (miniseries)
- Street Legal
- Trailer Park Boys
- The Tudors
- Rookie Blue
- Flashpoint
- Letterkenny
- Working Moms
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