I would like to do a poll of the All-time best Canadian television show. I did some internet research and have compiled a list of nominees, but I would like to collect some feedback before I launch the poll. Should Hockey Night in Canada count as a TV Show? I think it should be scripted acted programs, drama or sitcom. Personally my all-time favourite Canadian show is the Trailer Park Boys, followed by Traders. I was a big fan of the Littlest Hobo when I was a kid. I don't mind Corner Gas, though the writing was pretty bad at times. The series that have spun off from Corner Gas are just stupid. They are the same characters in different circumstances on different shows.
Possible nominees:
SCTV
Kids in the Hall
Due South
Littlest Hobo
Corner Gas
Trailer Park Boys
Degrassi Junior High
Road to Avonlea
The Beachcombers
Street Legal
Kenny vs Spenny
Red Green Show
Dragon's Den
Traders
Here comes the Seventies............greatest show ever!
ReplyDeleteThe first three seasons of Trailer Park Boys, it got a little silly after that.
ReplyDeleteThe Red Green Show.
ReplyDeleteThe absolute worst one on your list is Kenny vs Spenny. How two "adults" could make a living doing the immature,stupid crap they do is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteRob C
Rob, have you seen the episode "who can get the farthest with the other guy's mom"? Classic. Kenny Vs Spenny made Maclean's list of best Canadian shows of the decade.
ReplyDeleteI think if the Beachcombers were released in today's world, nobody would watch.
The Trouble with Tracy, fine acting and writing probing the modern relationship
ReplyDeleteTrailer Park Boys started to go downhill after Randy "jumped the cheeseburger". All he was missing were waterskis and a leather jacket.
ReplyDeleteWhere is 'The Littlest Hobo' ?
ReplyDeleteHey there,
ReplyDeleteAt the moment, I think the best Canadian show is "Murdoch Mysteries" on CityTV.
Oh, and "Mantracker" is way better than any of the shows listed above.
Cheers,
James
Actually, you're forgetting a couple.
ReplyDelete"Battlestar Galactica" (the second version) and "Smallville" are shot in B.C., and therefore qualify as Canadian shows.
Quentin Durgens, M.P. Gordon Pinsent played the member of Parliament.
ReplyDeleteHow do you define Canadian show?
ReplyDeleteIf the show is only filmed in Canada, produced elsewhere does it count?
Does it have to have predominately Canadian talent?
Must be narrative be about Canadiana?
SCTV moved south and than returned.
Remember "Cold Squad" or "DaVinci's Inquest"?
ReplyDeleteI cannot remember the one that was huge that involved a group of lawyers. Actress Cynthia Dales was one of them.
Oh boy this really got me thinking...
ReplyDeleteDue South
North of 60
Black Harbour ( a real favorite around here)
and the one I was trying to remember came to me...Street Legal.
I would have to say the Raccoons, and Corner Gas are probably my favorite Canadian shows.
ReplyDelete"The Newsroom" is absolutely the best show Canadian television has ever produced.
ReplyDeleteBest fictional Canadian sit-com?
ReplyDeleteHands down, "The Nature of Thing"
Canadian Sitcom Trouble with Tracy.... was really bad. Shallow writing, cheap sets and predictable acting.
ReplyDeleteSlings and Arrows.
ReplyDeleteNewsroom.