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Production is underway in Toronto on comedy series “One More Time,” from stand-up comedian D.J. Demers and showrunner Jessie Gabe (“Workin’ Moms”), and a cast has been revealed.

The 13 x 30′ series is a workplace comedy about D.J. (Demers), the hard-of-hearing manager of a second-hand sporting goods store, and the team of “enthusiastic” employees he leads. D.J.’s optimistic, community-oriented outlook on life is challenged at every turn, as he and his team struggle to keep the small independent shop alive.

Joining Demers in the cast are actor and comedian Geri Hall (“Astrid and Lilly Save the World”), Daniel Beirne (“Fargo”), Elise Bauman (“Workin’ Moms”), emerging actor Seran Sathiyaseelan and Dayton Sinkia (“Letterkenny”).

The cast also includes Nadine Bhabha (“Letterkenny”), Chris Robinson (“The Amazing Gayl Pile”), Maddy Foley (“The Boys”) and Marito Lopez (“Gary and His Demons”).

Demers’ one-hour specials include “[Indistinct Chatter]” “Interpreted” and “Born In ‘86” and he has appeared...

The Sonar Network, Canada's award-winning independent podcast network, is proud to announce How Can We Help?, a new show by Jackie Pirico (2023 Juno Award nominee for Comedy Album of the Year) and Mark Little. On How Can We Help?, Jackie and Mark share perfect, unimpeachable ideas on how to improve your life. Got a nosy neighbor? A workplace dilemma? A loooove problem? No question is too difficult for these experts in unsolicited-advice-giving! Listeners are invited to submit their own questions and dilemmas and hear these two charming comedians weigh in with their hilarious takes on the situation.

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Prime Video announced The Kids in the Hall is set to premiere on May 13 followed by the companion docuseries The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks on May 20.

More premiere dates and a slew of new Canadian originals were also revealed during the Prime Video Presents Canada showcase event in Toronto on Wednesday.

Here’s a breakdown of what’s ahead:

The Sticky is a half-hour series revolving around Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent, middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity — especially now that Canada’s bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: her farm, her comatose husband and her right to freedom.

With the help of Remy Bouchard, a pint-sized local blockhead, and Mike Byrne, an aging low-level mobster, Ruth changes her fate — and transforms the future of her...

Exclusive: Quibi has handed a series order to Doomlands (working title) an adult animated comedy from Josh O’Keefe, Josh Bowen (Gary and His Demons) and Look Mom! Productions, a Blue Ant Studios company that specializes in original animated programming for teens and adults.

Created and directed by O’Keefe, in Doomlands (wt), the infamous Danny Doom and aspiring bartender Lhandi sling beers across a hellish wasteland in their mobile subterranean pub: The Oasis. In order to survive, all the crew needs to do is not kill each other.

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Doomland pays homage to O’Keefe’s Australian upbringing and love for “Ozploitation” film. O’Keefe began the project through a successful Kickstarter campaign. It was picked up by Look Mom!

Steven Spielberg is writing a “creepy” and “super scary show” for forthcoming digital platform Quibi.

The revelation came as Jeffrey Katzenberg, fresh from a spot at the Produced By conference, took his Quibi roadshow north of the border with an appearance at the Banff World Media Festival. It comes a day after he dropped Steven Soderbergh’s name in La.

Katzenberg revealed that his former Dreamworks partner Spielberg is writing a series and has written “four or five chapters” of the show, which will have between 10 and 12 chapters.

Katzenberg said, “Steven Spielberg has a super scary story. He’s actually writing it himself. Getting him to write something is fantastic.”

The exec added that Spielberg only wanted Quibi subscribers to be able to watch it at midnight. He said that his business partner Meg Whitman came up with an idea – tagged as Spielberg’s After Dark presentation – to put a...