8.6 /10 1 Votes
Genre Sitcom Directed by Jacob Tierney Network The Comedy Network Cast Jared Keeso, Nathan Dales | 8.5/10 IMDb Created by Jared Keeso First episode date 7 February 2016 Program creator Jared Keeso | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Developed by Jared Keeso
Jacob Tierney Written by Jared Keeso
Jacob Tierney Starring Jared Keeso
Nathan Dales
Dylan Playfair
Andrew Herr
Tyler Johnston
Alexander De Jordy
K. Trevor Wilson
Michelle Mylett Executive producers Jared Keeso, Jacob Tierney Similar 19‑2, Trailer Park Boys, Schitt's Creek, Corner Gas, Kim's Convenience Profiles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Letterkenny cold open
Letterkenny is a Canadian television sitcom created by Jared Keeso and Jacob Tierney, that debuted on CraveTV in February 2016, and later also aired on The Comedy Network. The show stars Keeso and Nathan Dales as Wayne and Daryl, two friends living in the small town of Letterkenny, Ontario, a fictional community loosely based on Keeso's own hometown of Listowel, Ontario. On March 10, 2016, Letterkenny was renewed for a second season. On August 8, 2016, just weeks after production wrapped on Season 2, CraveTV announced that they had ordered a third season.
Contents
- Letterkenny cold open
- Letterkenny problems hockey players
- Production
- Cast
- Critical reception
- Ratings
- References
At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, the series won the award for Best Comedy Series.
Letterkenny problems hockey players
Production
Letterkenny is the first original series commissioned by CraveTV, and premiered on that platform on February 7, 2016. The show has its roots in Letterkenny Problems, a short-format web series created by Keeso and released on YouTube in 2013. Letterkenny Problems garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Fiction Program or Series Created for Digital Media at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014. The town of Letterkenny portrayed in the series is fictional, and not based on the actual ghost town in Renfrew County.
Tierney and Michael Dowse are also involved in the production of the series. Tierney also has a supporting role as Pastor Glen in the series, whose cast also includes Michelle Mylett, Dylan Playfair, Andrew Herr, Tyler Johnston, Lisa Codrington, Alexander De Jordy, and K. Trevor Wilson.
The series is filmed in Sudbury, Ontario. A second season was ordered in March 2016, and a third was ordered in August 2016.
Cast
Critical reception
John Doyle of the The Globe and Mail called the series "refreshing and intoxicating", and "funny, mad, droll, childish, and spiky." Focusing on the show's characteristic use of often thick Ontario dialect, he wrote that "Not since Trailer Park Boys launched have we heard the flavourful, salty Canadian vernacular used with such aplomb and abandon"; but also that "Almost all the conversations are raw comedy and utterly plausible as small-town guy talk, not just in Canada but in villages and parishes wherever the grass grows."
Ratings
CraveTV has stated that Letterkenny's debut was the biggest debut of any series on their platform since it launched in 2014, and that as of March 10, 2016, nearly one in three subscribers have watched the series.