Puneet Varma (Editor)

Seed (TV series)

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
6.4
/
10
1
Votes
Alchetron
6.4
1 Ratings
100
90
80
70
61
50
40
30
20
10
Rate This

Rate This

7.3/10
TV

Genre
  
Sitcom

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
2

Final episode date
  
5 June 2014

6.1/10
IMDb

59%
Moviefone

Created by
  
Joseph Raso

Original language(s)
  
English

First episode date
  
4 February 2013

Networks
  
The CW, City

Seed (TV series) wwwgstaticcomtvthumbtvbanners9691922p969192

Starring
  
Adam Korson Carrie-Lynn Neales Amanda Brugel Stephanie Anne Mills Laura De Carteret Matt Baram Vanessa Matsui Abby Ross William Ainscough

Cast
  
Adam Korson, Carrie‑Lynn Neales, Laura DeCarteret

Profiles

Facebook
YouTube

Seed is a Canadian television series produced by Force Four Entertainment. The half-hour comedy follows Harry, a likable bachelor and bartender whose previous foray into sperm donation resulted in offspring he was unaware of until now. Seed tells the story of Harry's relationship with his new-found relatives, and the interactions of these families with one another.

Contents

The show was cancelled after two seasons.

Synopsis

An ill-equipped bachelor discovers his foray into sperm donation has resulted in many offspring and finds himself entangled in the lives of his new-found children and their less-than-thrilled families.

Characters

  • Adam Korson as Harry Dacosta, a bartender who donated semen. In his profile with the number XC-3000, he wrote that he is a doctor and a graduate of Princeton.
  • Carrie-Lynn Neales as Rose, who meets Harry on a bus and wants to get pregnant.
  • Amanda Brugel as Michelle, one of Billy's mothers.
  • Stephanie Anne Mills as Zoey, one of Billy's mothers.
  • Laura De Carteret as Janet, Anastasia's mother and a child therapist.
  • Matt Baram as Jonathan, Anastasia's (non-biological) father and a lawyer.
  • Vanessa Matsui as Irene, Harry's boss, and owner of the Pour House Bar.
  • Abby Ross as Anastasia, Harry's 15-year-old biological daughter. She only recently found out her parents used a sperm donor, and that her dad is not her biological father.
  • William Ainscough as Billy Jones-Krasnoff, Harry's 9-year-old son. He lives with his two moms, Michelle and Zoey.

    • Production

    Principal photography began on the first season of Seed in October 2012 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Although the show's premise closely resembles the 2011 Canadian film Starbuck, producer Joseph Raso has clarified in interviews that he already had the idea in development before Starbuck was released.

    Reception

    The Globe and Mail called the series "deeply silly, and the kind of good, off-kilter comedy that we can do with aplomb in Canada... There’s no recipe, but among the requirements are characters who are fabulously immature, plus some sharp, unostentatious writing and a version of stoner humour that works even if you’re not five miles high."

    In 2013, the series was picked up for U.S. broadcast by The CW. However, on July 23, 2014, the network pulled the show from its schedule after two airings due to low ratings.

    Home release

    Entertainment One Films released Season One on DVD in Region 1 on October 21, 2014.

    References

    Seed (TV series) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA