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Baroness Von Sketch Show
''Baroness von Sketch Show'' is a Canadian sketch comedy television series. It debuted on CBC Television on June 14, 2016. Produced by Frantic Films, the series is an all-female comedy series starring Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen. The four also serve as executive producers of the show. CBC renewed the show for a second season, which aired in 2017. The show's third season started in September 2018, and CBC renewed the show for a fourth season, that began airing shows in October 2019. CBC has announced that the show would continue with a 5th and final season starting October 6, 2020. The show also airs on IFC in the United States. The show is a three-time winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series, winning at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sketch Comedy
Sketch comedy comprises a series of short, amusing scenes or vignettes, called "sketches" or, "skits", commonly between one and ten minutes long, performed by a group of comic actors or comedians. While the form developed and became popular in music hall in Britain and vaudeville in North America, today it is used widely in variety shows, as well as in late night talk shows and even some sitcoms. While sketch comedy is now associated mostly with adult entertainment, certain children's television series such have used it, too. The sketches may be improvised live by the performers, developed through improvisation before public performance, or scripted and rehearsed in advance like a play. History Sketch comedy has its origins in music hall and vaudeville, where many brief humorous acts were strung together to form a larger programme. In the 1890s, music hall impresario Fred Karno developed a form of sketch comedy without dialogue, and in 1904 he produced a sketch called ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Futon Critic
''The Futon Critic'' is a website that provides articles and information regarding prime time programming on broadcast and cable networks in the United States. The site publishes reviews of prime time programming and interviews of people in the television industry, as well as republishing Nielsen ratings data reports, and press releases provided by television networks and streaming television platforms. ''The Futon Critic'' was founded by Brian Ford Sullivan in 1997. History Brian Ford Sullivan, CEO of Futon Media, registered ''The Futon Critic'' on January 14, 1997. From its founding, the site has published reviews on prime time programming, as well as interviews its staff conducted with members of the television industry. The site also contains sections of articles dedicated to republishing press releases, network schedules and Nielsen ratings data, which have been cited by articles on websites such as '' The Huffington Post'' and TV by the Numbers. Its publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Awards
The Canadian Screen Awards () are awards given for artistic and technical merit in the film industry recognizing excellence in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media ( web series) productions. Given annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the awards recognize excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The awards were first presented in 2013 as the result of a merger of the Gemini Awards and Genie Awards—the Academy's previous awards presentations for television (English-language) and film productions. They are widely considered to be the most prestigious award for Canadian entertainers, artists, and filmmakers, often referred to as the equivalent of the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards in the United States, the BAFTA Awards in the United Kingdom, the AACTA Awards in Australia, the IFTA Awards in Ireland, the César Awards in France and the Goya Awards in Spain. History The award's historic root ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Whittall
Zoe Whittall (born February 16, 1976) is a Canadian poet, novelist and TV writer.Zoe Whittall at The Canadian EncyclopediaZoe Whittall at IMDb She has published five novels and three poetry collections to date. Personal life and work Whittall was born in 1976 in the Eastern Townships of Quebec and spent her childhood on a farm on the outskirts of Durham-Sud, Quebec, South Durham. She graduated from Dawson College in Montreal in 1995, attended Concordia University from 1995 to 1997, and completed a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph in 2009. She works as a TV wr ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mae Martin
Mae Pearl Martin (born 2 May 1987) is a Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, and recording artist. Martin co-created, co-wrote and starred in the Channel 4/Netflix comedy series ''Feel Good''. Martin received a nomination for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for their work on the series. Early life Martin was born in Toronto, Canada on 2 May 1987, the child of Canadian writer and teacher Wendy Martin and English actor and musician-turned-food-writer James Chatto. Martin was baptized in a village on the Greek island of Corfu, where their family lived for several years. James and Wendy were ex-hippies and comedy fans. The family home was filled with recordings of British and American comedy classics. Martin describes childhood obsessions with Bette Midler, The Kids in the Hall, Pee-wee Herman and the ''Rocky Horror Show'' (Martin's grandfather, Tom Chatto, having starred as narrator in the ''Rocky Horror'' stage version). Martin now points to these o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Heisey
Monica Heisey is a Canadian writer, screenwriter and comedian based in London. She has written for ''Schitt's Creek'', the Baroness von Sketch Show and Workin' Moms, and created the Sky Comedy series '' Smothered''. Her first novel Really Good, Actually was released in 2023. Early life and education Heisey was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She has a twin sister and a younger sister; her father was a lawyer and her mother was a public servant. Heisey completed undergraduate studies at Queen's University in 2010. Following graduation she moved to London, England where she obtained an MA in early modern literature from King's College. Career Heisey has written for numerous television shows including ''Schitt's Creek'' and '' Workin' Moms''. Her first job screenwriting position was on the '' Baroness von Sketch Show'', for which she is a four-time Canadian Screen Award winner. Heisey's writing has appeared in '' Vogue'', ''Elle'', '' Glamour'', and ''The New Yorker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Canadian Screen Awards
The seventh annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018."Award Season is Upon Us" ''Northern Stars'', December 31, 2018. Nominations were announced by the on February 7, 2019. Early coverage of the nominations highlighted the fact that the Best Picture category consisted entirely of French-language films from , with not a single English-language film named in the category. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hello! Canada
''Hello! Canada'' is a Canadian entertainment magazine. Launched in 2006 by Rogers Media, the magazine was licensed as a local edition of the Spanish ''¡Hola!'' brand of entertainment magazines. Prior to its launch, the British edition '' Hello!'' was directly distributed in Canada; although this was discontinued when the Canadian edition was launched, the Canadian edition continued to run selected content from the British version. The first issue featured a cover story on Margaret Trudeau, Justin Trudeau and Alexandre Trudeau. Its announcement influenced Torstar to offer a promotion for its competing magazine ''Weekly Scoop'', temporarily dropping that magazine's cover price to just 25 cents the week after ''Hello! Canada's'' launch was announced. On March 20, 2019, Rogers announced a deal to sell the magazine to St. Joseph Communications. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6th Canadian Screen Awards
The 6th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 11, 2018, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2017."Award Season Begins" ''Northern Stars'', December 13, 2017. Nominations were announced on January 16, 2018. Emma Hunter and Jonny Harris hosted the ceremony, which was held at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto. The awards in many of the technical and craft categories were presented in a series of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC News
CBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. Founded in 1941 by the public broadcaster, CBC News is the largest news broadcaster in Canada and has local, regional, and national broadcasts and stations. It frequently collaborates with its organizationally separate French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info. History The first CBC newscast was a bilingual radio report on November 2, 1936. The CBC News Service was inaugurated during World War II on January 1, 1941, when Dan McArthur, chief news editor, had Wells Ritchie prepare for the announcer Charles Jennings a national report at 8:00 pm. Previously, CBC relied on The Canadian Press to provide it with wire copy for its news bulletins. Readers who followed Jennings were Lorne Greene, Frank Herbert and Earl Cameron. '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Canadian Screen Awards
The 5th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 12, 2017, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2016. Nominations were announced on January 17, 2017. Awards in many of the technical categories were presented in a series of galas, collectively called Canadian Screen Week, in the days leading up to the main ceremony. At the main ceremony, the film '' It's Only the End of the World'' and the television series ''Orphan Black'' won the most awards in film and television categories, with six and nine awards, respectively. Broadcast The ceremony was hosted by Howie Mandel."Lurching from boring to weird, Canadian Screen Awards did produce notab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
