''24 Hour Rental'' is a Canadian television comedy series created by Frank Massa, which premiered on Super Channel in 2013. The series stars

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as Tracker, a disgraced former

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now running a 24-hour

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which is really a front for his continued attempts to reestablish his power in the

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circuit."24 Hour Rental is a comedy unlike anything ever produced in Canada"
''Post City'', April 21, 2013. The core cast also includes Aaron Berg, Adam Kenneth Wilson,

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,"Michael Biehn plays against type in Canadian comedy"
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'', March 19, 2013. Marc Senior, Kate Ross, Leslie Seiler and

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, with supporting performers including

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, Judah Katz, Mike Smith, and Simon D. Scott. The series is filmed in

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