''Date My Dad'' is a Canadian-American
comedy-drama
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...
television series starring
Barry Watson as a single father raising three daughters. It was broadcast on
Up TV
UP TV (stylized as UPtv; formerly GMC TV and originally Gospel Music Channel) is an American basic cable television network that was founded to have a focus on gospel music. It has expanded into family-friendly original movies, series, and specia ...
in the United States from June 2 to July 28, 2017, and aired on the
W Network
W Network (often shortened to W) is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. The channel primarily broadcasts general entertainment programming oriented towards a female audience.
W Network was ...
in Canada.
Premise
The show is about Ricky Cooper, a former professional baseball player, who, years after the death of his wife Isabella, begins dating for the first time in twenty years, in addition to raising his three daughters: Mirabel, Elisa, and Gigi.
Cast
*
Barry Watson as Ricky Cooper
* Zenia Marshall as Mirabel, Ricky's oldest daughter
* Lilah Fitzgerald as Elisa, Ricky's middle daughter
* Audrey Smallman as Gigi, Ricky's youngest daughter
*
Raquel Welch
Jo Raquel Welch (; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress. Welch first gained attention for her role in ''Fantastic Voyage'' (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her con ...
as Rosa, Ricky's mother-in-law
Production
Filming began in
Vancouver
Vancouver is a major city in Western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the cit ...
, British Columbia, Canada on April 12, 2017.
Episodes
References
External links
*
W Network website*{{IMDb title, 5012346
2017 Canadian television series debuts
2017 American television series debuts
2010s American comedy-drama television series
2010s Canadian comedy-drama television series
American English-language television shows
Television shows filmed in Vancouver
American television series about families
W Network original programming