''Getting Along Famously'' is a
Canadian
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sitcom
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which aired on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French- ...
in 2006.
Set in the early 1960s, ''Getting Along Famously'' starred real-life couple
Colin Mochrie
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and
Debra McGrath as the hosts of a television variety show. Supporting cast members included
Robin Duke
Robin Duke (born March 13, 1954) is a Canadian actress, comedian, and voice actress. Duke may be best known for her work on the television comedy series '' SCTV'' and, later, ''Saturday Night Live''. She co-founded ''Women Fully Clothed'', a ske ...
,
Bob Martin,
Paul O'Sullivan,
Ed Sahely
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Career
Sahely spent seven years performing and writing with The Second City and re ...
and
Patrick McKenna.
The pilot episode, ''Saving Ruby's Ass'', aired January 10, 2005. It was one of three sitcom pilots aired by the CBC, along with ''
Walter Ego
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The show starred Peter Keleghan as cartoonist Walter Davis, whose friends and family often provide fodder for his successful comic strip. Th ...
'' and ''
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching
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'', as a viewer response poll. Pilots that polled favourably were developed into full series. The CBC previously employed this strategy with the shows ''
Rideau Hall
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'' and ''
An American in Canada''.
The series was cancelled in June 2006 and released on DVD in October 2006.
Episodes
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, 10 January 2005
, ''Saving Ruby's Ass''
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, 6 January 2006
, ''Brought to You By...''
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, 13 January 2006
, ''Sister Song''
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, 20 January 2006
, ''Toucha My Hand''
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, 27 January 2006
, ''Producers Lads and Lassie''
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, 3 February 2006
, ''It's Better to Rhyme Than to Receive''
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, 3 March 2006
, ''It's Ruby and Kip''
2006 Canadian television series debuts
2006 Canadian television series endings
2000s Canadian sitcoms
CBC Television original programming
Television series about television