''Good Dog'' is a Canadian television

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series which aired for one season on

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. The show follows the life of character George Findlay, a role that

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reprised from '' The Newsroom''.

Overview

George Findlay (Finkleman) is a character who has been present in virtually all of Finkleman's past television projects, including ''The Newsroom'', ''

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'', '' Foolish Heart'' and '' Foreign Objects''. A self-centred and unsympathetic television producer, in ''Good Dog'' he is trying to launch a

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about his life with his new, much younger girlfriend Claire ( Lauren Lee Smith). The series was initially renewed for a ten-episode second season, with a retooled storyline focusing on cable news. However, this season was instead retitled as a new program titled '' Good God''.

Episodes

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External links

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HBO Canada's Good Dog page
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