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on 2006. The show starred Mary Walsh as Mamie Lou Furey, the matriarch of a family in Cats Gut Cove,

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, January 12, 2005. The show's title — and a basic summary of its premise — had previously appeared as a one-time gag in a "Wake of the Week" sketch on ''

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, Rick Boland,

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and Susan Kent. Hynes, White and Walsh were also writers for the series, along with Ed Macdonald and

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'' and '' Walter Ego''. The CBC employed a viewer response poll to gauge interest in these pilots, a technique previously employed with the shows ''

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''. ''Hatching, Matching and Dispatching'' began shooting its first season of six episodes in

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on July 18, 2005 and began airing as a regular series on January 6, 2006 with six episodes, following a rebroadcast of the original pilot on December 30, 2005. The episodes were repeated from July 18 to August 22, 2006. The CBC subsequently announced the cancellation of the series after its sole season..

, November 30, 2006. Newfoundland musician Ron Hynes composed and performed the show's theme song. At the

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, Walsh and Macdonald won the award for Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series, for the series pilot.

''A Christmas Fury''

In September 2016, Walsh confirmed a television film based on the series was in production. Directed by Warren P. Sonoda, ''A Christmas Fury'' premiered on CBC on December 3, 2017. Walsh and McKinney received

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nominations for lead actress and lead actor in a limited series or dramatic program at the

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