''In Opposition'' was a Canadian television

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, which aired on

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in 1989."Some Hon. Members: Yawn; In opposition a political sitcom without politics -- or laughs". ''

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'', October 24, 1989. The show lasted only a single season."In Opposition loses its seat on CBC". ''

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'', January 23, 1990. It starred Kathleen Laskey as Karen Collier, a rookie Member of Parliament who represented the fictional riding of Moncton—Macquedewawa for the also-fictional Dominion Party of Canada. The show also starred Judy Marshak as her secretary Grace Kiley, Lawrence Dane as her party leader Joe Reynolds, Damir Andrei as her caucus colleague McGillivray,

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as backroom organizer Tom Sheridan, and Jennifer Dale as her neighbour and friend Mary Margaret McCarthy. The show's pilot had to be refilmed, after the role of Tom Sheridan, originally played by David McIlwraith, was recast."CBC reworking political sitcom In Opposition". ''

'', August 18, 1989. The show was the CBC's second unsuccessful attempt to create a politically themed sitcom, following 1987's '' Not My Department''. Six episodes were produced and aired.

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* CBC Television original programming 1989 Canadian television series debuts 1989 Canadian television series endings Canadian political comedy television series Television shows set in Ottawa 1980s Canadian sitcoms {{Canada-comedy-tv-prog-stub