''Revenge of the Black Best Friend'' is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in 2022 on

CBC Gem CBC Television (also known as CBC TV, or simply CBC) is a Television in Canada, Canadian English-language terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcasting, p ...

. Created by

Amanda Parris Amanda Parris is a Canadian broadcaster and writer. An arts reporter and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she hosts the CBC Television series '' The Filmmakers'' and has hosted the CBC Television series ''Exhibitionists'' and ...

, the series stars

Oluniké Adeliyi Oluniké Adeliyi (born January 5, 1977) is a Canadian actress. She appeared in the 2010 horror film ''Saw 3D'' and starred as Leah Kerns in the television series '' Flashpoint''. Early life Adeliyi was born in Brampton, Ontario, of Jamaican-Nig ...

as Dr. Toni Shakur, a

self-help Self-help or self-improvement is "a focus on self-guided, in contrast to professionally guided, efforts to cope with life problems" —economically, physically, intellectually, or emotionally—often with a substantial psychological basis. When ...

guru who specializes in helping Black actors who long for more than just the stereotypical supporting roles. The cast also includes Ashton James,

Andrea Lewis Andrea Desiree Lewis (born August 15, 1985) is a Canadians, Canadian actress and singer, known for her role as Hazel Aden in the long-running TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation''. Early life One of two children, Lewis is the daughter of ...

Cara Ricketts Cara Ricketts is an actress, best known for her roles as Mary Lacroix in ''Anne with an E'' and Lilly Rue in the 2019 revival of ''Street Legal (Canadian TV series), Street Legal''. Born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canadian, CanadaRichard Ou ...

, Dwain Murphy, Izad Etemadi, Jameson Kraemer, Julian De Zotti, Dan Duran, Natasha Mumba, Samantha Brown, Rachael Crawford, Khadijah Roberts-Abdullah, Araya Mengesha, Krista Morin, Kit Weyman and Perrie Voss.

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* 2022 web series debuts 2022 Canadian television series debuts 2020s Black Canadian television series Canadian comedy web series CBC Gem original programming Best Digital Fiction Series Canadian Screen Award winners {{Canada-comedy-tv-prog-stub