''Série noire'' is a

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Comedy drama Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, il ...

thriller series which was originally broadcast on

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and TOU.TV in 2014–2015."Série noire one cool film-noir dramedy"
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'', January 9, 2014. The series centres on Denis (

François Létourneau François Létourneau (born 1974 in Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Sainte-Foy, Quebec) is a Canadians, Canadian actor and writer, best known as co-creator and star of the television series ''Les Invincibles'', ''Série noire (2014 TV series), Série noire'' ...

) and Patrick (

Vincent-Guillaume Otis Vincent-Guillaume Otis (born April 13, 1978) is a Canadian actor from Quebec. He is most noted for his roles in the television series ''District 31'', for which he won the Prix Gémeaux for Best Actor in a Drama Series in 2018, and the film '' Nor ...

), the writers of a popular but critically reviled crime drama series, ''La loi de la justice'', as they embark on a crime spree following the end of the show's first season in the hope of accumulating the personal experience necessary to make the writing more realistic in the show's second season. The show was critically acclaimed and won eleven Gémeaux awards in 2014 and four Gémeaux awards in 2016.

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Série Noire on Radio-Canada
Television shows set in Montreal Television shows filmed in Montreal 2014 Canadian television series debuts 2016 Canadian television series endings Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming Prix Gémeaux–winning shows 2010s Canadian crime drama television series 2010s Canadian comedy-drama television series {{Canada-comedy-tv-prog-stub