''The Beaverton'' is a Canadian

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television comedy series, which premiered on

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in 2016. Based on the satirical online publication of the same name, the series follows the format of a mock television newscast,"New Canadian comedy The Beaverton makes its grand debut". ''

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'', November 11, 2016. parodying both the content and the form of contemporary television news."Comedy-news show The Beaverton serves up satire with a straight face"
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'', November 8, 2016. The show stars Miguel Rivas and Emma Hunter as the anchors, with Laura Cilevitz, Aisha Alfa, Marilla Wex, Dave Barclay and

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as correspondents, and Pat Smith and Luke Gordon Field as hosts of the ''Beaverton Sports Network'' segment. Numerous Canadian actors, comedians and other media personalities have also appeared on the show in supporting character roles as interview guests. Field is also one of the show's producers, and the editor of the parent website."The Beaverton: How much further can comedic satire go in Canada?"
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'', August 21, 2015. Writers for the series included Field, Jeff Detsky, Alexander Saxton, Jacob Duarte Spiel, Kurt Smeaton, Pat Dussault, Nile Séguin, Wendy Litner and Winter Tekenos Levy. Pier 21 Productions announced in July 2015 that a pilot was in development. In June 2016, the Comedy Network confirmed that it had picked up the series for airing in the 2016-17 television season. In June 2017 Beaverton was greenlit for season 2 in press release by Bell Media Studios. The series debuted on November 9, 2016. Because the first episode was taped before, but aired after, the date of the

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, the program prepared and filmed two different introductions based on both possible outcomes. In the third season, originals began debuting on CTV.

Cast

* Emma Hunter as Self-host * Miguel Rivas as Self-host * Laura Cilevitz as Self-correspondent * Pat Smith as Pat Smith - Beaverton Sports Network *

as Self-correspondent * Aisha Alfa as Self-correspondent

Critical response

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'' critic David Berry wrote favourably about the show's premiere, noting that the show displayed signs of a much harder satirical bite than the relatively soft parodic tradition of established shows such as ''

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''. Heather Mallick of the ''

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'' wrote that she was looking forward to the series premiere, comparing the advance preview clips she had seen to the best of ''

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'' and the Canadian sketch comedy classic '' SCTV''."Beaverton provides much needed laughs: Mallick"
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'', November 9, 2016. The series was a

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nominee for Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the

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and the

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Series overview

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Beaverton (TV series), The Canadian news parodies 2016 Canadian television series debuts 2019 Canadian television series endings 2010s Canadian satirical television series CTV Comedy Channel original programming CTV Television Network original programming 2010s Canadian sketch comedy television series Television shows filmed in Toronto Canadian political comedy television series Television series based on Internet-based works