The cast of "Bria Mack Gets a Life" pose with their award for Best Comedy Series at the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards Gala in Toronto, on Friday May 31, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdoreyBell Media touted homegrown fare from "equity-deserving" groups as it detailed TV plans Thursday, but a Black-led show that just won the Canadian Screen Award for best comedy series was conspicuously absent.
Executive producer Mark Montefiore also told journalists "Bria Mack" was Canada's first Black female-led premium TV series since Global's "Da Kink in My Hair," which premiered in 2007, and that "now's not the time to stop supporting" underrepresented voices. "These are tough decisions to make and are influenced by many factors, the biggest being audience performance," said the statement.
"And we're finding the audience, for the most part. These shows are doing incredibly well because there's an audience for it, so it's good business. It's not a good deed. We're getting viewers." Klebuc said new addition "Office Movers" -- also bound for Crave -- is among the shows she's most excited for, and an example of Bell's strategy to work with creators from the digital world.
Meanwhile, "Super Team Canada," Crave's first-ever animated series, is bound for early 2025. Co-created by Arnett and writers Robert Cohen and Joel H. Cohen, the comedy centres on the exploits of six Canadian superheroes on a mission to save the world. It stars Cobie Smulders, Kevin McDonald, Charles Demers, with Arnett, Jay Baruchel and Bryan Adams guest starring.
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