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Canadian television sitcom created by Jared Keeso

Letterkenny
Letterkenny (TV series).jpg
Genre Sitcom
Created by Jared Keeso
Developed by
  • Jared Keeso
  • Jacob Tierney
Written by
  • Jared Keeso
  • Jacob Tierney
  • Jonathan Torrens
  • Jesse McKeown
  • Trevor Risk
Directed by Jacob Tierney
Starring
  • Jared Keeso
  • Nathan Dales
  • Michelle Mylett
  • K. Trevor Wilson
  • Dylan Playfair
  • Andrew Herr
  • Tyler Johnston
  • Alexander de Jordy
  • Daniel Petronijevic
  • Melanie Scrofano
  • Jacob Tierney
  • Lisa Codrington
  • Tiio Horn
  • Evan Stern
  • Mark Forward
  • Sarah Gadon
  • Clark Backo
  • James Daly
  • Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
  • Tyler Hynes
  • Kamilla Kowal
Opening theme "Who Needs a Girl Like You" by Indian Wars
Country of origin Canada
Original language English
No. of seasons 10
No. of episodes 68 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Mark Montefiore
  • Patrick O'Sullivan
  • Jared Keeso
  • Jacob Tierney
Producer Kara Haflidson
Production locations Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Cinematography Jim Westenbrink
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 19–30 minutes
Production companies
  • New Metric Media
  • Bell Media
  • DHX Studios Toronto (Seasons 1-7)
  • WildBrain Studios (Season 8-present)
  • Play Fun Games Pictures
Distributor WildBrain Distribution[a]
Release
Original network Crave
Picture format HDTV 1080i
Audio format Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release February 7, 2016 (2016-02-07) –
present
Chronology
Related shows Shoresy

Letterkenny is a Canadian television sitcom created by Jared Keeso, developed and written primarily by Keeso and Jacob Tierney, directed by Tierney, and starring Keeso alongside Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett, and K. Trevor Wilson. The series began as a YouTube web series titled Letterkenny Problems, and it was commissioned as a television series by Crave in March 2015 and it debuted in February 2016. The show follows the residents of Letterkenny, a fictional rural community in Ontario loosely based on Keeso's hometown of Listowel, Ontario.[1] According to the prologue of the 2017 episode "St. Perfect's Day", the town was named after Letterkenny, Ireland, and was populated by Irish immigrants escaping the 1840s potato famine.

In June 2021, production began on the tenth and eleventh seasons, and the spin-off series Shoresy was announced.[2] The tenth season was released on December 25, 2021, on Crave in Canada, and the following day on Hulu in the U.S.[3]

In the United States, Letterkenny is distributed by Hulu and the first two seasons debuted on July 13, 2018.[4] Subsequent seasons were added on December 27, 2018.[5] In May 2019, Hulu acquired exclusive rights to the series and future seasons in the United States.[6]

At the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, the series won the award for Best Comedy Series.[7]

Overview [edit]

Letterkenny revolves around a small rural Canadian community of the same name, and most episodes open with the text: "There are 5000 people in Letterkenny. These are their problems." The series focuses on siblings Wayne and Katy,[b] who run a small farm and produce stand with help from Wayne's friends Daryl and Squirrely Dan.[c]

Episodes deal with small-town life amongst different types of people: the farmers (the "hicks"), the out-of-towners who make up the local ice hockey team, the town's closeted minister, the drug addicts (the "skids"), members of the nearby First Nation reserve (the "natives"), the local Mennonites, and the Québécois. Plots often revolve around Wayne defending his reputation as "the toughest guy in Letterkenny", the exploits of the town's hockey team who rarely win, the skids' schemes to rip off the residents of both Letterkenny and the natives, and Wayne's dating life after dumping his high school sweetheart who cheated on him.

Subverting the usual trope of small-town residents being less intelligent than others, one of the show's running jokes is that almost every character possesses the ability to think quickly and come up with a continual barrage of wordplay and puns, as well as have sophisticated views on worldly topics.

Cast and characters [edit]

  • Jared Keeso as Wayne, Shoresy (face obscured)
  • Nathan Dales as Daryl
  • Michelle Mylett as Katy
  • K. Trevor Wilson as Squirrelly Dan
  • Dylan Playfair as Reilly
  • Andrew Herr as Jonesy
  • Tyler Johnston as Stewart
  • Alexander De Jordy as Devon (seasons 1–2)
  • Dan Petronijevic as McMurray (season 2–present; recurring season 1)
  • Melanie Scrofano as Mrs. McMurray (seasons 2–6, 8–present)
  • Jacob Tierney as Glen (season 2–present; recurring season 1)
  • Lisa Codrington as Gail (season 2–present; recurring season 1)
  • Kaniehtiio Horn as Tanis (season 2–present; recurring season 1)
  • Evan Stern as Roald (season 3–present; recurring seasons 1–2)
  • Mark Forward as Coach (season 3–present; recurring seasons 1–2)
  • Sarah Gadon as Gae (seasons 3, 6; guest star season 5)
  • Kamilla Kowal as Bonnie McMurray (season 9; recurring seasons 1–8)

Production [edit]

The series is filmed in Sudbury, Ontario.[8] Letterkenny is the first original series commissioned by Crave,[9] and premiered on that platform on February 7, 2016.[10]

The show has its roots in Letterkenny Problems, a short-format web series created by Keeso and released on YouTube in 2013.[11] The original Letterkenny Problems consisted almost entirely of Keeso and Dales trading off comedic one-liners while simply standing in various locations.[12] Letterkenny Problems garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Fiction Program or Series Created for Digital Media at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014.[9] The town of Letterkenny portrayed in the series is fictional, and not based on the actual town in Renfrew County.[13]

Tierney and Michael Dowse are also involved in the production of the series.[1] Tierney also has a supporting role as Pastor Glen in the series, whose cast also includes Michelle Mylett, Dylan Playfair, Andrew Herr, Tyler Johnston, Lisa Codrington, Alexander De Jordy, Kaniehtiio Horn and K. Trevor Wilson.[14]

In March 2016, Letterkenny was renewed for a second season of six episodes.[15] In August, just weeks after production wrapped on Season 2, CraveTV announced that they had ordered a third season.[16] In March 2017, a St. Patrick's Day special episode, "St. Perfect's Day" was released.[17] The third season, shot during the winter season, was released on Canada Day, July 1, 2017.[18] [19] In October 2017, a Halloween episode was released,[20] and it was announced that the series had a new media partner which agreed to a production commitment for 40 new episodes, a 26 city Letterkenny Live! tour beginning in February 2018, and the expansion of Letterkenny merchandise.[21] A fourth season of six episodes was released in December 2017.[22] The six-episode fifth season was released in June 2018.[23]

The Letterkenny Christmas special was released in November 2018, followed by the 6-episode Season 6 in December. The Valentine's Day Special was released in February 2019, followed by the 6-episode Season 7 in October 2019. Season 8 (7 episodes) was released in December 2019, and Season 9 (7 episodes) was released in December 2020.[24] [25] In September 2020, seasons 10 and 11 were confirmed, with filming planned to begin in August 2020 but were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26] In June 2021, production began on seasons 10 and 11 and it was also announced that Shoresy, the hockey player voiced by Keeso but whose face has not been shown in Letterkenny, will be the lead in his own spinoff series, Shoresy.[2] [27]

Episodes [edit]

Season 1 (2016) [edit]

Season 2 (2016) [edit]

St. Patrick's Day special (2017) [edit]

Season 3 (2017) [edit]

Halloween special (2017) [edit]

Season 4 (2017) [edit]

Easter special (2018) [edit]

Season 5 (2018) [edit]

Christmas special (2018) [edit]

Season 6 (2018) [edit]

Valentine's Day special (2019) [edit]

Season 7 (2019) [edit]

Season 8 (2019) [edit]

Season 9 (2020) [edit]

Season 10 (2021) [edit]

International Women's Day special (2022) [edit]

Spin-offs [edit]

Littlekenny [edit]

In 2019, Bell Media announced the launch of Littlekenny, a six-episode animated spinoff. The series, an origin story focusing on the main characters as children, premiered on June 28.[29] Episodes are between two and four minutes in length, and more closely follow the original Letterkenny Problems format than the extended universe of Letterkenny.[30]

Shoresy [edit]

In June 2021, Bell Media announced a Letterkenny spin-off Shoresy based on the eponymous character played by Jared Keeso. The series was written by Keeso and directed by Jacob Tierney.[27] It premiered on Crave on May 13, 2022.[31]

Home media [edit]

The series has been released on DVD in Canada by Elevation Pictures and in the United States by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.

Reception [edit]

Critical reception [edit]

John Doyle of The Globe and Mail called the series "refreshing and intoxicating", and "funny, mad, droll, childish, and spiky." Focusing on the show's characteristic use of often thick Ontario dialect, he wrote that "Not since Trailer Park Boys launched have we heard the flavourful, salty Canadian vernacular used with such aplomb and abandon"; but also that "Almost all the conversations are raw comedy and utterly plausible as small-town guy talk, not just in Canada but in villages and parishes wherever the grass grows."[11] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone called the show "marvelously goofy" and "strange, simple, [and] delightful".[45]

The series has also been praised for its complex and fully-rounded depiction of its First Nations characters, which the producers attribute to the show's practice of involving the actors directly in the creation, writing and costuming of their characters.[46]

Ratings [edit]

CraveTV has stated that Letterkenny's debut was the biggest debut of any series on their platform since it launched in 2014, and that as of March 10, 2016, nearly one in three subscribers have watched the series.[15]

Accolades [edit]

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Known as DHX Distribution for the first seven seasons.
  2. ^ Katy was created for the TV series, though she was obliquely referenced in an unnamed capacity in the web series.
  3. ^ Squirrely Dan was created for the TV series.

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External links [edit]

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • Letterkenny on CraveTV
  • Letterkenny at IMDb
  • Letterkenny on Twitter

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