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How to Buy a Baby is a Canadian comedy web series , which premiered in November 2017 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's web platform and on YouTube. [1] Created by Wendy Litner and based on her own experiences having to pursue fertility treatment to conceive a pregnancy, [2] the series stars Meghan Heffern and Marc Bendavid as Jane and Charlie, a couple going through the fertility treatment process. [3]

It was produced by LoCo Motion Pictures, and debuted on the CBC Comedy YouTube channel on November 13, 2017. [4] It was transferred to CBC Gem when that platform launched in 2018. [5] Season one was directed by Molly McGlynn and season two was directed by Adriana Maggs . [6] The series is executive produced by Lauren Corber and Wendy Litner. It has won several accolades, including Best Comedy Series at the 9th annual Indie Series Awards . [7] At the 46th International Emmy Awards , the show was a finalist for Best Short Form Series. [8]

Episodes [ edit ]

Season 1 [ edit ]

No.
overall 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1 1 "Fertiliflinch" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )
2 2 "Fertilifamily" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )
3 3 "Fertilifucked" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )
4 4 "Fertilifight" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )
5 5 "Fertilifeelings" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )
6 6 "Fertilifunk" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )
7 7 "Fertilifentanyl" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )
8 8 "Fertilifinances" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )
9 9 "Fertilifear" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )
10 10 "Fertilifinally" Molly McGlynn Unknown November 13, 2017  ( 2017-11-13 )

Season 2 [ edit ]

No.
overall 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date
11 1 "Adopt-an-Inspection" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )
12 2 "Adopt-a-Class" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )
13 3 "Adopt-a-Profile" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )
14 4 "Adopt-a-Party" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )
15 5 "Adopt-a-Date" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )
16 6 "Adopt-a-Feminist" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )
17 7 "Adopt-an-Orientation" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )
18 8 "Adopt-a-Thon" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )
19 9 "Adopt-an-Arguement" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )
20 10 "Adopt-a-Future" Adriana Maggs Unknown August 23, 2019  ( 2019-08-23 )

Reception [ edit ]

Season 1 [ edit ]

At the 9th annual Indie Series Awards , the series won the award for Best Comedy and McGlynn won the award for Best Direction. [9] At the 46th International Emmy Awards , the show was a finalist for Best Short Form Series. [8]

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the series won the award for Best Original Digital Series, Fiction, [5] and Litner was nominated for Best Writing in a Web Program or Series. How to Buy a Baby Season 2 was nominated for 6 Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. [10] Litner won the award for Best Writing, Web Program or Series and Emma Hunter won Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series. [11]

The series won Best Comedy Writing and Best Lead Female Performance at the IAWTV Awards , [12] Best Actress and Best Screenplay at the Rolda Web Fest, and Best Editing at the T.O. Webfest. [13]

The series was nominated for Best Fiction Series at The Rockie Awards and was an Honoree Comedy: Long Form or Series at The Webby Awards. [14]

How to Buy a Baby won the Stand Up 'N Pitch competition at Just for Laughs in 2016. [15]

Season 2 [ edit ]

The second season was nominated for six awards at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020; Litner won Best Writing and Emma Hunter won Best Supporting Performance in a Web Program or Series. [16]

It was nominated for six awards at the T.O Webfest and won Best Canadian Series. Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll won Best Supporting Performance. [17]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "New show finds the funny side of infertility" . Canadian Jewish News . November 29, 2017 . Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
  2. ^ "I made a TV show about infertility…and it’s a comedy" . Today's Parent , November 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "How to Buy a Baby a new web series that finds humour in infertility" . canada.com , November 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "How to Buy a Baby on CBC" . Playback . November 13, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "How to Buy a Baby among winners at Canadian Screen Awards digital gala" . Waterloo Chronicle , March 29, 2019.
  6. ^ Townsend, Kelly. "In brief: GLAAD awards Dan Levy for LGBTQ work" . Retrieved 2019-08-19 .
  7. ^ Malyk, Lauren (April 6, 2018). "How to Buy a Baby wins best comedy at the Indie Series Awards" . Retrieved 2020-12-17 .
  8. ^ a b "International Emmy Award Nominations Unveiled" . Variety , September 27, 2018.
  9. ^ "How to Buy a Baby wins best comedy at the Indie Series Awards" . Playback . April 6, 2018.
  10. ^ "2020 Canadian Screen Awards: 'Schitt's Creek' dominates with 26 nominations" . ca.hellomagazine.com . Hello! Canada . Retrieved 2020-07-03 .
  11. ^ "2020 Canadian Screen Awards winners: 'Mary Kills People,' 'Vikings' win big" . Global News . Retrieved 2020-07-03 .
  12. ^ "International Academy of Web Television Awards (2018)" . IMDb . Retrieved 2020-07-31 .
  13. ^ "T.O. Webfest 2018 Series & Awards!" . T.O. WebFest . Retrieved 2020-07-31 .
  14. ^ "How to Buy a Baby -- The Webby Awards" . Retrieved 2020-07-31 .
  15. ^ Ronca, Paul. "How To Buy A Baby Archives" . Just For Laughs ComedyPRO . Retrieved 2019-08-19 .
  16. ^ "You are being redirected..." www.academy.ca . Retrieved 2020-07-16 .
  17. ^ "TOWebfest 2020" . T.O. WebFest | Toronto, Canada . Retrieved 2020-07-31 .

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