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Canadian TV series or program
Howie Mandel's Sunny Skies
is a
sketch comedy
television series, which aired in 1995.
[1]
Produced by
Atlantis Communications
for
Showtime
in the United States and
CBC Television
in Canada,
[2]
the series starred comedian
Howie Mandel
alongside a supporting cast of comedians including
Stephen Furst
,
Tim Bagley
,
Deborah Theaker
, Jennifer Butt and Rob Cohen.
[3]
The series also included short videos created by one of its writers, then-unknown comedian
Louis C.K.
[4]
Guest performers appearing on the series included
Robert Smigel
,
Dave Foley
,
Gilbert Gottfried
,
Frankie Avalon
and
Moon Unit Zappa
.
The show aired on Showtime in summer 1995,
[5]
and was scheduled by CBC Television to premiere in September.
[1]
The series was not well-reviewed by critics, or successful in the ratings in either Canada or the United States.
[6]
Showtime aired all 13 episodes, but in Canada CBC Television cut the series after five episodes and scheduled the remainder for a
burn-off
run in summer 1996.
[6]
Neither network renewed the series for a second season.
[7]
Mandel garnered a
CableACE Award
nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy Series at the
17th CableACE Awards
.
[8]
References
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]
- ^
a
b
"Howie hurt by his critics".
Toronto Star
, July 13, 1995.
- ^
"CBC picks Gartner to replace Wallin".
Toronto Star
, June 3, 1995.
- ^
"Mandel's Sunny Skies does nothing for CBC credibility".
Ottawa Citizen
, October 11, 1995.
- ^
"The Short Films of Louis C.K."
Archived
2016-07-01 at the
Wayback Machine
.
Splitsider
, March 19, 2012.
- ^
"Stream of Howie: Showtime builds a sketch series around Mandel's ribald humor"
.
Los Angeles Times
, July 9, 1995.
- ^
a
b
"Mandel's comedy banished".
The Globe and Mail
, November 11, 1995.
- ^
"CBC unveils fall schedule".
Ottawa Citizen
, June 11, 1996.
- ^
"Canadians infiltrate TV awards: Atlantis Films lands 11 nominations".
The Globe and Mail
, September 22, 1995.
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