''Comedy Inc.'' is a Canadian

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television series.Brendan Kelly, "Sketch-comedy chemistry". ''

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'', June 13, 2005. It aired on CTV,

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and

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from 2003 until 2007.

Cast

The show starred

Roman Danylo Roman Danylo (born in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian comedian, improviser and actor based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is best known for his starring role in the CTV Television Network show '' Comedy Inc.'' Career As a teen, Danylo r ...

Aurora Browne Aurora Browne is a Canadian actress and comedian, best known as one of the creators and stars of the sketch comedy series ''Baroness von Sketch Show''. Early life She is originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, and currently based in Toronto. Care ...

, Jen Goodhue, Albert Howell, Terry McGurrin,

Winston Spear Winston Spear (born 1965) is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor originally from Montreal, Quebec. He is the winner of the 2003 Canadian Comedy Award for Best Male Stand-up and was a member of the cast of sketch comedy shows '' Comedy Inc. ...

Jennifer Robertson Jennifer Robertson (born November 24, 1971) is a Canadian actress, writer, and comedian. She is known for her starring role as Jocelyn Schitt in the CBC Emmy Award-winning sitcom ''Schitt's Creek'' (2015–2020), for which she was nominated fo ...

Renee Percy Renee Percy (born November 14 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress, writer, and comedian. Percy is best known for her work on the sketch comedy shows Air Farce Live and CTV/Comedy Network's ''Comedy Inc'', and for her Comedy Now! Special "W ...

Gavin Stephens Gavin Stephens is a Canadian comedian. He is most noted for his 2021 comedy album ''All Inclusive Coma'', for which he was a Juno Award nominee for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2022. He was previously a cast member of the sketch ...

Ian Sirota Ian Sirota is a Canadians, Canadian stand-up and sketch comedian, who was a cast member of the television sketch series ''Comedy Inc. (Canadian TV series), Comedy Inc.'' in the 2000s. A native of Montreal, Quebec, Sirota began his comedy career as ...

and

Nikki Payne Nikki Payne (also credited as Nikkie Payne), is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Born with a cleft palate, she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act. She has won three Canadian Co ...

Awards

The cast received a

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nomination for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series at the

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in 2007. Danylo was nominated for Best Individual Performance in a Comedy Program or Series at the

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in 2004, and Sirota was nominated in the same category at the

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in 2008. ''Comedy Inc.'' was nominated for a

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for Best Writing in a Television Series in 2006. The series won the Gold World Medal at the New York Festivals for ''Best TV Variety Program'' in both 2005 and 2006."CTV's Comedy Inc. Stock Rises With Repeat Win at New York Festivals". '' Canada NewsWire'', January 30, 2006.

References

External links

* CTV Television Network original programming CTV 2 original programming 2003 Canadian television series debuts 2000s Canadian sketch comedy television series CTV Comedy Channel original programming 2007 Canadian television series endings {{Canada-comedy-tv-prog-stub