''Discussions avec mes parents'' ("Conversations with My Parents") is a Canadian television comedy series, which premiered in 2018 on
Ici Radio-Canada Télé
Ici Radio-Canada Télé (formerly known as Télévision de Radio-Canada) is a Canadian French-language free-to-air television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada), the national pub ...
. A fictionalized version of the life of comedian
François Morency based on his book, the series is set in
Quebec City and stars Morency as himself, alongside
Vincent Bilodeau and
Marie-Ginette Guay
Marie-Ginette Guay is a Canadian film and television actress from Quebec. She is most noted for her performance as Lucette Simoneau in the film ''Continental, a Film Without Guns (Continental, un film sans fusil)'', for which she was a Genie Award ...
as his parents Jean-Pierre and Rollande, Blaise Tardif as his brother Reynald, and Caroline Bouchard as his sister Judith.
The series premiered on September 10, 2018, and is filmed in
Montreal,
Quebec. A second season aired in 2019, a third season aired in 2020, with a fourth season slated to air in 2021.
In June 2021, it was announced that
NBCUniversal has purchased rights to produce an American remake of the series.
[Naman Ramachandran]
"NBCUniversal Takes Format Rights for Canadian Hit Show ‘Conversations With My Parents’"
'' Variety'', June 9, 2021.
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2018 Canadian television series debuts
2010s Canadian sitcoms
2020s Canadian sitcoms
Ici Radio-Canada Télé original programming
Television shows filmed in Montreal
Television shows set in Quebec City
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