''Good God'' is a Canadian television

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series which premiered in April 2012 on

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. The show follows the life of character George Findlay, a role that

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reprised from '' The Newsroom'' and subsequent television projects. The series was originally slated to be the second season of Finkleman's previous HBO Canada project ''

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'', but was retitled in accordance with a change in the show's setting. The show was described in early media coverage as having been inspired in part by the launch of

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. In the show's first episode, for example, Findlay is forced to respond to allegations that his new venture is aspiring to be "

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North", an epithet which the real Sun News Network also faced both before and after its launch. The series was nominated for several awards at the

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and

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Overview

George Findlay (Finkleman) is a character who has been present in virtually all of Finkleman's past television projects, including ''The Newsroom'', ''Good Dog'', ''

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'', '' Foolish Heart'' and '' Foreign Objects''. A television producer, in ''Good God'' he has returned to television news as the new head of Right News, a

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channel. Despite identifying his own politics more with the

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side of the political spectrum, Findlay has been depicted in all of Finkleman's productions as self-centred,

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and unsympathetic, motivated far more by personal gain than deeply held principle, and given to political views that are often poorly thought out and sometimes

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in nature. The show's other principal stars are

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as Virginia Hailwood, the socialite daughter of the wealthy businessman who owns Right News and a former love interest of Findlay's, and

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as Shandy Sommers, the network's devoutly Christian morning show host. The cast also includes John Ralston, Jason Weinberg, Steven McCarthy,

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, Janet van de Graaf and John White."Ken Finkleman (and alter ego George Findlay) are back with 'Good God'
''

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'', April 5, 2012.

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''Good God''
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