''My 90-Year-Old Roommate'' is a Canadian comedy

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, which premiered in 2016 on the

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's Punchline comedy web platform. Created by Ethan Cole, the series stars Cole as a fictionalized version of himself, an underemployed young man who moves in with his recently widowed 90-year-old grandfather Joe (

Paul Soles Paul Robert Soles (August 11, 1930 – May 26, 2021) was a Canadian actor and television personality. He led the voice cast in such series as ''The Marvel Super Heroes'' (1966), voiced the title character in ''Spider-Man'' (1967), and portraye ...

). At the

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in 2017, Soles won the award for Best Actor in a Digital Program or Series."CBC web series score wins as Canadian Screen Awards celebrate all things digital"

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, March 10, 2017.

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* Canadian comedy web series CBC Gem original programming 2016 web series debuts {{Canada-comedy-tv-prog-stub