''New Eden'' is a Canadian television

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series, created by and starring

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and Kayla Lorette. The series centres on Grace Lee (Rosen) and Katherine Wryfield (Lorette), the leaders of an all-female

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compound, through the narrative frame of a fictional

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documentary series profiling the cult's descent into chaos and murder. The first season was directed by

Aleysa Young Aleysa Young is a Canadian television director. She is most noted for her work as a director of ''Baroness von Sketch Show'', for which she won a Canadian Screen Award for Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the 8th Ca ...

. The first season was released on the Crave streaming service on December 31, 2019, one day ahead of the promoted release date of January 1, 2020.

Season one

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External links

Crave TV web page
* 2010s Canadian sitcoms 2019 Canadian television series debuts English-language television shows Television series by Bell Media Television shows filmed in Ontario Canadian comedy web series Crave original programming Television series about cults Canadian mockumentary television series {{Canada-comedy-tv-prog-stub