''Rabbittown'' is a Canadian television comedy film, which aired on CBC Television on January 3, 2006. It aired alongside '' Cheap Draft'', with '' This Space for Rent'' airing the following evening, as part of "Comedy Week", a project to test the potential audience for the three shows as
pilot episodes
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."Vancouver sitcom among CBC's new comedic series". ''
Vancouver Sun
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'', December 30, 2005.
The program starred
Adriana Maggs
Adriana Maggs is a Canadian film and television actress, writer and director, best known for her debut feature film '' Grown Up Movie Star''.Sherry White
Sherry White is a Canadian film and television actress, writer and filmmaker, best known for her work as a producer and writer for the television series ''MVP'', ''Rookie Blue'' and ''Saving Hope''frenemies who work together at a hair salon in the Rabbittown neighbourhood of St. John's,
Newfoundland and Labrador
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. The program's advertising tagline was "Happiness is being one step ahead of your best friend."
The cast also included
Brenda Bazinet
Brenda Bazinet (born July 18, 1956) is a Canadian actress. She is a recipient of the Gemini Award and has been nominated four times for the Dora Mavor Moore Award.
Bazinet was born in 1956 in Saskatchewan and grew up there. She attended high sch ...
, Phil Churchill, Steve Cochrane, Blair Harvey, Joel Thomas Hynes, Andy Jones and Matthew Lemche. Maggs and White were the writers and producers.
''Rabbittown'' had the highest ratings of the three pilots,"The fresh face of CBC comedy?" ''
The Globe and Mail
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'', March 13, 2006. and was favourably reviewed by television critics, although none of the series was ultimately picked up."CBC program boss optimistic about future". ''
The Telegraph-Journal
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'', May 31, 2006. The CBC had previously used the same strategy to launch the series ''
Hatching, Matching and Dispatching
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'' and ''
Getting Along Famously
''Getting Along Famously'' is a Canadian sitcom which aired on CBC Television in 2006.
Set in the early 1960s, ''Getting Along Famously'' starred real-life couple Colin Mochrie and Debra McGrath as the hosts of a television variety show. Supporti ...
'', although new programming chief Kirstine Layfield announced soon after joining the network that she was discontinuing the strategy.