''Testees'' is a
Canadian
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television series
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, created by
Kenny Hotz
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and written and produced by Kenny Hotz and
Derek Harvie. Testees originally aired on Thursdays at 10:30 PM EST on
FX and ran from October 9, 2008, to December 18, 2008 and debuted on October 14, 2008, on Showcase in Canada. The show is filmed in
Toronto
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and
Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
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,
Ontario
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. After one season, Testees was not renewed by FX.
Premise
The series follows two friends (
Steve Markle and Jeff Kassel) as they work as human
test subjects at Testico, a product testing Facility. Besides being an obvious play on
testes
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– including the descended double "e" in its logo – the show's title plays up the Vulnerability of test subjects, which is the source of much of the humor in the series.
Episodes
Home releases
Paradox Entertainment
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released the entire series on DVD in Region 1 (Canada only) on February 22, 2011.
On April 26, 2011,
Entertainment One released the entire series on DVD in the US.
References
External links
Official section of show creator's website*
Testees Pilot on Kenny Hotz's Official channel
{{FX network programming
2008 Canadian television series debuts
2008 Canadian television series endings
Showcase (Canadian TV channel) original programming
FX Networks original programming
2000s Canadian sitcoms
2000s Canadian workplace comedy television series
Television series by Entertainment One