''Hatching, Matching and Dispatching'' is a

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television

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, which aired on

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on 2006. The show starred Mary Walsh as Mamie Lou Furey, the matriarch of a family in Cats Gut Cove,

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who owns a combination

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and funeral business.[https://archive.today/20130115092855/http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2006/11/30/2560862.html "Walsh hatches new comedy on CBC"]. canoe.ca, January 12, 2005. The show's title — and a basic summary of its premise — had previously appeared as a one-time gag in a "Wake of the Week" sketch on ''CODCO''. The cast included

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''Mark McKinney Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, which includes starring in the 1989 to 1995 TV series '' The Kids in the Hall'' and ...

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and Susan Kent. Hynes, White and Walsh were also writers for the series, along with Ed Macdonald and

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'' and ''

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''. The CBC employed a viewer response poll to gauge interest in these pilots, a technique previously employed with the shows ''

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'' and ''

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''. ''Hatching, Matching and Dispatching'' began shooting its first season of six episodes in

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on July 18, 2005 and began airing as a regular series on January 6, 2006 with six episodes, following a rebroadcast of the original pilot on December 30, 2005. The episodes were repeated from July 18 to August 22, 2006. The CBC subsequently announced the cancellation of the series after its sole season."Mary Walsh coping with laughter"
canoe.ca, November 30, 2006. Newfoundland musician Ron Hynes composed and performed the show's theme song. At the

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, Walsh and Macdonald won the award for Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series, for the series pilot.

''A Christmas Fury''

In September 2016, Walsh confirmed a television film based on the series was in production. Directed by

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, ''A Christmas Fury'' premiered on CBC on December 3, 2017. Walsh and McKinney received

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nominations for lead actress and lead actor in a limited series or dramatic program at the

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in 2019.

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*{{IMDb title, 0446527 CBC Television original programming 2005 Canadian television series debuts 2006 Canadian television series endings Television shows set in Newfoundland and Labrador Television shows filmed in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Television series by Insight Productions 2000s Canadian sitcoms