News: CBC passes on Fancy; Fancy pilot to air March 2011
Fancy is about children’s show host Maureen Fancy (Kate Hewlett.) Fancy is cheery on-set, and miserable away from the camera. Playback and Hollywood Reporter scribe Etan Vlessing also mentions Patrick McKenna and Jana Peck as part of the cast.
Pfahl co-founded Gang of 2 with Angus Fraser. Pfahl and Fraser recently produced The Cult, a pilot which aired on CBC earlier in 2010.
While Fancy‘s premise isn’t original, I think the idea could sustain a series. CBC Television has shied away from dark comedies as of late, given CBC’s shift to lighter dramas and reality shows.
100 Things Every Man Should Know and Floorwalker are still in development with CBC. A third CBC/Gang of 2 project, After, is no longer being developed.
I’d like to see at least one Gang of 2 product get past CBC Television’s pilot stage. I’m not one to complain about CBC’s existence, but why does CBC keep rejecting shows I might be interested in? There’s something scary about HBO Canada, APTN and Showcase being the vanguards of edgier comedy in this country.
CBC has been sucking ass for years. Look how long it took them to get rid of Royal Canadian Air Farce… and This Hour Has 22 Minutes is STILL on the air after being really bad the last few years and the last two years especially have been just bloody unwatchable. Little Mosque, etc, etc, who wants this crap? Angers me b/c it’s our tax dollars being spent to make shows I wouldn’t watch with somebody else’s eyes.
Comment by Regal Marc — August 25, 2010 @ 4:58 pm
Caught Fancy by chance last night and really, really enjoyed it. Watched it again with my husband and he thought it was pretty good too. We’re capable of doing funny stuff in Canada, we just don’t support it and the CBC could have given the show an ad or two to let us know it was coming on.
Comment by Lynda — March 29, 2011 @ 7:32 pm
I just finished watching Fancy and I thought it was pretty funny, especially when the ticket lady kept hitting on everyone… hilarious! I would watch it again for sure. Plus it is nice to see Kate Hewlett again, she kicks ass!
Comment by Haley — April 2, 2011 @ 7:54 am