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[White Raven]

That list is rather misleading, cause shows made in Canada locations are not true Canadian shows. Here's my list of real Canadian shows that I've watched throughout my life (starting in my kid years and going to the present):

~Degrassi Jr. High
~Romper Room
~Polkadot Door
~Mr. Dressup
~Train 48
~Degrassi Jr. High - The Next Generation (Kevin Smith loves this show and appears often)
~Kids in the Hall
~The Red Green Show
~Made in Canada
~This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Only up to the point where Rick Mercer, Mary Walsh and Greg Thomey were still there)
~Royal Canadian Air Farce
~The Nature of Things with David Suzuki
~Corner Gas
~Trailer Park Boys
~Hockey Night in Canada

That's all I can think of right now. Being a kid I grew up without cable TV so I was "forced" to watch only the Canadian stations.

[Giga Guess]

Originally Posted by roto13-ness ^

I wouldn't call any show Canadian unless it was produced in Canada. Come on. The X-Files is a Fox show. It's as Canadian as The OC.

Of all of the actual Canadian shows I've seen, the only ones I bothered to watch more than once are The Rick Mercer Report, This Hour has 22 Minutes, and Made in Canada (see a theme?). I haven't watched any of them in a while.

That's the funny thing...Canadian content used to (And still might) go by ANY reference to Canada. Filmed in Canada, has a Canadian actor...anything. This was why I asked my question.

[Chemical]

I believe a Canadian show is filmed in Canada. The fact that X-Files doesn't exude "Canadianess" doesn't mean its not Canadian.

I'm Canadian and I highly doubt I'm stereotypically Canadian... to say that X-Files isn't Canadian because it doesn't look Canadian somehow denotes there's this particular way all Canadian TV must look... but frankly Canadian produced television is diverse in style and content because we're made of a diverse amount of people.

The great part of Canada is that you can be American, come to Canada and be Canadian. There's no assimilation, it's more of an integration about what your history of experiences can add to the "Canadian Mosaic."

And since our portfolio is so shotty we shouldn't kick a gift horse in the mouth

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Originally Posted by Chemical ^

I believe a Canadian show is filmed in Canada. The fact that X-Files doesn't exude "Canadianess" doesn't mean its not Canadian.

No, but the fact that its creator and foremost actors are American does.

[Chemical]

Originally Posted by Kawaii Ryûkishi ^

No, but the fact that its creator and foremost actors are American does.

Semantics.

(David Decovney is Canadian; script writers Canadian; filmographers Canadian; physical environment Canadian)

[crazybayman]

Its all about Showcase. Canadian TV at its best . Trailer Park Boys is the only show I make it a point to watch.

Then there's the shows that come on after, like the already mentioned Rent-A-Goalie, and Billable Hours. What I love about Billable Hours is that I can relate first hand to the humour associated with working in an office job.

And then there's Kenny vs. Spenny. Brilliant.

Another one is "Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia". Although I'm not sure if it actually is Canadian. Hilarious, in any case.

[Hsu]

I think shows being produced by American companies and airing initially in America kind of disqualifies it as a Canadian show.

I think the only Canadian-produced show I've seen has been The Red Green Show, which gets some s from me.

[crazybayman]

Originally Posted by Red Green

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