TORONTO – Canadian TV sitcom Corner Gas has struck its first international streaming deal with Amazon Prime.
Beginning Wednesday, all 107 episodes of the six-season series plus the 90-minute film Corner Gas: The Movie is available in over 60 countries and territories, including the U.S., U.K., Australia, and New Zealand. In Canada, the Corner Gas live action series, movie and new animated series are available exclusively on Bell Media’s Crave service.
During its entire six-season run that began in January 2004, Corner Gas was the top primetime sitcom (Canadian or American) in Canada, maintaining an average audience of 1.4 million viewers. The series finale made television history when a record-breaking 3.02 million viewers tuned in on April 13, 2009, and it remains the largest audience on record for a Canadian scripted television series.
The Corner Gas franchise is produced by Virginia Thompson of Vérité Films, and Brent Butt and David Storey of 335 Productions, in association with commissioning broadcasters CTV and The Comedy Network.
“For years, fans have been asking when the original series and movie would be available on SVOD outside of Canada," said Thompson, in the news release. "We couldn’t be happier to bring Corner Gas to fans in new corners of the world this holiday season.”
