CBC, Lionsgate announce new comedy series Son of a Critch

ST. JOHNS – CBC and Lionsgate announced today they have partnered up with Schitt’s Creek producer Andrew Barnsley and comedian-actor-writer Mark Critch on a new comedy series, Son of a Critch, created by Critch and Tim McAuliffe (The Office, Lase Man on Earth). Based on Critch’s best-selling memoir, Son of a Critch “is the hilarious and very real story of 11-year-old Mark coming of age in St. John’s, Newfoundland in the 80s,” says a press release. “It’s a heartfelt window into the life of a child – much older inside than his 11 years – using comedy and self-deprecation to win...