CraveTV orders ‘Letterkenny’ as first original series

OTTAWA – CraveTV, in partnership with The Comedy Network, has commissioned its first original Canadian series, a half-hour comedy named Letterkenny.Based on the internet hit Letterkenny Problems, a five-part series of shorts which have garnered more than 8 million views and earned a Canadian Screen Award nomination in 2014 for Best Web Series, the six-part comedy series is about a good-ol’ country boy named Wayne trying to protect his homegrown way of life on the farm, against a world that is constantly evolving around him.Letterkenny is created by Listowel, ON native Jared Keeso (pictured), who stars as Wayne and is also...