TORONTO – CTV announced that production began today on a new half-hour, original comedy series that the network will premiere this summer.
| Luke Macfarlane (left) and Ryan Belleville star in a CTV’s new comedy series called Satisfaction. |
Satisfaction, produced by DHX Media Ltd. in association with CTV and Lionsgate, stars award-winning comic Ryan Belleville, Luke Macfarlane, and Leah Renee. From creator Tim McAuliffe, the 13-episode new series will be shooting in and around Toronto until July 2013.
“With the winning combination of creator Tim McAuliffe’s comedic vision, the production strength of DHX Media Ltd., and a talented and funny all-Canadian cast, SATISFACTION is firing on all cylinders as it starts production,” said Corrie Coe, Bell Media’s senior vice-president of independent production, in a release.
SATISFACTION takes a humorous look at a group of friends who are in a transitional phase in their lives and completely uninhibited, as they share their relationship woes and romantic wins, life crises, and personal ambitions.
The comedy centres on three twenty-something friends who live together: Mark Movenpick (Ryan Belleville), the single guy, along with Jason Howell (Luke Macfarlane) and Maggie Bronson (Leah Renee), the couple.
Based on real-life experiences, Satisfaction contrasts the benefits and drawbacks of being both attached and unattached, where casual sex meets long dry spells, and where committed love meets long-term predictability.
Directors on the series this season include Shawn Alex Thompson, Jason Priestley, Mike Clattenburg, James Dunnison, Steve Wright, and Keith Samples. Executive producers are Michael Donovan and Tim McAuliffe.
