Dark comedy ‘Get Shorty’ to premiere September 20 on Super Channel

EDMONTON - Super Channel has acquired the dark comedy Get Shorty from MGM Television.Based in part on the 1990 best-selling novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard, the ten-episode hour-long series will make its Canadian broadcast premiere on September 20 at 9:00 PM ET (SC1), and each episode will also be available to viewers on Super Channel On Demand the day following its weekly linear broadcast.Produced by MGM Television, Get Shorty stars Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA TV Award nominee Chris O’Dowd (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, The Sapphires, Bridesmaids) and multiple Emmy winner Ray Romano (Everybody Loves Raymond, Men of a Certain Age,...