Multi-platform comedy series sees Canada take on New Zealand

TORONTO and AUCKLAND - It’s Canada versus New Zealand in The Nations!, a new co-production featuring homegrown comedians Seán Cullen and Jarred Christmas competing for bragging rights to claim his country as the best.The entire ten-part, five-minute digital series will begin streaming February 29 on CBC’s digital comedy portal Punchline and March 1 on TVNZ OnDemand. The webisodes feature hosts Seán and Jarred in a series of good-natured competitions highlighting challenges – from taste tests to a comedy matchup, from white water rafting to glamping – and themes – from music to politics, and romance to wildlife. The direction of the...