EDMONTON – Super Channel has acquired the UK comedy series Damned from Lionsgate.
The six-episode first season will premiere March 27 at 9:00 PM ET on Super Channel Fuse, followed immediately followed by the six-episode second season, which will debut on May 8 at 9:00 PM ET. Each half-hour episode of Damned will also be available on Super Channel On Demand the day following its linear broadcast premiere.
Starring Jo Brand (Getting On) and Alan Davies (Bob & Rose, Jonathan Creek) Damned is a dark comedy series based around the lives of two jaded social workers. It is a sharply written, warmly comical and frequently poignant observation on what it means to try your best amidst the most frustrating of circumstances. (Right: Alan Davies and Jo Brand, pictured l to r)
In other company news, Super Channel has named Desiree Nelson (pictured below) to the newly created role of Super Channel Heart & Home ambassador.
Based in her home town of Saskatoon, Nelson’s primary responsibilities will be to act as a brand ambassador for Super Channel’s Heart & Home channel by liaising with targeted community groups at a grassroots level, to promote Heart & Home’s family safe programming to increase subscriber growth and awareness for the channel, reads the announcement.
In addition, she will be a contributor on an upcoming radio show that will air on Touch Canada radio stations (Shine FM and The Light AM) in Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary.
