EDMONTON — Two new half-hour comedies which follow the life of one blended, interracial family will have their Canadian premiere on Super Channel Heart & Home this April, pay-TV operator Super Channel announced today.
The Parker Andersons (10 x 30 minutes) will premiere April 19 at 8 p.m. ET, followed by Amelia Parker (10 x 30) at 8:30 p.m. ET. Each episode will also be available on Super Channel On Demand, the day following its weekly linear broadcast.
Produced by marblemedia and Beachwood Canyon Productions, the two interconnected scripted series were both shot in Toronto.
The Parker Andersons follows Tony Parker, a British widower and father of two (Nathan and Amelia), who moves to the United States, where he marries Cleo Anderson, the mother of two kids (Victoria and Charlie). Amelia Parker centres around the quietest member of the Parker Anderson family, a tween girl who has been selectively mute since her mother died a few years ago.
The two series star Arnold Pinnock (Cardinal, Coroner, Baroness Von Sketch) as Tony Parker, Kate Hewlett (The Stanley Dynamic, Degrassi: The Next Generation, The Girlfriend Experience) as Cleo Anderson, Millie Davis (Odd Squad, Dino Dana, Wonder, Orphan Black) as Amelia Parker, Agape Mngomezulu (Best Intentions, The Twilight Zone, Supernatural) as Nathan Parker, Devin Cecchetto (Ginny & Georgia, The Craft) as Victoria Anderson, and Charlie Zeltzer (The Handmaid’s Tale, Anne With an E) as Charlie Anderson.
The series’ “unique storytelling format allows viewers to get to know the Parker Andersons from two distinct perspectives and provides a refreshing look into the hilarious and heartwarming lives of this blended family, that we are sure Heart & Home viewers will connect with,” said Jackie Pardy, chief content officer for Super Channel, in a press release.
Showrunner and executive producer for both series is Anthony Farrell. Other executive producers include marblemedia’s Mark Bishop, Matt Hornburg, Carrie Paupst Shaughnessy and co-executive producer Donna Luke, and Beachwood Canyon’s Frank van Keeken and Yolanda Yott.
