Andrew Phung: Last News

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Q. Farrell, who was among the writers of NBC sitcom The Office, has been tapped as showrunner for season two of CBC comedy Run the Burbs.

There will not be a fourth season of Canadian comedy Run the Burbs. Co-creator and star Andrew Phung shared the news Thursday on Instagram that CBC has canceled the series after three seasons.

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian comedy Run the Burbs has been picked up by Hulu for its second window in the U.S.

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian comedy Run the Burbs is in production for its third run.

“Keep your crayons sharp.”

Simu Liu’s girlfriend has got game.

It’s all about family.

The CW has unveiled its slate of original scripted and unscripted programming set to debut on the network this summer.

Amber Dowling Jennica Harper and Nela Handa are taking over showrunning duties on CBC’s “Run The Burbs” for the comedy’s third season. The show was renewed a week before the Season 2 finale in March for a planned winter 2024 broadcast. Harper and Handa are long-time collaborators, having worked together for three seasons on the Bell Media series “JANN” starring Jann Arden. Harper served as showrunner on all three seasons of the series, along with the 2022 holiday special. The Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award winner’s other credits include “Spencer Sisters,” “Skymed” and “Cardinal.” Handa wrote on the first two seasons of “Run The Burbs” and also won a Peabody Award for her contribution to the first season of the CBC/Max series “Sort Of.” In 2021 she also won a Canadian Screen Award for best writing on “The Baroness Von Sketch Show.” In February, she was one of six participants named to the second year of CBC, BIPOC TV & Film and CFC’s Showrunner Catalyst Program.

The Weeknd took the Junos by storm last night.

Host Simu Liu needed some help getting the 2022 Juno Awards started.

Naman Ramachandran CTV’s “Transplant” led television honors at the Canadian Screen Awards with eight wins including best drama series, best lead actor, drama series for Hamza Haq and best lead actress, drama series for Laurence Leboeuf.The final season of CBC’s “Kim’s Convenience” won three Canadian Screen Awards, including Paul Sun-Hyung Lee for best lead actor, comedy; Jean Yoon for best lead actress, comedy; and Andrew Phung for best supporting actor, comedy, marking his fifth win in this category. The award for best comedy series went to CBC’s “Sort Of.”Film honors were led by Shasha Nakhai and Rich Williamson’s “Scarborough,” which won eight Canadian Screen Awards including best motion picture, achievement in direction and the John Dunning best first feature film award.

The final two episodes of the first season of Prime Video’s “LOL: Last One Laughing” drop on Friday, March 4, with the finale revealing which of the 10 Canadian comedy icons will be declared the winner of the competition which the comedians pull out all the stops to eliminate each other with laughter.

With the second batch of episodes dropping on Friday, Feb. 25, the comedy competition is heating up in Prime Video’s “LOL: Last One Laughing Canada”, in which 10 of Canada’s top comedians attempt to crack up the others while sequestered together for six hours, with the final comic remaining winning a big donation for the charity of their choice.

Get ready to bust a gut while 10 of Canada’s funniest comedians try not to.

What happens when you put 10 of Canada’s funniest people in a single room together, “Big Brother”-style?

Sasha Urban editorNew York-based streaming network FilmRise has acquired the FAST (free ad-supported streaming) rights to Canadian comedy series “Kim’s Convenience,” following an agreement with Canadian production company Thunderbird Entertainment, FilmRise announced on Wednesday. The show’s five seasons, which are currently available by subscription VOD on Netflix, will have their own dedicated channel in addition to populating on some of the platform’s other channels globally. FilmRise plans to offer the show to FAST channels on IMDb TV, Pluto, The Roku Channel, Samsung TV+, the FilmRise Streaming Network and others.Based on Ins Choi’s award-winning play of the same name, “Kim’s Convenience” tells the story of a Korean-Canadian family that runs a convenience store in Toronto.

EXCLUSIVE: CBC has set Rakhee Morzaria (Note to Self), Zoriah Wong (Nancy Drew) and Roman Pesino (Odd Squad) as part of the main cast of Run The Burbs, the upcoming family comedy from Kim’s Convenience alum Andrew Phung and The Secret Marathon‘s Scott Towend. The series is currently in production in and around Toronto and Hamilton.

Kim’s Convenience stars Andrew Phung and Nicole Power have landed their next projects at Canada’s CBC, less than a month after the comedy’s producers said the series would end with its fifth season. Their latest titles will launch during the upcoming 2021-22 broadcast season.

New Year’s Eve doesn’t have to be a drag being stuck at home.

Peter White Television EditorPier 21 Films, the company behind CTV’s Canadian political satire series The Beaverton is beefing up its development team.The company has hired former CBC executive Karen Tsang to the role of Vice President of Development and promoted Bill Lundy to Senior Vice President of Development.Lundy and Tsang will report to Pier 21 Films’ Chief Operating Officer Nicole Butler and will work across its development slate and its search for new IP.This development slate includes new half-hour projects from the likes of The Beaverton’s Emma Hunter and Kim’s Convenience’s Andrew Phung.