Letterkenny Problems garnered a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Fiction Program or Series Created for Digital Media at the 2nd Canadian Screen Awards in 2014. The original Letterkenny Problems consisted almost entirely of Keeso and Dales trading off comedic one-liners while simply standing in various locations. The show has its roots in Letterkenny Problems, a short-format web series created by Keeso and released on YouTube in 2013. Letterkenny is the first original series commissioned by Crave, and premiered on that platform on February 7, 2016. The series is filmed in Sudbury, Ontario. Kamilla Kowal as Bonnie McMurray (season 9 recurring seasons 1–8).
Sarah Gadon as Gae (seasons 3, 6 guest star season 5).Mark Forward as Coach (season 3–present recurring seasons 1–2).Evan Stern as Roald (season 3–present recurring seasons 1–2).Kaniehtiio Horn as Tanis (season 2–present recurring season 1).Lisa Codrington as Gail (season 2–present recurring season 1).
Plots often revolve around Wayne defending his reputation as "the toughest guy in Letterkenny", the exploits of the town's hockey team who rarely win, the skids' schemes to rip off the residents of both Letterkenny and the natives, and Wayne's dating life after dumping his high school sweetheart who cheated on him. Įpisodes deal with small-town life amongst different types of people: the farmers (the "hicks"), the out-of-towners who make up the local ice hockey team, the town's closeted minister, the drug addicts (the "skids"), members of the nearby First Nation reserve (the "natives"), the local Mennonites, and the Québécois. These are their problems." The series focuses on siblings Wayne and Katy, who run a small farm and produce stand with help from Wayne's friends Daryl and Squirrely Dan. Letterkenny revolves around a small rural Canadian community of the same name, and most episodes open with the text: "There are 5000 people in Letterkenny. 4.16 International Women's Day special (2022).Īt the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, the series won the award for Best Comedy Series. In May 2019, Hulu acquired exclusive rights to the series and future seasons in the United States. Subsequent seasons were added on December 27, 2018. In the United States, Letterkenny is distributed by Hulu and the first two seasons debuted on July 13, 2018. Perfect's Day", the town was named after Letterkenny, Ireland, and was populated by Irish immigrants escaping the 1840s potato famine. According to the prologue of the 2017 episode "St. The show follows the residents of Letterkenny, a fictional rural community in Ontario loosely based on Keeso's hometown of Listowel, Ontario. The series began as a YouTube web series titled Letterkenny Problems, and it was commissioned as a television series by Crave in March 2015 and it debuted in February 2016. Letterkenny is a Canadian television sitcom created by Jared Keeso, developed and written primarily by Keeso and Jacob Tierney, directed by Tierney, and starring Keeso alongside Nathan Dales, Michelle Mylett, and K.