The Jane Show

The Jane Show
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Created byTeresa Pavlinek
Ralph Chapman
StarringTeresa Pavlinek
Kate Trotter
Andrew Misle
Hardee T. Lineham
Patricia Zentilli
Darren Boyd
Opening themevariation of "Better" by Steve Eggers
ComposerBlair Packham
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes27 + behind the scenes special
Production
Running time23 minutes
Original release
NetworkGlobal
Release15 December 2004 (2004-12-15) –
2 May 2007 (2007-05-02)
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The Jane Show is a Canadian television sitcom produced by Shaftesbury Films that was shown on Global from 2006 to 2007. The series stars Teresa Pavlinek as Jane Black, an aspiring novelist who takes a corporate job after her life undergoes a major upheaval.

Pavlinek was also a co-creator, producer and writer for the series,[1] alongside Ralph Chapman.

The show's cast also included Patricia Zentilli, Darren Boyd, Kate Trotter, Hardee T. Lineham, Nigel Shawn Williams and Andrew Misle.

Global originally aired the series pilot in December 2004, but retooled and redeveloped the program before ordering more episodes, which aired in 2006.[2] The second season aired in 2007. The show was officially cancelled by Global on June 28, 2007.[3]

  1. ^ "See Jane survive the office: Teresa Pavlinek takes a comic look at working life". Calgary Herald, February 7, 2007.
  2. ^ "The Jane Show, take two", Playback, 9 January 2006.
  3. ^ Vlessing, Etan (28 June 2007). "Global fires Jane". Playback. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2011.