Abroad (TV series)

Abroad is a Canadian sketch comedy television series, which debuted in 2022 on OMNI Television.[1] Created by Isabel Kanaan, the series presents comedy sketches in both English and Tagalog, inspired by Kanaan's own experience as a Filipino immigrant to Canada.[2]

The cast also includes Justin Santiago, Nicco Lorenzo Garcia, Joy Castro and Aldrin Bundoc, with guest appearances by Christian Smith, Jon Blair, Nile Seguin, Natalie Metcalfe, Paloma Nuñez, Jillian Welsh, Sharjil Rasool, Carolyn Fe, Adelio Moras, Byron Abalos, Li Chen and Alanis Foroughi.[3]

The series was produced by Longhope Media.[4]

The series received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023.

  1. ^ Lisa Evans, "Queer Filipina comedian Isabel Kanaan stars in a new comedy series on OMNI TV". Canadian Immigrant, July 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "‘Abroad:’ Comedian Isabel Kanaan represents Filipino immigrants’ stories in sketch comedy series". Philippine Canadian Inquirer, June 15, 2022.
  3. ^ Gene Pereira, "Filmed in Oakville, Abroad allows Burlington’s Kanaan to show emigrating to Canada challenging, but funny too". In Halton, May 6, 2022.
  4. ^ Liza Sardi, "Second Jen star brings first sketch comedy series to OMNI". Playback, November 26, 2021.