Being Erica

Being Erica
First season intertitle
Also known asThe Session
GenreComedy drama
Created byJana Sinyor
Starring
Opening theme"All I Ever Wanted to Be" performed by Lily Frost
Composers
  • Trevor Yuile
  • Lily Frost (season 1)
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes49 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • David Fortier
  • Ivan Schneeberg
  • Aaron Martin
  • Jana Sinyor
[1]
Producers
  • James Hurst (season 1)
  • Karen McClellan (seasons 2–3)
  • Steve Wakerfied (season 2)
  • Regina Robb (season 3)
  • Brenda Greenberg (season 4)
  • Claire Welland (season 4)
Production locationsToronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
Camera setupPanavision
Running time45 minutes
Production companyTemple Street Productions
Original release
NetworkCBC
ReleaseJanuary 5, 2009 (2009-01-05) –
December 12, 2011 (2011-12-12)
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Being Erica is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that aired on CBC from January 5, 2009, to December 12, 2011.[2] Created by Jana Sinyor, the series was originally announced by the CBC as The Session, but was later retitled Being Erica before debuting in 2009.[3] It is produced by Temple Street Productions and distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide. The show stars Erin Karpluk as Erica Strange, a woman who begins seeing a therapist to deal with regrets in her life, only to discover a therapist (Michael Riley) who has the ability to send her back in time to actually relive these events and even change them.

In Canada, the second season premiered on September 22, 2009.[4] Only 12 episodes were produced for the second season due to budget cuts at the CBC. On May 11, 2010, the CBC announced that Being Erica was renewed for a third season of 13 episodes. Soapnet announced that it was picking up the full third season as well.[5][6] Season 3 debuted on September 21, 2010, at 9 pm ET, on CBC Television.[7] In the United States, Season 3 began airing on Soapnet starting January 26, 2011.[8]

The show's fourth and final season aired from September to December 2011.[9] Although the show was never officially cancelled by the CBC, Sinyor told TV Guide during the fourth season run that the series had reached a natural conclusion and she had "no plans" to write or produce a fifth season.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Temple Street Productions and CBC Television Announce the Start of Production on their newest collaboration: Being Erica" (PDF). Holmes Creative Communications for Temple Street Productions. September 22, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2011. Retrieved December 22, 2008.
  2. ^ Harris, Bill (October 28, 2008). "It's ladies night every night/CBC unveils new series Wild Roses and Being Erica". Toronto Sun. Retrieved December 16, 2008.
  3. ^ "Erin Karpluk plucked out of obscurity by CBC" Archived April 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine CanWest News Service, April 22, 2008.
  4. ^ "CBC Television – Being Erica Season II". CBC. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
  5. ^ "Being Erica renewed for season 3, but sans boyfriends!". Archived from the original on May 13, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  6. ^ "Being Erica renewed for 3rd season, TVBtN". Archived from the original on May 14, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  7. ^ "Being Erica – season 3: the press release". June 7, 2010. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  8. ^ "Being Erica Returns for Season 3 in January". TVGuide.com. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  9. ^ "CBC Renews Lots of Stuff". Macleans. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
  10. ^ "Is there still life left in ‘Being Erica?’"[permanent dead link‍]. TV Guide, October 24, 2011.