How to Buy a Baby

How to Buy a Baby is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in November 2017 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's web platform and on YouTube.[1] Created by Wendy Litner and based on her own experiences having to pursue fertility treatment to conceive a pregnancy,[2] the series stars Meghan Heffern and Marc Bendavid as Jane and Charlie, a couple going through the fertility treatment process.[3]

It was produced by LoCo Motion Pictures, and debuted on the CBC Comedy YouTube channel on November 13, 2017.[4] It was transferred to CBC Gem when that platform launched in 2018.[5] Season one was directed by Molly McGlynn and season two was directed by Adriana Maggs.[6] The series is executive produced by Lauren Corber and Wendy Litner. It has won several accolades, including Best Comedy Series at the 9th annual Indie Series Awards.[7] At the 46th International Emmy Awards, the show was a finalist for Best Short Form Series.[8]

  1. ^ "New show finds the funny side of infertility". Canadian Jewish News. November 29, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "I made a TV show about infertility…and it’s a comedy". Today's Parent, November 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "How to Buy a Baby a new web series that finds humour in infertility"[permanent dead link‍]. canada.com, November 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "How to Buy a Baby on CBC". Playback. November 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "How to Buy a Baby among winners at Canadian Screen Awards digital gala". Waterloo Chronicle, March 29, 2019.
  6. ^ Townsend, Kelly. "In brief: GLAAD awards Dan Levy for LGBTQ work". Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  7. ^ Malyk, Lauren (April 6, 2018). "How to Buy a Baby wins best comedy at the Indie Series Awards". Retrieved 2020-12-17.
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