| Less Than Kind | |
|---|---|
 Title design by Cuppa Coffee Studios | |
| Genre | Comedy drama |
| Created by | Marvin Kaye Chris Sheasgreen |
| Directed by | James Dunnison Bruce McDonald Mark McKinney Kelly Makin Douglas Mitchell Henry Sarwer-Foner Shawn Alex Thompson Gary Yates Marvin Kaye Chris Sheasgreen |
| Starring | Jesse Camacho Wendel Meldrum Benjamin Arthur Nancy Sorel Emma Bambrick Maury Chaykin Brooke Palsson |
| Theme music composer | The Weakerthans |
| Opening theme | "One Great City!" |
| Composer | Richard Pell |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 48 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark McKinney Marvin Kaye Chris Sheasgreen Phyllis Laing Ira Levy Peter Williamson |
| Producers | Jan Peter Meyboom Kirsten Scollie Paula J. Smith |
| Production locations | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Cinematography | David Perrault Mike Marshal |
| Editors | Gareth C. Scales Paul Winestock Matt Hannam Craig Webster |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Buffalo Gal Pictures Breakthrough Films & Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Citytv |
| Release | October 13, 2008 – February 2, 2009 |
| Network | HBO Canada |
| Release | February 19, 2010 – July 14, 2013 |
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Less Than Kind is a 2008–13 Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon Blecher, a teenager growing up in a loving but dysfunctional Jewish family in Winnipeg. The show's cast also includes Maury Chaykin and Wendel Meldrum as Sheldon's parents, Benjamin Arthur as his older brother Josh, and Nancy Sorel as his aunt Clara. The Blechers struggle to operate a driving school out of their home in Winnipeg's fading North End. Less Than Kind made its debut October 13, 2008, on Citytv, and moved to HBO Canada in February 2010.[1]
The ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed series won Canadian Comedy Awards in 2009 and 2010.[2] Less Than Kind received the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series[3] and the inaugural award for Best Comedy Series at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards.
The title sequence and logo for Less Than Kind were inspired by an iconic highway sign at Winnipeg's Confusion Corner intersection, depicting arrows pointing in every direction.[4][5]
The name of the series is found in the first line spoken by Hamlet (Act 1, Scene 2): "A little more than kin, and less than kind."
- ^ Less Than Kind Season Two To Air On HBO Canada
- ^ Canadian Comedy Awards Archives Archived July 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine; retrieved November 14, 2010.
- ^ "Less Than Kind wins 3 Geminis". CBC News, November 13, 2010; retrieved November 14, 2010
- ^ Cuppa Coffee Studios Archived June 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine broadcast title design description
- ^ Osborne & Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Google Maps Canada)