Little Dog (TV series)

Little Dog
GenreComedy drama[1]
Created byJoel Thomas Hynes
Starring
ComposerErica Procunier
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes15 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
CinematographyCabot McNenly
Editors
  • Duncan Christie
  • John Nicholls
Running time30 minutes[2]
Production companies
  • Elemental Pictures
  • Cameron Pictures
Original release
Network
ReleaseMarch 1, 2018 (2018-03-01) –
present
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Little Dog is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on CBC Television on March 1, 2018.[1] The series stars Joel Thomas Hynes as Tommy "Little Dog" Ross, a boxer who is offered the chance to redeem himself in a rematch against Rico "Havoc" St. George (Dwain Murphy), several years after forfeiting their first bout by walking away mid-match.[2]

The series was inspired in part by Hynes' own experience as an amateur boxer, after he had to drop out of a planned match due to a rib fracture.[3] The series is also available in the US on Pluto TV.

The cast also includes Ger Ryan, Katharine Isabelle, Andy Jones, Julia Chan, Patricia Isaac, Stephen Oates and Mary Walsh.[2] The series was originally pitched to the CBC as a drama, but Hynes was convinced by producer Sherry White to retool it as a comedy.[4]

  1. ^ a b Doyle, John (February 28, 2018). "CBC's Little Dog is a rockin' raucous gem of a serious comedy". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Yeo, Debra (September 27, 2017). "Casting announced for CBC boxing comedy Little Dog". Toronto Star.
  3. ^ Yeo, Debra (February 27, 2018). "In Little Dog, Joel Thomas Hynes and Sherry White give us a boxer who's more vulnerable than macho". Toronto Star.
  4. ^ Delaney, Anna (June 14, 2017). "Little Dog on the little screen: New TV show set to film in St. John's". CBC News.