The Dating Guy

The Dating Guy
Season 1 DVD cover
GenreAnimated sitcom
Created by
  • Matt Hornburg
  • Mark Bishop
Directed by
  • Joseph Sherman
  • Jamie Whitney
Voices of
ComposerJono Grant
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producers
  • John Morayniss
  • Frank Saperstein
  • Mark J.W. Bishop
  • Matt Hornburg
  • Frank van Keeken
ProducersMark Satterthwaite
Mark J.W. Bishop
Matt Hornburg
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkTeletoon Detour
ReleaseSeptember 17, 2008 (2008-09-17) –
May 8, 2010 (2010-05-08)
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The Dating Guy is a Canadian adult animated series and sitcom that originally aired on Teletoon at Night[1] starting on September 17, 2008 and ending on May 8, 2010.[2]

The show was created by Matt Hornburg and Mark Bishop, with executive producers being John Morayniss and Frank Saperstein.[3] Produced by marblemedia and Blueprint Entertainment and, later, Entertainment One, the show also has a Gemini Award-winning tie-in website, with two web series: The Morning After Show, which discusses episodes of the main show, and Dr. Love, which features an in-depth look at dating;[4] unlike the show, the web series are live action.[5]

The show's premise revolves around the adventures of four Canadian twenty-something friends living in Downtown Toronto, looking for love in all the wrong places.[6] Guests such as Russell Peters and Howie Mandel appear on the show.[7]

  1. ^ "Teletoon Unveils Teletoon at Night's Fall 2010 Programming Highlights". Channel Canada. 2010-07-17. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
  2. ^ "Television Program Logs". Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. 2016-03-02.[dead link‍] Alt URL
  3. ^ AWN | Animation World Network (2007-10-23). "Marblemedia Finds Blueprint for Dating | AWN | Animation World Network". AWN. Retrieved 2013-09-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "marblemedia". marblemedia. 2009-10-23. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  5. ^ Emily Claire Afan (2010-10-15). "Teletoon kicks off new A18-34 block Sunday » Playback". Playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  6. ^ "The Dating Guy | TELETOON at Night". Teletoon.com. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  7. ^ Metro, Staff (2010-10-14). "Romance gets animated on The Dating Guy | Metro". Metronews.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-29.