Game On (Canadian TV series)

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Game On
Genre Teen sitcom
StarringGrayson Gurnsey
Jonathan Torrens
Samantha Bee
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons1
Production
Production locations Montreal, Quebec
Production companyAd Lib Films
Original release
Network YTV
ReleaseMay 4, 2015 (2015-05-04) 
May 27, 2016 (2016-05-27)

Game On is a Canadian teen sitcom, which premiered on YTV in May 2015. [1]

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Based on the Norwegian series Kampen, [1] the show stars Grayson Gurnsey as Toby Martin, a 14-year-old boy whose successes and failures in life are narrated in the style of a sports play-by-play by an anchor team played by Jonathan Torrens and Samantha Bee. [2]

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