How to Buy a Baby

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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]

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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]

Episodes

Season 1

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
11"Fertiliflinch" Molly McGlynn Wendy Litner November 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
22"Fertilifamily"Molly McGlynnWendy LitnerNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
33"Fertilifucked"Molly McGlynnWendy LitnerNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
44"Fertilifight"Molly McGlynnWendy LitnerNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
55"Fertilifeelings"Molly McGlynnWendy LitnerNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
66"Fertilifunk"Molly McGlynnWendy LitnerNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
77"Fertilifentanyl"Molly McGlynnWendy LitnerNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
88"Fertilifinances"Molly McGlynnWendy LitnerNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
99"Fertilifear"Molly McGlynnWendy LitnerNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)
1010"Fertilifinally"Molly McGlynnWendy LitnerNovember 13, 2017 (2017-11-13)

Season 2

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
111"Adopt-an-Inspection" Adriana Maggs Wendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
122"Adopt-a-Class"Adriana MaggsWendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
133"Adopt-a-Profile"Adriana MaggsWendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
144"Adopt-a-Party"Adriana MaggsWendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
155"Adopt-a-Date"Adriana MaggsWendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
166"Adopt-a-Feminist"Adriana MaggsWendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
177"Adopt-an-Orientation"Adriana MaggsWendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
188"Adopt-a-Thon"Adriana MaggsWendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
199"Adopt-an-Arguement"Adriana MaggsWendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)
2010"Adopt-a-Future"Adriana MaggsWendy LitnerAugust 23, 2019 (2019-08-23)

Reception

Season 1

At the 9th annual Indie Series Awards, the series won the award for Best Comedy and McGlynn won the award for Best Direction. [9] At the 46th International Emmy Awards, the show was a finalist for Best Short Form Series. [8]

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the series won the award for Best Original Digital Series, Fiction, [5] and Litner was nominated for Best Writing in a Web Program or Series. How to Buy a Baby Season 2 was nominated for 6 Canadian Screen Awards in 2020. [10] Litner won the award for Best Writing, Web Program or Series and Emma Hunter won Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series. [11]

The series won Best Comedy Writing and Best Lead Female Performance at the IAWTV Awards, [12] Best Actress and Best Screenplay at the Rolda Web Fest, and Best Editing at the T.O. Webfest. [13]

The series was nominated for Best Fiction Series at The Rockie Awards and was an Honoree Comedy: Long Form or Series at The Webby Awards. [14]

How to Buy a Baby won the Stand Up 'N Pitch competition at Just for Laughs in 2016. [15]

Season 2

The second season was nominated for six awards at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020; Litner won Best Writing and Emma Hunter won Best Supporting Performance in a Web Program or Series. [16]

It was nominated for six awards at the T.O Webfest and won Best Canadian Series. Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll won Best Supporting Performance. [17]

References

  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". canada.com, November 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ "How to Buy a Baby on CBC". Playback . November 13, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "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.
  8. 1 2 "International Emmy Award Nominations Unveiled". Variety , September 27, 2018.
  9. ↑ "How to Buy a Baby wins best comedy at the Indie Series Awards". Playback . April 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ "2020 Canadian Screen Awards: 'Schitt's Creek' dominates with 26 nominations". ca.hellomagazine.com. Hello! Canada. 18 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  11. ↑ "2020 Canadian Screen Awards winners: 'Mary Kills People,' 'Vikings' win big". Global News. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  12. ↑ "International Academy of Web Television Awards (2018)". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  13. ↑ "T.O. Webfest 2018 Series & Awards!". T.O. WebFest. Retrieved 2020-07-31.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "How to Buy a Baby -- The Webby Awards" . Retrieved 2020-07-31.
  15. ↑ Ronca, Paul. "How To Buy A Baby Archives". Just For Laughs ComedyPRO. Archived from the original on 2019-08-19. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  16. ↑ "Nominees". www.academy.ca. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  17. ↑ "TOWebfest 2020". T.O. WebFest | Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
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