Mixed Blessings (Canadian TV series)

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Mixed Blessings
Genre Comedy drama
Created byRic Beairsto
Ron E. Scott
Drew Hayden Taylor
Starring Gary Basaraba
Tina Lameman
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
Release
Original network APTN
Original release2007 (2007)

Mixed Blessings is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which aired on APTN. [1]

The show was created by Ric Beairsto, Ron E. Scott and Drew Hayden Taylor, from an original concept by Ric Beairsto. The series stars Gary Basaraba and Tina Lameman as Hank Kowalchuk and Josie Fraser, two widowed single parents in Fort McMurray, Alberta who fall in love and are faced with the challenges of successfully blending their families despite their significantly different backgrounds: Kowalchuk is Ukrainian Canadian, while Fraser is Cree. [2]

The show's cast also includes Kirklin Maclise, Jesse Frechette, Emma Duncan, Big Daddy Tazz, Michelle Thrush, Wilma Pelly, Emma Ashbaugh, Allen Belcourt and Griffin Powell Arcand.

Following some criticism that the first season of the show wasn't particularly funny despite it having been marketed as a comedy drama, [3] the second season was not as tightly scripted, and instead featured some opportunities for the actors to incorporate some aspects of improvisational comedy into their dialogue. [4]

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References

  1. Jennifer Fong (November 5, 2007). "Actors grateful for Mixed Blessings". Edmonton Journal . Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
  2. Roland Cilliers, "Fort McMurray-set drama gears up for second season". Fort McMurray Today , September 5, 2008.
  3. Vinay Menon, "Strike leads to Mixed Blessings". Toronto Star , November 7, 2007.
  4. Sara Ditta, "Cast of Mixed Blessings give comedic skills a workout". Edmonton Journal , August 26, 2008.