One More Time (2024 TV series)

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One More Time
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Country of originCanada
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Production companyCounterfeit Pictures
Original release
Network CBC Television
ReleaseJanuary 9, 2024 (2024-01-09) 
present

One More Time is a Canadian television sitcom produced by Accessible Media Inc. that premiered on January 9, 2024 on CBC Television. [1]

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Cast and characters

Main

Supporting

Production

Demers has stated that the series is inspired by his own teenage job at a Play It Again Sports store, so that the show essentially represents what his own life might have been like if he had stayed in that job instead of moving on to pursue other dreams. [3]

The show received some attention as a significant advance for media representation of people with disabilities, as it premiered around the same time as Sight Unseen , a drama series about a visually-impaired police officer. [4] The fourth episode, "Mis-Interpretation", centres on a storyline in which D.J., who is hearing-impaired but able to hear and speak with the use of hearing aids, is set up on a blind date with a woman who is fully deaf and communicates using sign language, necessitating a chain of multiple sign language interpreters to relay conversation between D.J. and his date. [5]

Episodes

No.Title [6] Directed byWritten byOriginal air date [6]
1"Unselfish UnSaturday"Melanie Orr D.J. Demers & Jessie GabeJanuary 9, 2024 (2024-01-09)
2"Rocket Richard's Skates"Melanie OrrD.J. Demers & Jessie GabeJanuary 16, 2024 (2024-01-16)
3"Chris Gets Hired"Melanie OrrChris RobinsonJanuary 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)
4"Mis-Interpretation"Melanie Orr Dane Clark January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
5"Brittle by Brittle" Cory Bowles Dane ClarkFebruary 6, 2024 (2024-02-06)
6"Bed Bugs" Yael Staav Rob MichaelsFebruary 13, 2024 (2024-02-13)
7"Lazer Blade"Yael StaavJessie GabeFebruary 20, 2024 (2024-02-20)
8"The New Deaf Girl"Yael StaavJessie GabeFebruary 27, 2024 (2024-02-27)
9"Ah Néro"Jessie GabeJackie BatsindukaMarch 5, 2024 (2024-03-05)
10"Curs-ed"Cory BowlesMartina MonroMarch 12, 2024 (2024-03-12)
11"Near Deaf Experience"Cory BowlesRob Michaels & Martina MonroMarch 19, 2024 (2024-03-19)
12"The Smiley Face Bandit"Cory BowlesD.J. DemersMarch 26, 2024 (2024-03-26)
13"The Incident"Yael StaavD.J. DemersApril 2, 2024 (2024-04-02)

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