TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens

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TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens
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Starring Jonathan Torrens
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes65
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network TVtropolis
Original releaseOctober 9, 2009 (2009-10-09) 
October 21, 2011 (2011-10-21)

TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens was a Canadian comedic newsmagazine-styled television program that debuted on the TVtropolis network on October 9, 2009. [1] The show features Jonathan Torrens of Trailer Park Boys and Street Cents fame "break(ing) down the complicated scope of television by dissecting the stars, formats and genres of today’s (television) broadcasts". [1]

The show ended its run in 2011 at 65 episodes.

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References

  1. 1 2 "TV with TV's Jonathan Tessier" . Retrieved October 5, 2009.