The Ron James Show

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The Ron James Show
Ron James Show with James CBC 2011.JPG
Set during season 3 of the show.
Starring Ron James
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes53 (+ 4 New years specials)
Production
Running time22–23 minutes
Release
Original network CBC
Original releaseSeptember 25, 2009 (2009-09-25) 
April 14, 2014 (2014-04-14)

The Ron James Show is a Canadian television comedy show, which debuted on CBC Television on September 25, 2009. [1]

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Ron James on set in 2011 Ron james on set.JPG
Ron James on set in 2011

Starring comedian Ron James, the show intersperses filmed and stage sketches with clips of James performing his stand-up routine. One of the show's more noted features is L'il Ronnie James, an animated recurring sketch which depicts James as a young child growing up in Cape Breton in the vein of Terry Gilliam's animation style.

On March 11, 2014, Ron James announced online that the show had been cancelled. [2] [3]

Voice Actors L'il Ronnie

Seasons 1-5

L'il Ronnie James: Ron James
Pa James Mark Day
Ma James Linda Kash

Ratings

Season One

EpisodeAiredAudience
Episode 1September 25, 2009803,000
Episode 2October 2, 2009709,000
Episode 3October 9, 2009656,000
Episode 4October 16, 2009739,000
Episode 5October 23, 2009584,000
Episode 6October 30, 2009554,000
Episode 7November 6, 2009811,000
Episode 8November 13, 2009698,000
Episode 9November 20, 2009570,000
Episode 10November 27, 2009663,000
New Year's Eve SpecialDecember 31, 2009828,000

Season Two

EpisodeAiredAudience
Episode 1September 24, 2010406,000
Episode 2October 1, 2010500,000
Episode 3October 8, 2010629,000
Episode 4October 15, 2010559,000
Episode 5October 22, 2010678,000
Episode 6October 29, 2010661,000
Episode 7November 5, 2010546,000
Episode 8November 12, 2010648,000
Episode 9November 19, 2010766,000
Episode 10November 26, 2010595,000
Episode 11December 3, 2010610,000
New Year's Eve SpecialDecember 31, 2010923,000

Season Three

EpisodeAiredAudience
Episode 1September 16, 2011510,000
Episode 2September 23, 2011442,000
Episode 3September 30, 2011442,000
Episode 4October 14, 2011501,000
Episode 5October 21, 2011512,000
Episode 6October 28, 2011482,000
Episode 7November 4, 2011460,000
Episode 8November 18, 2011485,000
Episode 9November 25, 2011487,000
Episode 10December 2, 2011585,000
Episode 11December 9, 2011500,000
New Year's Eve SpecialJanuary 1, 2012883,000

Season Four

EpisodeAiredAudience
New Year's Eve SpecialDecember 31, 2012939,000
Episode 1January 7, 2013
Episode 2January 14, 2013
Episode 3January 21, 2013
Episode 4January 30, 2013
Episode 5February 6, 2013
Episode 6February 13, 2013
Episode 7February 27, 2013
Episode 8March 6, 2013
Episode 9March 20, 2013
Episode 10March 27, 2013
Episode 11April 3, 2013
Episode 12April 10, 2013
Episode 13April 17, 2013

Season Five

EpisodeAiredAudience
Episode 1February 24, 2014
Episode 2March 2, 2014
Episode 3March 10, 2014
Episode 4March 17, 2014
Episode 5March 24, 2014
Episode 6March 31, 2014
Episode 7April 7, 2014
Episode 8April 14, 2014

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References

  1. "James CBC's Air apparent". Toronto Sun , September 25, 2009.
  2. Ron James [@TheRonJamesShow] (March 14, 2014). "Thnx 2 the team who 'sailed my ship' these past 5 years but there's no port in the storm 2day. We're cancelled. It's been a blast!#keepgoing" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  3. "Ron James on Facebook". Facebook . Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.[ user-generated source ]