One More Time (2024 TV series)
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| Country of origin | Canada |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Production company | Counterfeit Pictures |
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| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | January 9 – April 2, 2024 |
One More Time is a Canadian television sitcom produced by Accessible Media Inc. that premiered on January 9, 2024 on CBC Television.[1] The series was cancelled after one season in May 2024.[2]
Cast and characters
[edit]Main
[edit]- D.J. Demers as D.J., the hard-of-hearing manager of a small used sporting goods store.[3]
- Geri Hall as assistant manager Cynthia
- Dan Beirne as undermotivated employee Wayne
- Elise Bauman as employee and Olympic hopeful Jen
- Seran Sathiyaseelan as new part-time employee Keeran
- Dayton Sinkia as security guard Chris
Supporting
[edit]- Nadine Bhabha
- Chris Robinson
- Maddy Foley
- Marito Lopez
Production
[edit]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.[4]
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.[5] 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.[6]
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title [7] | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [7] |
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| 1 | "Unselfish UnSaturday" | Melanie Orr | D.J. Demers & Jessie Gabe | January 9, 2024 |
| 2 | "Rocket Richard's Skates" | Melanie Orr | D.J. Demers & Jessie Gabe | January 16, 2024 |
| 3 | "Chris Gets Hired" | Melanie Orr | Chris Robinson | January 23, 2024 |
| 4 | "Mis-Interpretation" | Melanie Orr | Dane Clark | January 30, 2024 |
| 5 | "Brittle by Brittle" | Cory Bowles | Dane Clark | February 6, 2024 |
| 6 | "Bed Bugs" | Yael Staav | Rob Michaels | February 13, 2024 |
| 7 | "Lazer Blade" | Yael Staav | Jessie Gabe | February 20, 2024 |
| 8 | "The New Deaf Girl" | Yael Staav | Jessie Gabe | February 27, 2024 |
| 9 | "Ah Néro" | Jessie Gabe | Jackie Batsinduka | March 5, 2024 |
| 10 | "Curs-ed" | Cory Bowles | Martina Monro | March 12, 2024 |
| 11 | "Near Deaf Experience" | Cory Bowles | Rob Michaels & Martina Monro | March 19, 2024 |
| 12 | "The Smiley Face Bandit" | Cory Bowles | D.J. Demers | March 26, 2024 |
| 13 | "The Incident" | Yael Staav | D.J. Demers | April 2, 2024 |
References
[edit]- ^ Greg David, "CBC unveils 2023-24 programming slate featuring over 40 original series from Canadian storytellers". TV, eh?, June 1, 2023.
- ^ Alex Nino Gheciu, "Allan Hawco, Snotty Nose Rez Kids among familiar names behind upcoming CBC lineup". Canadian Press, May 24, 2024.
- ^ Naman Ramachandran, "D.J. Demers’ CBC Comedy Series ‘One More Time’ Sets Cast, Production Underway". Variety, July 27, 2023.
- ^ Debra Yeo, "How hard-of-hearing comedian D.J. Demers turned his high school job into a Canadian sitcom". Toronto Star, January 6, 2024.
- ^ Aisling Murphy, "She's visually impaired. He's hard of hearing. They're boosting disability representation on Canadian TV". Toronto Star, February 24, 2024.
- ^ Nicole Thompson, "Sign language choreography a logistical challenge on CBC comedy ‘One More Time’". CityNews, January 29, 2024.
- ^ a b "One More Time – Listings". Zap2It. Retrieved December 25, 2023.