Good Dog
Award-winning writer and producer Ken Finkleman (The Newsroom) returns to television in Good Dog, his highly anticipated new comedy produced by Shaftesbury in association with Astral's The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment's Movie Central. Starring Finkleman and Lauren Lee Smith (CSI; The L Word), the sharply ironic series focuses on the life of George, a self-absorbed, neurotic TV producer. After hooking up with Claire, a gorgeous model half his age, George negotiates his new reality dating a younger woman by pitching a reality show about his high concept, highly coveted, seriously volatile life. But when network executives insist that Claire move into his house, George is forced to escalate the relationship and consequently, his fears of commitment. When the pitch and his life go sideways, he frets, vents and reevaluates by soliciting questionable advice from his best friend Doug (Jason Weinberg). Finkleman is renowned as the writer, creator and producer of the CBC/PBS series The Newsroom, a biting satire that mined the darkly humorous world of broadcast news. The series also aired on Sky in the UK and other networks worldwide, and was awarded with an International Emmy for Best Comedy Series in 2005. Finkleman also produced Married Life (Comedy Central, Atlantis Films) and Foolish Heart, Foreign Objects, More Tears and At The Hotel for the CBC, and wrote screenplays for a number of Hollywood films in the 1980s, including Airplane II.
- 2011-2012
- 2 seasons
- Comedy, Drama
Award-winning writer and producer Ken Finkleman (The Newsroom) returns to television in Good Dog, his highly anticipated new comedy produced by Shaftesbury in association with Astral's The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment's Movie Central. Starring Finkleman and Lauren Lee Smith (CSI; The L Word), the sharply ironic series focuses on the life of George, a self-absorbed, neurotic TV producer. After hooking up with Claire, a gorgeous model half his age, George negotiates his new reality dating a younger woman by pitching a reality show about his high concept, highly coveted, seriously volatile life. But when network executives insist that Claire move into his house, George is forced to escalate the relationship and consequently, his fears of commitment. When the pitch and his life go sideways, he frets, vents and reevaluates by soliciting questionable advice from his best friend Doug (Jason Weinberg). Finkleman is renowned as the writer, creator and producer of the CBC/PBS series The Newsroom, a biting satire that mined the darkly humorous world of broadcast news. The series also aired on Sky in the UK and other networks worldwide, and was awarded with an International Emmy for Best Comedy Series in 2005. Finkleman also produced Married Life (Comedy Central, Atlantis Films) and Foolish Heart, Foreign Objects, More Tears and At The Hotel for the CBC, and wrote screenplays for a number of Hollywood films in the 1980s, including Airplane II.
Season 2 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2012
Episode 1
One Station Under God
25 mins
George agrees to run the Canadian outpost of an American right-wing television network owned by the media baron father of his socialite girlfriend.
Episode 2
Elliot Big Balls
25 mins
With diversity an issue, George hires a former African warlord as an on-air personality.
Episode 3
I've Never Met a Disease I Didn't Catch
25 mins
To prove his reckless exuberance, mainly to himself, George (Ken Finkleman) drops ecstasy with Tory (Jud Tylor) at a dance club. As he frets about the possibility that Virginia (Lolita Davidovich) might catch him with his young consort, he runs into her niece (Emma Fleury), whom he pretends not to recognize. Noting how wasted he is, she dances away, much to George's relief. The following morning, George goes to the office reeking of Tory's special soap. Doug (Jason Weinberg) notices. Ditto Alan (Steven McCarthy). And everyone in the production meeting. Fortunately, George's distracting smell is overtaken by Danny (John Ralston) bursting in with staff loyalty oaths and random drug tests. George and Christine (Stephanie Anne Mills) are dispatched first with their urine sample containers. Given the recent drugs pulsing through his system, George solicits his coworkers to pee on his behalf. Doug figures he's got too much pot in his system. Alan refuses. Graham (John White) is dry and Elliot (Brendon Gall) can't be bought. So George finally resorts to paying off a delivery boy who swears he is drug-free. Later, as he has lunch with Virginia, she notices his scent. And particularly that it isn't his scent, but Tory's. Marveling at her keen olfactory sleuthing, George also discovers her clubbing niece ratted him out. Still, he's surprised when she storms off. With soap and urine samples on the brain, George's staff becomes germ-obsessed and -phobic that they're susceptible to flesh eating disease. Meanwhile, Charlie (Doug Murray) delivers an inflammatory on-air editorial quashing rumours he fathered a child out of wedlock. George isn't comfortable with it. But Christine applauds it. When George tells Danny about his misgivings over Christine's editorial judgment, he discovers she's sleeping with their overlord Mike Hailwood. And Danny has even worse news for George, he's failed his drug test.
Episode 4
Old Friends Never Die Unfortunately
25 mins
Episode 5
Solidarity for Never
25 mins
Episode 6
The Naked Truth
25 mins
Episode 7
Cheese and Cops with Holes in 'Em
25 mins
Episode 8
Two Treadmills
25 mins