An American in Canada

An American in Canada is a Canadian television sitcom which airs on the CBC.

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Canadian - Sitcom - CBC

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The show stars Rick Roberts as Jake Crewe, an American television news host who is forced, after beating up his station manager, to accept a job in Calgary, Alberta as the host of the lowest-rated morning news program in town. The show finds its comedy in Crewe's attempts to adapt to Canadian culture.

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Rick Roberts - Calgary, Alberta

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An American in Canada is loosely based on the real-life experiences of Jebb Fink, an American comedian who moved to Canada after marrying a Canadian woman, and did become a morning television host on CKAL, Calgary's A-Channel station.

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Jebb Fink - CKAL - A-Channel

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