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'''Brent''' (''[[Morgan Kelly]]'') - Julianne's co-worker and former assistant. His sexuality is inferred to be [[bisexual]]: while he acts rather effeminate, he has also told Erica he has a crush on her. He often sides with Julianne when there are conflicts with her and Erica. |
'''Brent''' (''[[Morgan Kelly]]'') - Julianne's co-worker and former assistant. His sexuality is inferred to be [[bisexual]]: while he acts rather effeminate, he has also told Erica he has a crush on her. He often sides with Julianne when there are conflicts with her and Erica. |
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``cassidy``-(anna silk)erica`s best friend who was in love with erica ,she a ph.d student and erica`s neighbor but erica couldn`t give her body because she could`t go there, even though she also liked cassidy. |
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Revision as of 19:44, 17 June 2009
| Being Erica | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Jana Sinyor |
| Directed by | Holly Dale |
| Starring | Erin Karpluk Tyron Leitso Vinessa Antoine Reagan Pasternak Morgan Kelly John Boylan Kathleen Laskey Joanna Douglas Adam MacDonald Paula Brancati Sarah Gadon Devon Bostick Laurence Leboeuf Michael Riley |
| Opening theme | "Being Erica Theme" performed by Lily Frost |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | David Fortier Ivan Schneeberg Aaron Martin Jana Sinyor[1] |
| Production location | Toronto[1] |
| Production company | Temple Street Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | January 5, 2009 – present |
Being Erica is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, first airing from January 5, 2009 on CBC Television.[2] The series was originally announced by the CBC as The Session[3], but was retitled Being Erica before debuting in 2009. The show will also air in the U.S. on SOAPnet Thursdays at 10pm/9c starting February 19, 2009, while as of April 7, 2009 it will be shown on Tuesdays in the Netherlands on Net 5.
The show stars Erin Karpluk as Erica Strange, a woman who begins seeing a counsellor to deal with regrets in her life, only to discover the counsellor (Michael Riley) has the ability to send her back in time to actually change these events.
Temple Street Productions is filming the series in Toronto with BBC handling international sales.[4]
A second season is currently in production, with shooting set to occur in Toronto from June 1st to October 19th, 2009. It is slated to be 12 episodes long.
Episodes
Characters
In general, the characters in Being Erica are played by the starring actors, but because the show involves time travel, very young versions of the characters are played at times by different actors. In "Adultescence", for example, a thirteen year old Erica Strange is played by a younger actress.
The Stranges
Erica Strange (Erin Karpluk) - the protagonist in the series. At the start of the show, she's thirty-two, single, well-educated but underachieved, and recently fired from a mindless customer service job (because she is overqualified). She's convinced poor choices made in her past have made her life a failure and seeks Dr. Tom's help to undo many of her mistakes. As the series progresses, she gains confidence in herself and her choices, dates and finds love, and gets promoted to Junior Editor at a Publishing House. She has a master's degree in English literature. She is Jewish.
Gary Strange (John Boylan) - Erica's father. Once a hippie and marijuana enthusiast, he is now a rabbi. He was married to Barbara Strange, but they divorced thirteen years ago because he engaged in an affair. With Barbara, he had three children: Leo (who died three months before their divorce), Erica, and Sam.
Barbara Strange (Kathleen Laskey) - Erica's mother. Her relationship with Erica has been strained at times. Erica believed her mother was the reason for her parents' divorce, when in reality, it was her father's infidelity, a fact which was kept secret from Erica.
Samantha Strange-McIntosh (Joanna Douglas) - Erica's younger sister, who she usually calls Sam. She is married to Josh; her high school sweetheart. Sam is a doctor.
Leo Strange (Devon Bostick) - Erica's deceased older brother, who died 13 years ago in a barn fire. His death is apparently the biggest regret Erica has.
Josh McIntosh (Adam MacDonald) - Sam's husband and Erica's brother-in-law. Obnoxious and crass, Josh is disliked by Erica, who believes he doesn't truly love her sister and therefore she could do far better.
Erica's friends
Dr. Tom (Michael Riley) - Erica's psychiatrist. His unusual therapy program with Erica involves sending her back in time to events she regrets in hopes of fixing them. His office does not have a physical location; when a "session" is about to begin, Erica will open a door (perhaps to a washroom or a closet) and unexpectedly enter into his office. He also walks in and out of Erica's life, in various disguises, both in the present and the past. He has a habit of uttering famous quotes by others, often to the annoyance of Erica. Instead of helping Erica directly with her problems when they meet in the past, he is often vague and inscrutable, giving clues that relate back to her present-day life. Beginning in the show's second season, the character of Dr. Tom will be indefinitely absent, because of events that happened in the first season finale.
Ethan Wakefield (Tyron Leitso) - Erica's guy friend since her university days. An elementary school teacher, he moves next door to Erica from Montreal after separating from his wife Claire, who engaged in an extramarital affair. Erica's growing love for him after fifteen years of "just friends" is a major theme in the series. Near the conclusion of the first season, Ethan divorces Claire and becomes Erica's boyfriend.She made love with him in episode Leo
Katie Atkins (Sarah Gadon) - Erica's close friend. Despite being attached at the hip since childhood, their friendship takes a downhill turn in high school until they make amends in the episode "Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma." Katie is a successful newspaper columnist, happily married, and living in Vancouver; in the first season she returns to Toronto to publish her first book, "The None," at River Rock Publishing where Erica works.
Judith Winters (Vinessa Antoine) - Erica's best friend. Erica and Judith are introduced to one another by Katie when Judith joins them in working together at Casa Loma. Judith is married, and gives birth to a son during the first season episode "Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma."
Jenny (Paula Brancati) - Another of Erica's close friends whom Erica has known since high school. Jenny is outgoing and flirty.
Erica's co-workers at River Rock Publishing
Julianne Giacomelli (Reagan Pasternak) - Head editor at River Rock Publishing's Non-fiction department, and Erica's boss. At the start, Julianne was antagonistic to Erica. During the first season, Julianne warms up to Erica, mostly because the quality of her work makes Julianne look better to her superiors.
Brent (Morgan Kelly) - Julianne's co-worker and former assistant. His sexuality is inferred to be bisexual: while he acts rather effeminate, he has also told Erica he has a crush on her. He often sides with Julianne when there are conflicts with her and Erica.
Setting
The show is primarily set in Toronto. Some roads are assigned different names than they have in reality.
Reception
The pilot episode has an estimated overnight audience of nearly 600,000 viewers, later confirmed by BBM Nielsen Media Research to be 615,000 viewers. [5]. In the Netherlands Being Erica premiered with 398,000 viewers with a market share of 5.9%, The rest of the season Being Erica had a market share of 5,5% according to Stichting KijkOnderzoek. [1]. Being Erica was pulled off the schedule on Net 5 after the 10th episode. It had to make room for the new tuesday night with 90210 and Gossip Girl . The airdate of the remaining episodes is unknown.
Weekly ratings
| # | Episode | Air Date | Viewers Canada | Air Date Netherlands | Viewers Netherlands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Dr. Tom" | January 5, 2009 | 615,000 | April 7, 2009 | 398,000 |
| 2 | "What I Am is What I Am" | January 12,2009 | 683,000 | April 14, 2009 | 316,000 |
| 3 | "Plenty of Fish" | January 19, 2009 | 648,000 | April 21, 2009 | 294,000 |
| 4 | "The Secret of Now" | January 26, 2009 | 592,000 | April 28, 2009 | 317,000 |
| 5 | "Adultescence" | February 2, 2009 | 665,000 | May 5, 2009 | 309,000 |
| 6 | "Til Death" | February 11, 2009 | 545,000 | May 12, 2009 | 340,000 |
| 7 | "Such a Perfect Day" | February 18, 2009 | 517,000 | May 19, 2009 | 335,000 |
| 8 | "This Be the Verse" | February 25, 2009 | 462,000 | May 26, 2009 | 376,000 |
| 9 | "Everything She Wants" | March 4, 2009 | 542,000 | June 2, 2009 | 337,000 |
| 10 | "Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma" | March 11, 2009 | 577,000 | June 9, 2009 | 305,000 |
| 11 | "She's Lost Control" | March 18, 2009 | 558,000 | TBA | |
| 12 | "Erica the Vampire Slayer" | March 25, 2009 | 540,000 | TBA | |
| 13 | "Leo" | April 1, 2009 | 599,000 | TBA |
International syndication
| Country | TV Networks |
|---|---|
 USA
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Soapnet |
 Netherlands
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Net 5 |
Production
The pilot episode was shot in November 2007, while the rest of Season One was shot from July through December 2008.[6] The show was created by Emmy Award-winning producer Jana Sinyor. The show has been picked up for another season, but of reduced length due to budget cuts at the CBC.
References
- ^ a b "Temple Street Productions and CBC Television Announce the Start of Production on their newest collaboration: Being Erica" (pdf). Holmes Creative Communications for Temple Street Productions. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ Harris, Bill (2008-10-28). "It's ladies night every night / CBC unveils new series Wild Roses and Being Erica". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Erin Karpluk plucked out of obscurity by CBC, CanWest News Service, April 22, 2008.
- ^ Pender, Tracy Nita (2008-09-30). "Being Erica 'built to compete'". Playback. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "CBC comedy Erica off to strong start". Reuters Canada. 2009-01-06.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|accessate=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Vancouver actor set for 13 Sessions". The Province. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2009-01-15.