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Being Erica
season one intertitle
GenreComedy-drama
Created byJana Sinyor
Directed byHolly Dale
Starring
Opening theme"Being Erica Theme" performed by Lily Frost
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes14 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersDavid Fortier
Ivan Schneeberg
Aaron Martin
Jana Sinyor[1]
Production locationToronto[1]
Production companyTemple Street Productions
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
ReleaseJanuary 5, 2009 –
present

Being Erica is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that first aired on January 5, 2009 on CBC Television.[2]

Created by Jana Sinyor, the series was originally announced by the CBC as The Session,[3] but was retitled Being Erica before debuting in 2009. It is produced by Temple Street Productions and distributed internationally by the BBC.

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.

In Canada, the second season premiered on 22 September 2009 on CBC Television.[4] Only 12 episodes will be produced for the second season due to budget cuts at the CBC.

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 twelve year old Erica Strange is played by a younger actress.

The Stranges

Erica Strange (Erin Karpluk) – the protagonist in the series. She is thirty-two, single, Jewish, and well-educated. However, she is an underachiever who has recently been fired from a mindless customer service job (because she is overqualified). She is 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.

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 does not truly love her sister and therefore she could do far better.

Erica's friends

Dr. Tom Wexlar (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. He has a daughter, Sara, but he is estranged from her.

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 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.

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, 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 Zalen (Paula Brancati) – another of Erica's close friends whom Erica has known since high school. Jenny is outgoing and flirty, and is a keen partygoer.

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 Kennedy (Morgan Kelly) – Julianne's co-worker and former assistant. He is a metrosexual; well-dressed and well-kept. He is friendly to Erica, having been in her shoes before. While he sides with Julianne when there is conflict with her and Erica, he helps Erica impress her boss.

Setting

The show is primarily set in Toronto. As such it features many landmarks and themes related to the city. Some roads are assigned different names than they have in reality.

Production

Temple Street Productions is filming the series in Toronto.

The pilot episode was shot in November 2007, while the rest of Season One was shot from July through December 2008.[5]

International syndication

The BBC is handling international sales.[6]

Country TV Networks Start Date
Australia Australia ABC2 August 28, 2009
Croatia Croatia Hallmark Channel September 27, 2009
Hungary Hungary Hallmark Channel September 27, 2009
Netherlands Netherlands Net 5 April 7, 2009
Portugal Portugal Fox Life August 19, 2009[7]
Serbia Serbia Hallmark Channel September 27, 2009
Slovakia Slovakia Hallmark Channel September 27, 2009
South Africa South Africa Hallmark Channel November 2009[8]
Spain Spain Paramount Comedy September 17, 2009[9]
United Kingdom United Kingdom E4 September 28, 2009[10]
United States USA Soapnet February 19, 2009

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.[11]

In the Netherlands, Being Erica premiered with 398,000 viewers with a market share of 5.9%. The rest of the season had a market share of 5.5% according to Stichting KijkOnderzoek.[12] Being Erica was pulled off the schedule on Net 5 after the 10th episode to make room for 90210 and Gossip Girl. The airdates of the remaining episodes are unknown.

Ratings

Season 1

# Episode Air Date Canada
yyyy.mm.dd 		Viewers Canada Air Date Netherlands
yyyy.mm.dd 		Viewers Netherlands
1 "Dr. Tom" 2009.01.05 615,000 2009.04.07 398,000
2 "What I Am is What I Am" 2009.01.12 683,000 2009.04.14 316,000
3 "Plenty of Fish" 2009.01.19 648,000 2009.04.21 294,000
4 "The Secret of Now" 2009.01.26 592,000 2009.04.28 317,000
5 "Adultescence" 2009.02.02 665,000 2009.05.05 309,000
6 "Til Death" 2009.02.11 545,000 2009.05.12 340,000
7 "Such a Perfect Day" 2009.02.18 517,000 2009.05.19 335,000
8 "This Be the Verse" 2009.02.25 462,000 2009.05.26 376,000
9 "Everything She Wants" 2009.03.04 542,000 2009.06.02 337,000
10 "Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma" 2009.03.11 577,000 2009.06.09 305,000
11 "She's Lost Control" 2009.03.18 558,000 TBA
12 "Erica the Vampire Slayer" 2009.03.25 540,000 TBA
13 "Leo" 2009.04.01 599,000 TBA

Season 2

# Episode Air Date Canada
yyyy.mm.dd 		Viewers Canada Air Date Netherlands
yyyy.mm.dd 		Viewers Netherlands
1 "Being Dr. Tom" 2009.09.22 495,000
2 "Battle Royale" 2009.09.29 793,000
3 "Mama Mia" 2009.10.06 461,000
4 "Cultural Revolution" 2009.10.13 '
5 "TBA" '
6 "TBA" '
7 "TBA" '
8 "TBA" '
9 "TBA" '
10 "TBA" '
11 "TBA" '
12 "TBA" '

Episodes

Main article: List of Being Erica episodes

DVD

The Complete First Season
Set details Special features
  • Bonus Featurettes:[13]
    • interviews with cast and producers
    • behind the scenes footage
    • deleted scenes
    • audio commentaries
    • Erica's weblogs
 Canada  Netherlands  Australia
Episodes 13 13 13
Aspect Ratio 1.78:1 1.78:1 1.78:1
Running Time 585 mins 585 mins 585 mins
Audio Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles English Nederlands TBA
No. of Discs 3 4 3
Region(s) 0 (NTSC) 2 (PAL) 4 (PAL)
Rating M
Release dates September 22, 2009[14][15] June 26, 2009[16] TBA[17]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Erin Karpluk plucked out of obscurity by CBC CanWest News Service, April 22, 2008.
  4. ^ "CBC Television - Being Erica Season II". Retrieved 2009-09-05.
  5. ^ "Vancouver actor set for 13 Sessions". The Province. 2008-04-20. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  6. ^ Pender, Tracy Nita (2008-09-30). "Being Erica 'built to compete'". Playback magazine. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ [3]
  10. ^ http://www.e4.com/tv/week-commencing/2009/9/23/date/2009/9/28/hour/18/listings.e4
  11. ^ "CBC comedy Erica off to strong start". Reuters Canada. 2009-01-06. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessate= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ [4]
  13. ^ www.cbcshop.ca
  14. ^ amazon.ca
  15. ^ tvshowsondvd.com
  16. ^ amazon.co.uk
  17. ^ ezydvd.com.au

External links

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