Tricon Takes Rights to new series Michael: Tuesday's & Thursday's
2011 . 09 . 21
Tricon Films & Television announces the acquisition of international distribution rights to the new scripted comedy series Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays (12x30’). The series is produced by Rhombus Media and will premiere on the CBC this fall.
Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays is the story of an unconventional friendship. David is a psychiatrist specializing in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Michael is David‘s most challenging patient. He is wracked by a litany of anxieties, centred around the most mundane things – cats, buses, strangers, bridges, girls. No one knows Michael better than David. Michael believes David is his key to happiness. David believes Michael is his key to a lucrative book deal.
“We’re excited to be working with Rhombus Media’s superb award winning creative team who are experts in producing a hit series with international appeal for critics and audiences alike,” said Jon Rutherford, VP International Sales & Acquisitions, Tricon Films & Television.
“This is the story of an unlikely couple who are trying to cope with anxieties, something all of us can relate to at some point in our lives,” said series producer Niv Fichman a founding partner of Rhombus Media.
Created by Bob Martin and based on the neuroses of Matt Watts, Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays is produced by Niv Fichman and Sari Friedland (Gemini Award winners for Slings & Arrows) and executive produced by Bob Martin and Don McKellar (Tony Award winners for Best Book of a Musical, The Drowsy Chaperone). The series, which stars Bob Martin as David and Matt Watts (The Newsroom, Twitch City) as Michael, is directed by Don McKellar, Alison MacLean and Patricia Rozema and written by Bob Martin, Matt Watts, Susan Coyne, Mark McKinney and Katie Ford. Also featuring guest stars Ed Asner, as David’s psychiatrist, and Sandra Oh (Grey’s Anatomy).