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Schitt’s Creek

Schitt’s Creek

Riches-to-rags sitcom that was elevated from a one-season project to a cult classic.

8.1

TV Show

Canada, United States of America
English
Comedy
2015
Annie Murphy, Catherine O'Hara, Catherine O'Hara
22 min

What it's about

Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.

The take

Unlike Lovesick, which rightfully changed its name from Scrotal Recall, Schitt's Creek is still called Schitt's Creek many seasons in. After flying under the radar for a while, the sitcom about a wealthy, Arrested-Development-style family coping with the sudden loss of their fortune is starting to get the attention it deserves. Warm and witty writing, very gif-able catchprases, and a great main cast have turned this slightly slim-sounding premise into a long-running cult classic. The great Catherine O'Hara plays Moira Rose, the cynical matriarch, while many of you 00s kids will immediately recognize the male lead, Eugene Levy, as “Jim's dad” from American Pie aka them most embarrassing dad ever to grace a screen. In all its simplicity, the steadily fleshed out riches-to-rags plot is hilarious, undemanding, and witty, exactly what you want a sitcom to be.

Comments

Schitt’s Creek has won a ton of awards for good reason… It goes beyond expected clichés, gives its characters the chance to grow and normalizes kindness in a way that’s rare in the world of TV. The team had a blast with the fashion statements for its zany and lovable characters. A little gem of a show.

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