Le nouveau show

Summary

Le nouveau show is a Canadian sketch comedy series, which premiered as a web series on TOU.TV in 2015 before airing on ICI ARTV and Ici Radio-Canada Télé in 2016.[1] The series was created by the same cast and crew who had previously created SNL Québec, after that show was cancelled by Télé-Québec earlier in 2015.[2]

Le nouveau show
GenreSketch comedy
Starring
Country of originCanada
Original languageFrench
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkIci Radio-Canada Télé

The show's core cast members are Katherine Levac, Virginie Fortin, Léane Labrèche-Dor, Pier-Luc Funk, Mathieu Quesnel, Guillaume Girard, Mickaël Gouin and Phil Roy.[3] Where SNL Québec had been created as a local adaptation of Saturday Night Live, Le nouveau show dropped SNL-related elements such as guest hosts, musical performers and Les nouvelles SNL, instead restricting itself to a straight sketch comedy troupe format.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "«Le nouveau show»: le show d'une génération?". Huffington Post, October 14, 2015.
  2. ^ "Radio-Canada repêche les comédiens de SNL Québec". La Presse, April 9, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Le nouveau show: 100 % humour"[usurped]. canoe.ca, April 22, 2016.