How to Buy a Baby

How to Buy a Baby is a Canadian comedy web series, which premiered in November 2017 on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's web platform and on YouTube.[1] Created by Wendy Litner and based on her own experiences having to pursue fertility treatment to conceive a pregnancy,[2] the series stars Meghan Heffern and Marc Bendavid as Jane and Charlie, a couple going through the fertility treatment process.[3]

It was produced by LoCo Motion Pictures, and debuted on the CBC Comedy YouTube channel on November 13, 2017.[4] It was transferred to CBC Gem when that platform launched in 2018.[5] Season 1 is directed by Molly McGlynn and Season 2 is directed by Adriana Maggs.[6] The series is executive produced by Lauren Corber and Wendy Litner.

Awards

At the Indie Series Awards in 2018, the series won the award for Best Comedy and McGlynn won the award for Best Direction.[7] At the 46th International Emmy Awards, the show was a finalist for Best Short Form Series.[8]

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the series won the award for Best Original Digital Series, Fiction,[5] and Litner was nominated for Best Writing in a Web Program or Series.

How to Buy a Baby won the Stand Up 'N Pitch competition at Just for Laughs in 2016.[9]

References
  1. "New show finds the funny side of infertility". Canadian Jewish News. November 29, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  2. "I made a TV show about infertility…and it’s a comedy". Today's Parent, November 9, 2017.
  3. "How to Buy a Baby a new web series that finds humour in infertility". canada.com, November 10, 2017.
  4. "How to Buy a Baby on CBC". Playback. November 13, 2017.
  5. "How to Buy a Baby among winners at Canadian Screen Awards digital gala". Waterloo Chronicle, March 29, 2019.
  6. ago, Kelly Townsend 3 days. "In brief: GLAAD awards Dan Levy for LGBTQ work". Retrieved 2019-08-19.
  7. "How to Buy a Baby wins best comedy at the Indie Series Awards". Playback. April 6, 2018.
  8. "International Emmy Award Nominations Unveiled". Variety, September 27, 2018.
  9. Ronca, Paul. "How To Buy A Baby Archives". Just For Laughs ComedyPRO. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
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