Less Than Kind is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon Blecher, a teenager growing up in a loving but dysfunctional Jewish family in Winnipeg. The show's cast also includes Maury Chaykin and Wendel Meldrum as Sheldon's parents, Benjamin Arthur as his older brother Josh, and Nancy Sorel as his aunt, Clara. The Blechers struggle to operate a driving school out of their home in Winnipeg's fading North End. Less Than Kind made its debut October 13, 2008, on Citytv, and moved to HBO Canada in February 2010.
The ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed series won Canadian Comedy Awards in 2009 and 2010.Less Than Kind received the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series and the inaugural award for Best Comedy Series at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards.
The title sequence and logo for Less Than Kind were inspired by an iconic highway sign at Winnipeg's Confusion Corner intersection, depicting arrows pointing in every direction.
The name of the series is found in the first line spoken by Hamlet: "A little more than kin, and less than kind."
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | To Be a Man | 2008-10-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Top of the Class | 2008-10-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | French is My Kryptonite | 2008-10-27 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Shel Game | 2008-11-03 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Note Perfect | 2008-11-10 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Insomnia | 2008-11-17 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Pakikisama | 2008-11-24 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Balls | 2008-12-01 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Daters | 2008-12-08 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | Husky Boy | 2009-01-12 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Fun | 2009-01-19 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | Careers Day | 2009-01-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Happy Birthday Sheldon | 2009-02-02 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Third Death's a Charm | 2010-02-19 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Terminus Ad Quem | 2010-02-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | I Am Somewhere | 2010-03-05 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Something Better | 2010-03-12 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Party People | 2010-03-19 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Fasto Loves Lebso | 2010-03-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | That's Somebody's Knish! | 2010-04-09 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | Road Trip | 2010-04-16 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Coming Home | 2010-04-23 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | First Nighters | 2010-04-30 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Spring Break | 2010-05-07 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Showtime | 2010-05-14 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | The Deluge | 2010-05-21 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Fugue State | 2012-01-15 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Play It Again Sam | 2012-01-15 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | I'm Still Me | 2012-01-15 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Coming Around | 2012-01-22 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Reparations and Renewal | 2012-01-29 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Lawyers and Cougars and Bankers, Oh My | 2012-02-05 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | Delirium | 2012-02-12 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Danger, Wrestling! | 2012-02-19 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | The Fwomp | 2012-02-26 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | Jerk Chicken | 2012-03-04 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | The Promise Bone | 2012-03-11 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | Not Awkward or Weird, Just Awesome | 2012-03-18 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | March Fourth | 2012-03-25 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | I'm Only Nineteen | 2013-06-02 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | Girl Trouble | 2013-06-02 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Liars | 2013-06-09 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | Best Men | 2013-06-16 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Something Blue | 2013-06-23 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | Space Box | 2013-06-30 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | Before the End Begins | 2013-07-07 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 8 | Fight and Flight - Series Finale (1) | 2013-07-14 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 9 | Series Finale (2) | 2013-07-21 | 30 min |
Production | Amy Marcella | Producer |
Writing | Jenn Engels | Writer |
Production | Marvin Kaye | Executive Producer |
Writing | Chris Sheasgreen | Writer |
Production | Gary Campbell | Producer |
Production | Paula J. Smith | Producer |
Production | Jan Peter Meyboom | Producer |
Production | Chris Sheasgreen | Executive Producer |
Production | Peter Williamson | Executive Producer |
Production | Phyllis Laing | Executive Producer |
Production | Mark McKinney | Executive Producer |
Production | Kirsten Scollie | Producer |
Writing | Marvin Kaye | Writer |
Production | Ira Levy | Executive Producer |