Less Than Kind

Less Than Kind (2008)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • First Air Date: 2008-10-13
  • Last Air Date: 2013-07-14
  • Total Seasons: 4
  • Total Episodes: 48
  • Status: Returning Series
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Network: Citytv
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Summary

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."

  • Keywords: canada, overweight, dysfunctional family, jewish family, teen drama
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    Less Than Kind Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2008-10-13
    13 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2010-02-19
    13 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2012-01-15
    13 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 2013-06-02
    9 Episodes

    Less Than Kind Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1To Be a Man30 min
    Season 1Episode 2Top of the Class30 min
    Season 1Episode 3French is My Kryptonite30 min
    Season 1Episode 4The Shel Game30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Note Perfect30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Insomnia30 min
    Season 1Episode 7Pakikisama30 min
    Season 1Episode 8Balls30 min
    Season 1Episode 9The Daters30 min
    Season 1Episode 10Husky Boy30 min
    Season 1Episode 11Fun30 min
    Season 1Episode 12Careers Day30 min
    Season 1Episode 13Happy Birthday Sheldon30 min
    Season 2Episode 1Third Death's a Charm30 min
    Season 2Episode 2Terminus Ad Quem30 min
    Season 2Episode 3I Am Somewhere30 min
    Season 2Episode 4Something Better30 min
    Season 2Episode 5Party People30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Fasto Loves Lebso30 min
    Season 2Episode 7That's Somebody's Knish!30 min
    Season 2Episode 8Road Trip30 min
    Season 2Episode 9Coming Home30 min
    Season 2Episode 10First Nighters30 min
    Season 2Episode 11Spring Break30 min
    Season 2Episode 12Showtime30 min
    Season 2Episode 13The Deluge30 min
    Season 3Episode 1Fugue State30 min
    Season 3Episode 2Play It Again Sam30 min
    Season 3Episode 3I'm Still Me30 min
    Season 3Episode 4Coming Around30 min
    Season 3Episode 5Reparations and Renewal30 min
    Season 3Episode 6Lawyers and Cougars and Bankers, Oh My30 min
    Season 3Episode 7Delirium30 min
    Season 3Episode 8Danger, Wrestling!30 min
    Season 3Episode 9The Fwomp30 min
    Season 3Episode 10Jerk Chicken30 min
    Season 3Episode 11The Promise Bone30 min
    Season 3Episode 12Not Awkward or Weird, Just Awesome30 min
    Season 3Episode 13March Fourth30 min
    Season 4Episode 1I'm Only Nineteen30 min
    Season 4Episode 2Girl Trouble30 min
    Season 4Episode 3Liars30 min
    Season 4Episode 4Best Men30 min
    Season 4Episode 5Something Blue30 min
    Season 4Episode 6Space Box30 min
    Season 4Episode 7Before the End Begins30 min
    Season 4Episode 8Fight and Flight - Series Finale (1)30 min
    Season 4Episode 9Series Finale (2)30 min
    • Wendel Meldrum

      as Anne Blecher
    • Jesse Camacho

      as Sheldon Blecher
    • Benjamin Arthur

      as Josh Blecher
    • Nancy Sorel

      as Clara Fine
    • Lisa Durupt

      as Shandra
    • Brooke Palsson

      as Miriam Goldstein
    • Tyler Johnston

      as Danny Lubbe
    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

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