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Old 03-19-2008, 10:50 PM   #12
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Despite the enjoyment we derive out of poking fun at Little Mosque on the Prairie, it actually is a hit with both critics and audiences, and the CBC has sold it to networks in other countries. It's one of the most successful original Canadian sitcoms ever made.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Mosque

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The series premiere drew an audience of 2.1 million — an exceptionally strong rating for domestic programming in the Canadian television market, and on par with Canadian ratings for popular American series. It was, in fact, the largest audience the CBC had achieved in a decade for an entertainment program. By comparison, Corner Gas, one of the highest-rated Canadian TV shows, attracts just under a million and a half viewers for a typical episode.

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On May 8, 2007, it was announced that the show would be airing in France, Switzerland, and Francophone (French-speaking) African countries beginning in July. The French television company Canal+ Group will distribute the show's first season in July to non-subscribers of Canal+, a channel to which viewers must subscribe in order to watch. French voice-actors will dub the show.

On September 26, 2007, CBC announced that the show would soon air in Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, Dubai, Finland and Turkey. On October 2, 2007, Al Jazeera English confirmed that both the United Arab Emirates and Finland had signed deals to begin airing the series in 2008.
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