If you compare the best US drama and comedy programming, it is embarassingly better than the best contemorary Canadian TV. Just look at some of the classics cable channels alone in the US have produced in the past decade:
The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men, Deadwood, Six Feet Under, Dexter, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Breaking Bad...
Now, I wouldn't expect that Canada as a much smaller country would be able to produce as many great shows, but we seemed plagued by Canadian or regional stereotype-laden programming as if we wouldn't be able to understand a character unless it was a single-dimensional cardboard cutout (Wild Roses and Corner Gas anyone?).
Best show Canada ever produced was the orignial Degrassi. It's been downhill from there.
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