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New Metric Media, the Canadian production company behind Hulu and Crave's Letterkenny, is staffing up. The company has hired former Bell Media exec Jeff Hersh as its first Chief Operating Officer and former Pier 21 Films exec Bill Lundy as SVP, Comedy. Hersh has spent the last eight years at the Canadian broadcaster…

EXCLUSIVE: Meaghan Rath, who has starred in BBC America's Being Human and has featured in CBS' Hawaii Five-O and The CW’s Supergirl, is to star in CTV comedy Children Ruin Everything. Rath will front the Canadian half-hour series, which comes from Modern Family and How I Met Your Mother exec producer Chuck Tatham and S…

EXCLUSIVE: Letterkenny, the cult Canadian comedy that airs on Hulu, has found success on the live touring circuit over the last couple of years. Now the companies behind the tour are launching a live touring entertainment business. New Metric Media, which produces the series and the Letterkenny Live! tour, and its…

Canada's CTV has ordered a comedy from Modern Family and How I Met Your Mother exec producer Chuck Tatham and Schitt's Creek writer Kurt Smeaton. The broadcaster has commissioned Children Ruin Everything from Letterkenny producer New Metric Media. The series has been in development since 2016 and is set to start…

The team behind Canadian cult comedy Letterkenny are looking for international hicks, skids and hockey players as they search for global remake deals. New Metric Media, which produces the comedy, and production partner Bell Media, have brought former Electus and Global Road Television exec Eli Shibley on board to lead…

Modern Family and How I Met Your Mother exec producer Chuck Tatham is to exec produce a comedy for Canada's Bell Media and Letterkenny producer New Metric Media. Tatham has joined Children Ruin Everything, which was created by Schitt's Creek writer Kurt Smeaton. The show, which is in development for the Canadian…

Hulu is launching Canadian comedy Letterkenny on October 14 as the cult hit segues into a Hulu Original for its seventh season. The comedy, which is set in a small rural Canadian community featuring hicks, skids and hockey players, debuted last July on the digital platform with Hulu picking up all six seasons of the Ne…

EXCLUSIVE: New Metric Media, the Canadian production company behind hit Hulu comedy Letterkenny, is set to launch an U.S. division and has set up a trio of projects that it will take out to networks and streaming services. The company, which is also behind mob drama Bad Blood, is launching an LA office later this year…