Baroness von Sketch Show

*Baroness von Sketch Show*
Baroness von Sketch Show
Genre	Sketch comedy
Created by	Carolyn Taylor; Meredith MacNeill; Aurora Browne; Jennifer Whalen
Directed by	Aleysa Young; Yael Staav; Jordan Canning; Jeremy Lalonde
Starring	Carolyn Taylor; Meredith MacNeill; Aurora Browne; Jennifer Whalen
Opening theme	"Dancing Underwater" by Brave Shores
Ending theme	"Watch and Learn" by Marcus Thompson
Composers	Brendan Canning; Ohad Benchtrit
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	46
Production
Executive producers	Jamie Brown; Carolyn Taylor; Meredith MacNeill; Aurora Browne; Jennifer Whalen
Producers	Graham Ludlow; Jeff Peeler
Running time	22 minutes (approx.)
Production company	Frantic Films
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	June 14, 2016 –; February 2, 2021

Baroness von Sketch Show is a Canadian sketch comedy television series. It debuted on CBC Television on June 14, 2016.^[1] Produced by Frantic Films, the series is an all-female comedy series starring Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne and Jennifer Whalen.^[2] The four also serve as executive producers of the show.

CBC renewed the show for a second season, which aired in 2017.^[3] The show's third season started in September 2018, and CBC renewed the show for a fourth season, that began airing shows in October 2019.^[4] CBC has announced that the show would continue with a 5th and final season starting October 6, 2020.^[5]^[6]

The show also airs on IFC in the United States.^[7] The show is a three-time winner of the Canadian Screen Award for Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series, winning at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017,^[8] the 6th Canadian Screen Awards in 2018,^[9] and the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019.^[10]

Cast

Jennifer Whalen as various
Aurora Browne as various
Carolyn Taylor as various
Meredith MacNeill as various

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	6	June 14, 2016 (2016-06-14)	July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19)
2	7	June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27)	August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08)
3	10	September 18, 2018 (2018-09-18)	November 20, 2018 (2018-11-20)
4	10	October 31, 2019 (2019-10-31)	November 28, 2019 (2019-11-28)
5	13	October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)	February 2, 2021 (2021-02-02)

Season 1 (2016)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
1	1	"I Can't Believe This Used To Take Days"	Aleysa Young	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Dawn Whitwell, Monica Heisey, Mae Martin	June 14, 2016 (2016-06-14)
2	2	"Last Year You Weren't Forty"	Aleysa Young	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Dawn Whitwell, Mae Martin	June 21, 2016 (2016-06-21)
3	3	"We've Lost Communication"	Aleysa Young	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Dawn Whitwell, Monica Heisey	June 28, 2016 (2016-06-28)
4	4	"If The Killer Is Watching"	Aleysa Young	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Dawn Whitwell, Monica Heisey, Mae Martin	July 5, 2016 (2016-07-05)
5	5	"Stay for a Drink"	Aleysa Young	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Dawn Whitwell, Monica Heisey	July 12, 2016 (2016-07-12)
6	6	"2CatShaPurr"	Aleysa Young	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Dawn Whitwell, Mae Martin	July 19, 2016 (2016-07-19)

Season 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
7	1	"It Satisfies on a Very Basic Level"	Yael Staav	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Monica Heisey, Mae Martin, Zoe Whittall	June 27, 2017 (2017-06-27)
8	2	"Don't Call Me Ma'am"	Yael Staav	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Goodhue, Monica Heisey	July 4, 2017 (2017-07-04)
9	3	"I Can't Vote"	Yael Staav	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Goodhue, Monica Heisey	July 11, 2017 (2017-07-11)
10	4	"Taco and a Hair Flip"	Yael Staav	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	July 18, 2017 (2017-07-18)
11	5	"Don't Make Me Send a Lawyer Up There"	Yael Staav	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	July 25, 2017 (2017-07-25)
12	6	"It's a Garment of Liberty"	Yael Staav	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	August 1, 2017 (2017-08-01)
13	7	"You've Reached the Voicemail of Tracy Herrity"	Yael Staav	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Goodhue, Monica Heisey	August 8, 2017 (2017-08-08)

Season 3 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date
14	1	"Is That You Karen?"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	September 18, 2018 (2018-09-18)
15	2	"Tonight Is Spaghetti Thursday"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	September 25, 2018 (2018-09-25)
16	3	"Don't Even Say Goodbye Just Go"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	October 2, 2018 (2018-10-02)
17	4	"Sex and Things and Whispers"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	October 9, 2018 (2018-10-09)
18	5	"It's Because I Care"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16)
19	6	"Buffin' Your Muffin"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	October 23, 2018 (2018-10-23)
20	7	"Summer of ’65"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	October 30, 2018 (2018-10-30)
21	8	"Sometimes It's Good to Be the Shaman"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	November 6, 2018 (2018-11-06)
22	9	"Start by Having Rich Parents"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	November 13, 2018 (2018-11-13)
23	10	"Bangs Do Not Define Me"	Jordan Canning, Jeremy Lalonde	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jen Goodhue, Monica Heisey	November 20, 2018 (2018-11-20)

Season 4 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original air date
24	1	"Humanity is in an Awkward Stage"	September 17, 2019 (2019-09-17)
25	2	"Something for Daddy"	September 24, 2019 (2019-09-24)
26	3	"It's a Peachy Abomination"	October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01)
27	4	"No One Wants To Be That Lady"	October 8, 2019 (2019-10-08)
28	5	"I Always Order Wrong"	October 15, 2019 (2019-10-15)
29	6	"Shangela Was Robbed"	October 22, 2019 (2019-10-22)
30	7	"I Might Still Be Mad In A Week"	October 29, 2019 (2019-10-29)
31	8	"There's A Special Place in Hell"	November 5, 2019 (2019-11-05)
32	9	"My Instagram is Suffering"	November 12, 2019 (2019-11-12)
33	10	"Those Chickens Won't Clean Themselves"	November 12, 2019 (2019-11-12)

Season 5 (2020–2021)

No. overall	No. in season	Title ^[11]	Original air date ^[11]
34	1	"Whatever You Do, Don't Smell His T-Shirts"	October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06)
35	2	"I Prefer the Term 'Bonus Parent'"	October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13)
36	3	"Did an Eagle Steal Your Baby?"	October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20)
37	4	"I've Got a Date With a Gnome and He Is Hawt"	October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)
38	5	"All I'm Saying Is Her Car Has Eyelashes"	November 10, 2020 (2020-11-10)
Guest star: Debra McGrath
39	6	"Baby Toe Disease"	November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17)
40	7	"Pénis Misérable"	November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24)
41	8	"Don't Call Me Lady"	December 1, 2020 (2020-12-01)
42	9	"Mercury Is in Retrograde"	January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)
43	10	"I Wrote a Play About My Ex"	January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12)
44	11	"Women Love Breadcrumbs"	January 19, 2021 (2021-01-19)
45	12	"Back of the Line Old Man"	January 26, 2021 (2021-01-26)
46	13	"No One Steals the Kale"	February 2, 2021 (2021-02-02)

Awards

Award	Ceremony	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref(s)
Canadian Screen Awards	5th Canadian Screen Awards	Best Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Baroness von Sketch Show	Won	^[8]
		Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen	Nominated
		Best Editing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Mark Fly, Jeremy LaLonde — "If the Killer Is Watching"	Won
		Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Aleysa Young — "Last Year You Weren't Forty"	Nominated
		Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Dawn Whitwell, Monica Heisey, Mae Martin — "I Can't Believe This Used to Take Days"	Won
	6th Canadian Screen Awards	Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Baroness von Sketch Show	Won	^[9]
		Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen	Won
		Best Photography in a Comedy Series	Christopher Mably — "It Satisfies on a Very Basic Level"	Nominated
		Best Editing in a Comedy Program or Series	Mike Fly, Jeremy LaLonde — "It Satisfies on a Very Basic Level"	Nominated
		Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Yael Staav — "It Satisfies on a Very Basic Level"	Won
		Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Monica Heisey, Mae Martin, Zoe Whittall	Won
	7th Canadian Screen Awards	Best Ensemble Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Baroness von Sketch Show	Won	^[10]
		Best Photography in a Comedy Series	Nick Haight — "Is that you Karen?"	Nominated
		Best Editing in a Comedy Series	Mike Fly, Marianna Khoury, Jeremy LaLonde, Stephen Withrow — "Is that you Karen?"	Nominated
		Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Series	Jordan Canning, Jeremy LaLonde — "Is that you Karen?"	Won
		Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Monica Heisey — "Is that you Karen?"	Won
	8th Canadian Screen Awards	Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Baroness von Sketch Show	Won
		Best Photography in a Comedy Series	Robert Scarborough — "Humanity Is in an Awkward Stage"	Won
		Best Editing in a Comedy Series	Mike Fly, Marianna Khoury, Aren Hansen, Sean Song, Nick Wong — "Humanity Is in an Awkward Stage"	Won
		Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Jordan Canning, Aleysa Young — "Humanity Is in an Awkward Stage"	Won
		Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Allison Hogg, Becky Johnson, Moynan King, DJ Mausner — "Humanity Is in an Awkward Stage"	Won
	9th Canadian Screen Awards	Best Comedy Series	Baroness von Sketch Show	Nominated
		Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen	Won
		Best Costume Design	Nicole Manek — "Baby Toe Disease"	Nominated
		Best Editing in a Comedy Program or Series	Mike Fly, Marianna Khoury, Michael Pierro, "Morgan Waters" — "Whatever You Do, Don't Smell His T-Shirts"	Won
		Best Direction in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Vivieno Caldinelli, Joyce Wong	Won
		Best Writing in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series	Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, Jennifer Whalen, Jennifer Goodhue, Monica Heisey, Allison Hogg, Adam Christie, Becky Johnson, Nelu Handa, Paloma Nuñez — "I Prefer the Term Bonus Parent"	Won

References

^ "CBC reveals new TV shows, revives Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2015.
^ "Baroness Von Sketch Show starts production". Playback, September 22, 2015.
^ "CBC renews Baroness von Sketch Show". Toronto Star, July 19, 2016.
^ "CBC RENEWS ACCLAIMED SKETCH COMEDY BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW FOR SEASON 4". CBC Media Centre, August 23, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
^ ""Baroness Von Sketch Show" Co-Creators Announce the Fifth and Final Season of the CBC Original Sketch Comedy Series". The Futon Critic. May 21, 2020.
^ @BaronessShow (August 7, 2020). "Baroness von Sketch Show returns for its fifth and final season Tuesday, October 6 on @CBC in Canada and Wednesday,…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Onstad, Katrina (July 28, 2017). "The Baronesses Are Coming! And Filling a Comedy Gender Gap". The New York Times. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Canadian Screen Awards 2017: Baroness von Sketch Show, Orphan Black big winners". CBC News, March 8, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Canadian Screen Awards 2018: All the winners". Hello! Canada. March 12, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Anne with an E, Cardinal win big at Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, March 27, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Full episodes and TV Listings- Zap2it.com". Zap2It. September 1, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

External links

Official website at CBC.ca
Baroness von Sketch Show at IMDb

[1] "CBC reveals new TV shows, revives Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays". The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2015.

[2] "Baroness Von Sketch Show starts production". Playback, September 22, 2015.

[3] "CBC renews Baroness von Sketch Show". Toronto Star, July 19, 2016.

[4] "CBC RENEWS ACCLAIMED SKETCH COMEDY BARONESS VON SKETCH SHOW FOR SEASON 4". CBC Media Centre, August 23, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.

[5] ""Baroness Von Sketch Show" Co-Creators Announce the Fifth and Final Season of the CBC Original Sketch Comedy Series". The Futon Critic. May 21, 2020.

[6] @BaronessShow (August 7, 2020). "Baroness von Sketch Show returns for its fifth and final season Tuesday, October 6 on @CBC in Canada and Wednesday,…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[7] Onstad, Katrina (July 28, 2017). "The Baronesses Are Coming! And Filling a Comedy Gender Gap". The New York Times. Retrieved January 16, 2019.

[csa2017-8] "Canadian Screen Awards 2017: Baroness von Sketch Show, Orphan Black big winners". CBC News, March 8, 2017.

[csa2018-9] "Canadian Screen Awards 2018: All the winners". Hello! Canada. March 12, 2018.

[csa2019-10] "Anne with an E, Cardinal win big at Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, March 27, 2019.

[zap2it-11] "Full episodes and TV Listings- Zap2it.com". Zap2It. September 1, 2017. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

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