Dog House (TV series)

Dog House
Genre comedy
Created by Dan Gordon[1]
Starring Shelley Peterson
Jaimz Woolvett
Country of origin  Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 26
Production
Executive producer(s) Jon Slan[1]
Producer(s) Richard Borchiver[1]
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Paragon Entertainment[1]
Release
Original network YTV
USA Network
Original release 10 October 1990 (YTV) – 1991

Dog House is a Canadian comedy television series broadcast by YTV in the 1990-91 season.

Premise

During a car accident, a police detective's mind is swapped with the mind of Digby, his St Bernard dog partner on duty. Helen Underwood (Shelley Peterson), the officer's sister-in-law, takes custody of Digby where he joins her children Annabelle (Valentina Cardinalli), Richie (Jaimz Woolvett) and Timmy (Jonathan Shapiro).[2] Now inhabiting Digby's body, is able to talk with the family.[3]

Episodes

Former Ontario premier David Peterson, whose wife portrayed series character Helen Underwood, appeared in a guest role on the series as a school janitor.[4]

Reception

David Hiltbrand of People panned the series, noting "[t]he humor is very forced. This pooch of a show arrived neutered."[5] Tony Atherton of the Ottawa Citizen also derided the series as "a classically lame-brained TV situation without redeeming values".[2] Greg Quill of the Toronto Star "contains not a whit of original thought nor anything resembling a line worthy of a giggle".[6]

DVD release

On April 19, 2016, Mill Creek Entertainment will release Dog House- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "USA Network". Variety. 6 May 1991. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  2. 1 2 Atherton, Tony (10 October 1990). "Dog House a flea-bitten sitcom from YTV". Ottawa Citizen. p. D2.
  3. Moca, Diane Joy (18 November 1990). "Usa Series 'Off The Wall'". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  4. "Peterson to give university lectures". The Record (Kitchener-Waterloo). 3 January 1991. p. A3.
  5. Hiltbrand, David (12 November 1990). "Picks and Pans Review: Dog House". People. Retrieved 14 November 2013.
  6. Quill, Greg (10 October 1990). "Dance music fans ignored". Toronto Star. p. F3.
  7. The 1990 Canadian Sitcom's 'Complete Series' on DVD

External links

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