TV watchers who have an interest in Montreal might want to check out a new tv series called Naked Josh. It was produced and shot in Montreal, and the head writer of the series is Alex Epstein, a local screenwriter whose blog I used to link to, until he closed it down recently. Too bad. It was interesting to see how the writer was dealing with both the production company and the broadcaster.
The third episode (out of 8, I believe) airs tonight. I’ve missed the first episode so it’s a bit hard to evaluate the quality of the show on just one half hour segment. So far, there’s your standard fare of male/female misunderstandings and fascination stuff, a cute main character who lives above the Cin�ma L’Amour on St-Laurent, a macho best friend, an unattainable woman, plenty of good looking girls and quick, television style repartee. Oh, and nobody speaks French or has a French accent, at least not in the episode I saw. I wonder if this is something the broadcaster insisted on?
It’s at 9pm tonight (Tuesday) on Showcase.