Mr. Friday headed to America

Fine Living Network has licensed Mr. Friday, created by Toronto-based CJ Mercon Productions, exec produced by Temple Street Productions in Toronto and distributed worldwide through Beyond Distribution. In the series, debuting on FLN in August, ex-model and wealthy man of leisure Derek Friday has to swap places with an everyday worker lest his trust fund cheque be revoked by his philanthropist mother.

June 17, 2009

Fine Living Network has licensed Mr. Friday, created by Toronto-based CJ Mercon Productions, exec produced by Temple Street Productions in Toronto and distributed worldwide through Beyond Distribution. In the series, debuting on FLN in August, ex-model and wealthy man of leisure Derek Friday has to swap places with an everyday worker lest his trust fund cheque be revoked by his philanthropist mother.

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Andrew Tracy joined Realscreen as associate editor in 2021, following 17 years as managing editor of the award-winning international film magazine Cinema Scope. From 2010 to 2020 he also held the position of senior editor at the Toronto International Film Festival, where he oversaw the flagship publication for the organization’s year-round Cinematheque programming and edited its first original monograph in a decade, Steve Gravestock’s A History of Icelandic Film. He was a scriptwriter and consultant on the first season of the Vice TV series The Vice Guide to Film, and his writing and reporting have been featured in such outlets as Cinema Scope, Reverse Shot, Sight & Sound, Cineaste, Film Comment, MUBI Notebook, POV, and Montage.

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