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Starsky and Hutch, Bad Boys, Rush Hour and Lethal Weapon all fall under this classic category.  Although CBCs new show Pretty Hard Cases seems to have all the elements that make up the buddy cop genre, its also reinventing it through a few key differences, most obviously through its two strong female leads.  Baroness von Sketch Show star Meredith MacNeill plays Samantha Wazowski, Guns and Gangs detective and Drug Squad detective Kelly Duff is played by Orange is The New Black star Adrienne...

TORONTO — On set they called her "COVID Cathy," or "CC" for short.As the COVID-19 supervisor on the new Toronto-shot CBC series "Pretty Hard Cases," Catherine Lang had to not only help develop . . .

TORONTO - On set they called her

CBCs Pretty Hard Cases: Shooting a cop show in a pandemic Pretty Hard Cases stars Meredith MacNeill and Adrienne C. Moore and creators Tassie Cameron and Sherry White break down their new procedural by Norman Wilner on February 5th, 2021 at 11:00 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2 When Pretty Hard Cases premiered on CBC and CBC Gem on Wednesday (February 3), it became the latest in a long line of buddy-cop procedural shows. But it’s got an energy and a perspective that make it land just a little differe...

MacNeills character Sam is rule-abiding, optimistic, over-achieving... one might even call her annoying. "I am that character that over-shares that talks a lot, and that is all about law and order," says MacNeill.  "[Sam Wazowski] loves a five point plan. She likes people to be on time. She loves a pantsuit. She loves a sturdy shoe," she adds. As a single mother of a 17-year-old-son who is growing up and away from her, Detective Sam Wazowski finds herself coping with increasing loneliness thro...

Including Obsidian Theatres 21 Black Futures project and How It Feels To Be Free by Staff on January 30th, 2021 at 7:00 AM 1 of 4 2 of 4 Here’s everything new coming to CBC Gem in February 2021, including a few highlights by our critics. How It Feels To Be Free Alicia Keys, Halle Berry, and Lena Waithe pay tribute to the Black women entertainers and activists who made way for them. Yoruba Richen’s documentary, produced by Canada’s YAP Films and executive produced by Keys, is a kal...