Good Dog
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| creator = Ken Finkleman
| writer = Ken Finkleman
| director = Ken Finkleman
| starring = {{Unbulleted list|Ken Finkleman|Lauren Lee Smith|Jason Weinberg|Ieva Lucs|Steven McCarthy}}
| country = Canada
| language = English
| num_episodes = 13
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = {{Unbulleted list|Christina Jennings|Scott Garvie|Ken Finkleman}}
| producer = {{Unbulleted list|Avi Federgreen|Jan Peter Meyboom}}
| location = Canada
| editor = Roderick Deogrades
| camera = Single-camera
| runtime = approx. 26 minutes
| company = Shaftesbury Films
| network = HBO Canada
| first_aired = {{Start date|2011|3|6|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2011|5|22|df=y}}
| related = Good God (2012)
}}
Good Dog is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which aired for one season on HBO Canada. The show follows the life of character George Findlay, a role that Ken Finkleman reprised from The Newsroom.
Overview
George Findlay (Finkleman) is a character who has been present in virtually all of Finkleman's past television projects, including The Newsroom, More Tears, Foolish Heart and Foreign Objects.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/ken-finkleman-explains-good-dogs-george/article1930084/ "The Six Faces of George"]. The Globe and Mail, March 4, 2011. A self-centred and unsympathetic television producer, in Good Dog he is trying to launch a reality show about his life with his new, much younger girlfriend Claire (Lauren Lee Smith).
The series was initially renewed for a ten-episode second season, with a retooled storyline focusing on cable news.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2011/09/19/samantha-bee-and-lolita-davidovich-join-good-dog/|title=Samantha Bee and Lolita Davidovich join Good Dog (HBO Canada press release)|work=TV, eh?|date=2011-09-19|accessdate=2012-04-01}} However, this season was instead retitled as a new program titled Good God.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2012/03/20/good-god-premieres-april-9-on-movie-centralthe-movie-network/|title=Good God premieres April 9 on Movie Central/The Movie Network (TMN / Movie Central press release)|work=TV, eh?|date=2012-03-20|accessdate=2012-04-01}}
Episodes
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Pilot
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|6|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Converting to Judaism
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|6|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Jack Nicholson
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|13|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Under the Knife
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|20|df=y}}
| ShortSummary = George thinks about marketing his invention, The Fonk, the friendly honk, after another driver tears off the windshield wiper of George's car. George also considers plastic surgery.
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Gay Sopranos
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|27|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = The Hitman
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|3|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = The Prenup
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|10|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Madoff
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|17|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = Death by Cliche
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|24|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Party Socks
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Adam M. Reid & Max B. Reid and Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|1|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| Title = The Hockey Player's Wife
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|8|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 12
| Title = Prius
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|15|df=y}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 13
| Title = I Never Met a Phor I Didn't Use
| DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman
| WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|22|df=y}}
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References
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External links
{{Portal|Television|Canada}}
- {{IMDb title|1719831|Good Dog}}
- [http://www.hbocanada.com/gooddog HBO Canada's Good Dog page]
{{Ken Finkleman}}
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Category:2010s Canadian comedy-drama television series
Category:2011 Canadian television series debuts
Category:2011 Canadian television series endings
Category:2010s Canadian satirical television series
Category:Television shows set in Toronto
Category:Television shows filmed in Toronto
Category:Television series by Shaftesbury Films