St. Nickel

{{Short description|Canadian television comedy series}}

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| starring = Noémie Yelle
Isabelle Blais
Dany Boudreault
Roch Castonguay
Amber Goldfarb
Christian Laurin
Marie-Josée Colburn
Lisa Gagnon
Érika Fagagnolo
Simon Bérubé
Jean-Christophe Castel
Bertrand Cardozo
Simon D. Scott

| country = Canada

| num_episodes = 6

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| runtime = 30 minutes

| company = Carte Blanche Films

| network = Unis

| first_aired = {{start date|2016|5|24}}

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St. Nickel is a Canadian television comedy series,[http://quebec.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/06/25/st-nickel-unis-tv-premiere-serie-originale_n_7664960.html "«St-Nickel»: une première série originale pour Unis TV"]. Huffington Post, June 25, 2015. which debuted on Unis on May 24, 2016.[http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/arts-et-spectacles/tele/201605/20/01-4983717-st-nickel-la-danseuse-nue-et-la-vierge-marie.php "St-Nickel, la danseuse nue et la Vierge Marie"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424182259/http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/arts-et-spectacles/tele/201605/20/01-4983717-st-nickel-la-danseuse-nue-et-la-vierge-marie.php |date=2017-04-24 }}. Le Droit, May 20, 2016. Produced by Carte Blanche Films, it is the first original scripted fiction series ever produced directly for the channel.

Set in Sudbury, Ontario, the series focuses on a dysfunctional Franco-Ontarian family who launch a campaign to protect their neighbourhood from an invasion of big box stores and other encroaching signs of gentrification, and unexpectedly find themselves thrust into the role of community leaders.

Production on the series began in fall 2015.[http://www.thesudburystar.com/2015/08/01/mini-series-to-be-shot-in-sudbury "Mini-series to be shot in Sudbury"]. Sudbury Star, August 1, 2015. The cast includes Noémie Yelle, Isabelle Blais, Dany Boudreault, Roch Castonguay, Amber Goldfarb, Christian Laurin, Lisa Gagnon, Érika Fagagnolo, Sagine Sémajuste, Simon Bérubé, Jean-Christophe Castel, Bertrand Cardozo, Marie-Josée Colburn and Simon D. Scott.

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