A Television is a Terrible Thing to Waste

Twitch City

8.5 (6 votes)• 1998• 30m•Ended

Comedy

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Twitch City is a surreal sitcom set in the Toronto, Ontario neighbourhood of Kensington Market, and follows Curtis, a television addict who refuses to leave his apartment, and his friends and roommates Nathan and Hope. In the series' first episode, Nathan is sent to prison for killing a homeless man with a can of cat food, leaving Curtis and Hope to find a replacement roommate to help with the rent.

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Languages: English

Starring Cast: Don McKellar, Molly Parker, Daniel MacIvor, Mark McKinney

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Don McKellar

Curtis

Molly Parker

Hope

Daniel MacIvor

Nathan

Mark McKinney

Rex Reilly

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