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7.2 1 Seasons • 13 Episodes

jPod - Season 1

"Based on Douglas Coupland's comedic novel, this series focuses on the misadventures, romances and schemes of a group of video game designers."

jPod is a comedic television series based on Douglas Coupland’s novel of the same name. It premiered on CBC Television on January 8, 2008. Starting with the fifth episode, the show began airing Fridays at 9:00. On April 4, 2008, it was announced that the CBC had cancelled the show because of low ratings. However, all but one of the remaining episodes aired. The cancellation of jPod sparked a fan-led protest. The show's opening title theme is Flutter by Bonobo. Produced by I’m Feeling Lucky Productions for the CBC, jPod was created by Douglas Coupland and Michael MacLennan. Coupland also co-wrote many of season one’s episodes.

Top Cast

  • David Kopp

    David Kopp

    Ethan Jarlewski

  • Emilie Ullerup

    Emilie Ullerup

    Kaitlin Joyce

  • Alan Thicke

    Alan Thicke

    Jim Jarlewski

  • Sherry Miller

    Sherry Miller

    Carol Jarlewski

  • Colin Cunningham

    Colin Cunningham

    Steve Lefkowitz

  • Steph Song

    Steph Song

    Brianna Jyang

  • Benjamin Ayres

    Benjamin Ayres

    Casper Jesperson

  • Torrance Coombs

    Torrance Coombs

    John Doe

  • Raugi Yu

    Raugi Yu

    Kam Fong

Overview

jPod is a comedic television series based on Douglas Coupland’s novel of the same name. It premiered on CBC Television on January 8, 2008. Starting with the fifth episode, the show began airing Fridays at 9:00. On April 4, 2008, it was announced that the CBC had cancelled the show because of low ratings. However, all but one of the remaining episodes aired. The cancellation of jPod sparked a fan-led protest. The show's opening title theme is Flutter by Bonobo. Produced by I’m Feeling Lucky Productions for the CBC, jPod was created by Douglas Coupland and Michael MacLennan. Coupland also co-wrote many of season one’s episodes.

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