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The Canadian drama will not return as originally planned.
January 29, 2021
Canadian drama Trickster will not be moving forward with a second season. Original broadcaster CBC announced the cancellation today, which is a result of the controversy around co-creator Michelle Latimer's Indigenous heritage.
The series, which is currently airing its freshman run on The CW, was slated to return for at least one more season. Those plans changed when, last month, Latimer, who had become one of Canada's most-prominent Indigenous filmmakers, could not verify her claims of having ties to an Algonquin community.
Based on the best-selling novel "Son of a Trickster" by Eden Robinson, the series follows an Indigenous teenager struggling to keep his dysfunctional family afloat. But when he starts seeing strange things like doppelgangers, talking ravens, and skin monsters, his already chaotic life is turned upside down.
The series finale of Trickster airs on The CW on February 16.
Comments (15)
02/19/21 at 09:40am
@Brenda Anderson
It's a Womans World Now.
It's a Womans World Now.
02/14/21 at 12:41pm
Pathetic.
Everyone here is defending the creator which is a woman but I can guarantee you that if it was a man you would all be yelling for his head.
Everyone here is defending the creator which is a woman but I can guarantee you that if it was a man you would all be yelling for his head.
02/13/21 at 11:14pm
Thanks @Elizabeth Segura-Bejinariu. I thought I set it up that way when I put it in as default, but now I will go back and double check my program list settings. That could be the problem! I know some of the PBS stuff is re-broadcast... so I just go though each Saturday and Sunday and put in the good stuff! Thank you very much!!! (Sorry for the delay in posting)
Happy Viewing!!!! :-)
Happy Viewing!!!! :-)
02/05/21 at 10:21am
Yeah stupid to “cancel” a show because of controversy. Elizabeth Warren says she is Native American, right? Maybe Canada will keep the show around
02/03/21 at 10:36pm
Shame to cancel a show because the show creator embellished her resume' a little bit. Killing a critically acclaimed show simply because the Michelle Latimer wasn't "Indian Enough" to put forward the source material is racism in itself.
02/03/21 at 11:27am
Love_Texas,
I was having the same problem with my DVR until I figured out that A lot of the CW shows and a few other networks have already previously aired the show either on other channels or in other countries So it doesn't automatically record if your recording options says 1st run only. When you hit info it should show the original air date. In the future just change the setting to all showings. The only problem is you don't know until it's cued to air. And I'm sad, this show is very interesting and just getting started.
I was having the same problem with my DVR until I figured out that A lot of the CW shows and a few other networks have already previously aired the show either on other channels or in other countries So it doesn't automatically record if your recording options says 1st run only. When you hit info it should show the original air date. In the future just change the setting to all showings. The only problem is you don't know until it's cued to air. And I'm sad, this show is very interesting and just getting started.
02/01/21 at 09:43am
Politics comes in heavy with CBC productions as they are funded with taxpayer dollars. Michelle Latimer is the show creator and lied about her ancestry. The risk here is that federal dollars are spent on making a show that meets out outreach needs ends up becoming potentially offensive.
If the show can find an Indigenous showrunner, this would resolve the situation and it could continue. This has been discussed.
If the show can find an Indigenous showrunner, this would resolve the situation and it could continue. This has been discussed.
02/01/21 at 06:04am
P.cism has destroyed this show. They cancelled the show because someone claimed to be a native american? yes a canadian native is still a native american as this is the north american continent. Very stupid if it had good ratings. if not then it's a excuse.
01/31/21 at 01:55pm
I thought it was horrible... acting was third rate at best. Storyline was a soap opera.
01/30/21 at 01:45pm
I hope some other network picks it up.
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