A very interesting article talking about French and English Canadian television. It's easy to see why French programs are so successful in Quebec considering American television is not in the same language. English language programs have to cater to people across the whole country compared to one group of people in Canada. It's a shame that French programs do poorly in other parts of Canada because we should be supporting these Canadian productions. A Quebec nationalist could claim that Quebec television does poorly in the rest of Canada because we have different "cultural values." I will admit that Quebec, which does not represent all French language speakers does have some distinct cultural values; although there are many distinct cultural groups with different values in Canada.
Then again shows like Republic of Doyle which are based in Newfoundland and Labrador, which is quite distinctive culturally, is doing well in North America.
Maybe were not as different as we think.
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