The Second City's Next Comedy Legend

The Second City's Next Comedy Legend
Genre	Reality television/Game Show/Comedy
Presented by	Trish Stratus
Judges	Mick Napier Elvira Kurt Joe Flaherty Dave Thomas
Country of origin	Canada
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Morgan Elliott Andrew Alexander
Broadcast
Original channel	CBC
Original run	July 10, 2007 – August 28, 2007
Chronology
Related shows	SCTV
External links
Website

The Second City's Next Comedy Legend was a summer reality show that aired on Canada's CBC in 2007. Contestants improvise and create characters for their chance to win a spot on the Second City Canadian Touring Company.

Judges are Joe Flaherty, Mick Napier, Dave Thomas and Elvira Kurt and the show is hosted by Trish Stratus. Current Second City Toronto performers Matt Baram, Paul Bates, Anand Rajaram and Naomi Snieckus act as mentors. The show is co-executive produced by Second City CEO Andrew Alexander and producer Morgan Elliot. ^[1]

Auditions for the 2007 show took place March 20th in Vancouver, March 24th in Calgary, March 27th in Halifax and April 4th in Toronto.

The show premiered on July 10, 2007.

See also

• The Second City
• Second City Television
• Reality television

The winner was let go from the tour that was the prize shortly after being hired.

External links

• The Second City Official Website
• Official Myspace Page
• The Second City's
  Next Comedy Legend at the Internet Movie Database

References

1. ^ "Second City's Next Comedy Legend Announces Stars". CBC News. http://www.cbc.ca/nextcomedylegend/pdfs/NCL_20070226.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-23. ^{[dead link]}