The good news is that there will be a Season 5 for Baroness von Sketch Show this fall on the CBC and later on IFC. The bad news is that the 8 episodes are the final ones for the troupe.
Co-creators Carolyn Taylor, Meredith MacNeill, Aurora Browne, and Jennifer Whalen shot those episodes pre-pandemic last fall. The announcement of the end came last week as the TV industry on both sides of the border is in flux thanks to COVID-19.
After five fantastic years, we have decided that Season 5 of Baroness von Sketch Show will be our last. We are so grateful to have been given the opportunity to share our deepest embarrassments, existential angst and daily observations with you, our fans.
We hope you'll enjoy Season 5 of Baroness von Sketch Show.
Love,
Carolyn, Meredith, Aurora and Jennifer.
The Mom Jeans sketch is the one I like people to know when they know nothing about the Baroness von Sketch Show. I tell them if you like this sketch, try more of them. (Here is a link to the sketch for those in Canada.)
The Hamilton sketch from Season 4 was wonderful as someone who has been to Hamilton.
In the early seasons, Whalen was more in the background. She became less shy in Season 4. Browne was a lot more blonde in Season 4.
IFC should applaud the unique drink that is a Caesar
Baroness von Sketch Show makes U.S. debut on IFC
CBC ran the first 2 seasons in 2016 and 2017 in the summer before smartly promoting the show to the fall lineup in 2018. IFC picked up the show, though made them change a reference to a Caesar into a Bloody Mary, fearing that Americans couldn't Google what a Caesar was.
CBC finally gave the show a proper timeslot Tuesdays at 9 pm for Season 3. The network then buried the show behind Tallboyz, shifting the program to 9:30 pm on Tuesdays. We don't know what timeslot the show will get for Season 5.
The show had 6 and 7 episodes in the summer run. The previous 2 seasons have had 10 episodes.
Top 10 best Canadian TV shows in the 2010s
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Baroness von Sketch Show barely beat out Workin' Moms to reach the top 10 shows of the previous decade. Rather good for only 33 episodes to that point.
We will have more to honour the amazing talent of these 4 and their collaborators after the end of the run this fall. Hopefully, we will have a better sense of what is coming to television this fall on both sides of the border. Good to know Baroness will be a part of it and will savour those last 8 episodes.
video credit: YouTube/IFC
photo credit: Baroness von Sketch Show/CBC
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