| Alt Name: | Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays |
| Runtime: | approx. 22 minutes |
| Creator: | Bob Martin Don McKellar |
| Starring: | Matt Watts Bob Martin Jennifer Irwin Pablo Silveira Martha Burns Tommie-Amber Pirie Ed Asner Sandra Oh Al Karim Melody Johnson Lynne Griffin |
| Executive Producer: | Bob Martin Don McKellar Matt Watts |
| Director: | Don McKellar Alison MacLean Patricia Rozema |
| Composer: | Jonathan Goldsmith |
| Country: | Canada |
| Location: | Ottawa, Ontario |
| Company: | Rhombus Media Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Network: | CBC |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 18 |
Michael: Every Day, formerly known as Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays, is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on CBC Television in 2011.[1]
Described by the National Post as a cross between What About Bob? and Frasier, the show stars Matt Watts as Michael, a neurotic young man undergoing regular psychotherapy, and Bob Martin as David, his therapist who views Michael as an ideal guinea pig for the experimental psychiatric techniques he hopes will turn him into a bestselling pop psychology writer. Filmed in Ottawa, Ontario, the show's cast also includes Jennifer Irwin, Pablo Silveira, Martha Burns and Tommie-Amber Pirie.
The series is based in part on Watts' own past struggles with anxiety disorder.[2]
The series was greenlit in February 2011, shot during June of that year at an average episode budget of $150,000 CAD and premiered on CBC on September 14, 2011, at 9 pm.[3] [4] After two episodes, the series was moved to Tuesdays at 9PM.[5] The show was not renewed for the 2012–13 season.[6]
The first season was released on DVD in Canada in 2014 by VideoWorks.[7] In 2015, it became available in the United States through Hulu.[8] In Canada, it is available to stream through the CBC's website.
In March 2015, the CBC announced that the series would return with six new episodes in the 2015–16 season.[9] The new episodes were ultimately delayed, however, and premiered in January 2017 under the new series title Michael: Every Day.[2] The series was not renewed for a third season.[10]
The show's premiere episode garnered low ratings, with 199,000 viewers watching. The rest of the season averaged around 250,000 viewers.[11] [12]