| Genre: | Sitcom |
| Camera: | Single-camera |
| Runtime: | 22 minutes |
| Creator: | Joseph Raso |
| Executive Producer: | Joseph Raso Mark Farrell John Ritchie Rob Bromley Gillian Lowrey |
| Starring: | Adam Korson Carrie-Lynn Neales Amanda Brugel Stephanie Anne Mills Laura de Carteret Matt Baram Vanessa Matsui Abby Ross William Ainscough |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Network: | City |
| Company: | Force Four Entertainment |
| Location: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Num Seasons: | 2 |
| Num Episodes: | 26 |
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Seed is a Canadian single-camera sitcom television series. The series starred Adam Korson as Harry Dacosta, sperm donor, and followed his interactions with new-found relatives that had been conceived from the donation.
The series premiered on February 4, 2013 on Citytv, and was briefly picked up by the U.S. CW network (however, it was removed after two episodes due to low ratings). In 2014, the series was cancelled by Citytv after two seasons.[1]
An ill-equipped bachelor discovers his foray into sperm donation has resulted in many offspring and finds himself entangled in the lives of his new-found children and their less-than-thrilled families.
Principal photography began on the first season of Seed in October 2012 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2]
Although the show's premise closely resembles the 2011 Canadian film Starbuck, producer Joseph Raso has clarified in interviews that he already had the idea in development before Starbuck was released.[3]
The Globe and Mail called the series "deeply silly, and the kind of good, off-kilter comedy that we can do with aplomb in Canada... There’s no recipe, but among the requirements are characters who are fabulously immature, plus some sharp, unostentatious writing and a version of stoner humour that works even if you’re not five miles high."[4]
In 2013, the series was picked up for U.S. broadcast by The CW.[5] However, on July 23, 2014, the network pulled the show from its schedule after two airings due to low ratings.[6]
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | ||||
| 1 | 13 | ||||
| 2 | 13 | ||||
Entertainment One Films released Season One on DVD in Region 1 on October 21, 2014.[7]