‘Schitt’s Creek’ Is The Funniest Television Show You’re Not Watching

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Schitt’s Creek, the Canadian series which originally aired on the CBC, premiered on a network called Pop TV back in February to little fanfare. This is probably because before Schitt’s Creek came out, no one knew what Pop TV was. It runs old Melrose Place and 90210 reruns most of the time. The reason for it getting picked up by such an obscure network probably had something to do with the name, which even Canada only begrudgingly let them get away with. Which is a shame because, while I wouldn’t want to change the title, I’ve been catching up on the first season of Schitt’s Creek over the past week, and I can legitimately confirm that it’s hilarious.

If you’re unfamiliar with the premise, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara play a wealthy couple, Johnny and Moira Rose, who have all of their assets seized by the IRS when it comes out that their financial handler has been neglecting to pay their taxes. As such, the Roses and their two adult, spoiled children, Alexis (Annie Murphy) and David (Eugene Levy’s son Daniel Levy, also series co-creator) are forced to move to the titular town of Schitt’s Creek, which Johnny had purchased for his son as a “joke” for his 16th birthday and is now the family’s sole remaining asset.

The Roses move into adjoining rooms at a local seedy model owned by the mayor of Schitt’s Creek (Chris Elliot) as the family adjusts to their new, alien environment and struggles to cope with the townspeople and new way of life. The result is kind of a fish-out-of-water comedy meets Arrested Development. The Roses aren’t exactly as terrible people as the Bluths… more so entitled, suspicious, and completely out of their element. Johnny and Moira, while treated like celebrities by the local townspeople, command zero respect of their children who only stop bickering like petulant toddlers when turning the tables on their parents.