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Although several notable Canadian sitcoms have been produced, such as King of Kensington, Hangin ' In, Corner Gas and Little Mosque on the Prairie, many other sitcoms, including Material World, Mosquito Lake, Snow Job, Check it Out !, The Trouble with Tracy, Rideau Hall, Excuse My French and Not My Department, have generally fared poorly with critics and audiences.

Critic Geoff Pevere has pointed out, however, that American television has produced a lot of bad sitcoms as well.

The difference, according to Pevere, is that the economics of television production in Canada mean that whereas an unpopular American sitcom may be cancelled and largely forgotten after just a few weeks, Canadian television networks can rarely afford to lose their investment — meaning that a Canadian sitcom almost always airs every episode that was produced, regardless of its performance in the ratings.