Mr. D

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Field	Value
image	Mr. D title card.jpg
genre	Sitcom
runtime	Approx. 22 minutes
creator	Gerry Dee
Michael Volpe
company	Topsail Entertainment
Gerard ADHD Entertainment
executive_producer	Gerry Dee
Michael Volpe
starring	Gerry Dee
Jonathan Torrens
Lauren Hammersley
Booth Savage
Bette MacDonald
Naomi Snieckus
Darrin Rose
Mark Little
Wes Williams
Mark Forward
country	Canada
open_theme	"I'm Awesome" by Spose
location	Halifax, Nova Scotia
network	CBC
first_aired
last_aired
num_seasons	8
num_episodes	88
language	English
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Mr. D is a Canadian television series starring comedian Gerry Dee. The series follows the misadventures of an under-qualified schoolteacher named Gerry Duncan, nicknamed Mr. D. It debuted on the CBC on January 9, 2012, and concluded after eight seasons on December 19, 2018.

On December 11, 2020, Mr. D became available for streaming in the United States on Amazon Prime Video.

Cast

Gerry Dee as Gerry Duncan: an under-qualified high school social studies teacher who prefers to be called Mr. D by the children and is jealous when the school's actual Mr. D (Paul Dwyer) returns to Xavier Academy. During season 8, he is promoted to the role of principal of Xavier Academy.
Jonathan Torrens as Robert Cheeley: Robert is the vice principal of the school but his bizarre character traits make it difficult for his colleagues to respect him. He becomes co-principal with Lisa in season 6 and sole principal at the end of season 6. In Season 8, he is co-vice-principal with Mr. Dwyer.
Lauren Hammersley as Lisa Mason: a competent and responsible former teacher and principal, known for her traditional teaching style. She has a Masters in Education and a PhD in Medieval literature. In the seventh season, she is the school guidance counselor.
Bette MacDonald as Trudy Walsh: the school secretary who runs much of the day-to-day business at Xavier Academy.
Naomi Snieckus as Bobbi Galka: the confident and respected PE teacher at Xavier Academy.
Darrin Rose as Bill Cogill: Gerry's roommate and a womanizing bachelor who works as the local bartender, until the bar closes in the final season. He then runs a smoothie bar at Xavier Academy.
Mark Little as Simon Hunt: the science teacher of the school, he is weak and a typical science geek who is also assistant coach of the girls' basketball team.
Wes Williams as Paul Dwyer: Paul is cool and loved by all the teachers, and was the original Mr. D to the children before he left. During the final season, he is the co-vice-principal of Xavier Academy with Robert Cheeley. Gerry is often jealous of Dwyer and feels that he is in competition with him.
Suresh John as Malik: the mysterious school custodian with an unusual history.
Kathleen Phillips as Emma Terdie: Emma is the librarian who runs a tight ship and demands that rules are followed and that things are always done by the book in her library.
Bill Wood as Frank: the school's guidance counselor and assistant basketball coach to Mr. D. He uses crutches to walk.
Emma Hunter as Nisha Corcoran, who is hired in season 5 to replace Mr. D when he's fired by Ms. Mason. She has a relationship with Mr. Hunt.
Booth Savage as Principal Mike Callaghan from season 1 to season 4. He retires at the end of season 4 to be replaced by one of the teachers, Lisa Mason.

Main characters

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Actor	Character	Seasons	1	4
Gerry Dee	Gerry Duncan	colspan="8"
Jonathan Torrens	Robert Cheeley	Main}}
Lauren Hammersley	Lisa Mason	Main}}
Bette MacDonald	Trudy Walsh	Main}}
Naomi Snieckus	Bobbi Galka	Main}}
Darrin Rose	Bill Cogill	Main}}
Mark Little	Simon Hunt	Main}}
Wes Williams	Paul Dwyer	Main}}
Suresh John	Mr. Malik	Main}}
Mark Forward	Wayne Leung	Main}}	colspan="5"
Kathleen Phillips	Emma Terdie	colspan="3"	Main}}
Emma Hunter	Nisha Corcoran	colspan="4"	Main}}
Booth Savage	Principal Mike Callaghan	Main}}	colspan="4"
Bill Wood	Frank			Main}}
Dave Merheje	Dave Bechara	colspan="6"	colspan="2"
Jordan Poole	Alex	colspan="8"
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Production

Creator, writer, executive producer and star Gerry Dee based Mr. D on his ten years teaching physical education in high school before he left for a career in stand-up comedy in 2003. The pilot episode was directed by Steve Wright and produced by Gerry Dee and Michael Volpe. The show is filmed on location at Citadel High School in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

On April 3, 2013, Mr. D was renewed for a third season, and on April 4, 2014, the show was renewed for a fourth season.

For the fourth season, the CBC included the series in a production deal with City. Under the deal, Mr. D and City's new sitcom Young Drunk Punk will each air on their own originating network in the winter of the 2014–15 television season, then swap networks for a second run in the fall of the 2015–16 season.

On March 4, 2015, the CBC announced that Mr. D had been renewed for a fifth season. On February 16, 2016, the CBC announced that Mr. D had been renewed for a sixth season.

On April 6, 2017, Dee confirmed the show had been renewed for a seventh season.

On March 11, 2018, the show was renewed for an eighth season. Dee confirmed this would be the show's last.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2012)

Season 2 (2013)

Season 3 (2014)

|EpisodeNumber = 26 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Parent Teacher Night |WrittenBy = Jonathan Torrens |DirectedBy = Steve Wright |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = When Mr. D has only one opportunity to meet Paul Henderson and have his priceless Team Canada jersey signed, he won't let Xavier Academy's parent-teacher night get in the way. Guest star: Paul Henderson as himself |LineColor = 66FF33

|EpisodeNumber = 28 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Donor Dinner |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee |DirectedBy = Jacob Tierney |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = When Gerry finds out that Robert is trying to charm Xavier Academy's most-generous philanthropist into continuing her support, Gerry decides he's going to show up Robert and take all the recognition for himself. |LineColor = 66FF33 |EpisodeNumber = 29 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Assistant Leung |WrittenBy = Mark Forward |DirectedBy = Steve Wright |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Gerry is forced to appoint his arch nemesis Mr. Leung as his new assistant coach. His attempts to put Leung in his place as his subordinate end up backfiring and causing unforeseen problems. Robert's beloved pet bird quickly becomes a major nuisance when he starts bringing it to work. |LineColor = 66FF33 |EpisodeNumber = 30 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Food Drive |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee |DirectedBy = Steve Wright |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = It's Food Drive Month at Xavier Academy, and Gerry is determined to make sure he wins the prize for being the teacher with the class that contributes the most food. Robert and Bobbi are put at odds when the field hockey team and debate team are both counting on their star, Sheila, to attend practice at the same time. |LineColor = 66FF33 |EpisodeNumber = 31 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Gerry Gets Gym |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee |DirectedBy = Steve Wright |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = When Gerry is asked to temporarily fill in for an absent phys-ed teacher, he aggressively pursues what he sees as an "audition" to make a permanent move into the gymnasium. |LineColor = 66FF33 |EpisodeNumber = 32 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Self Defence |WrittenBy = Andrew De Angelis and Jessie Gabe |DirectedBy = Jacob Tierney |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Gerry decides to "help" Bobbi with her girls' self-defence class, but feels emasculated when she physically dominates him. Lisa's lunch causes an uproar in the teachers' lounge, while Leung has mysterious packages delivered to reception. Guest Appearance: Nathan MacKinnon and Cameron Critchlow as themselves |LineColor = 66FF33 |EpisodeNumber = 33 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Graduation |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee and Mike Volpe |DirectedBy = Keith Samples |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = After Gerry has a positive interview for Xavier's main rival school, he attempts to use it as leverage with Principal Callaghan for the phys-ed position. When Callaghan encourages Robert to take a bigger leadership role, Robert decides an elaborate musical number will show everybody that he has what it takes. |LineColor = 66FF33

Season 4 (2015)

Season 5 (2016)

Season 6 (2016)

|EpisodeNumber = 60 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Gerry Does It Again |WrittenBy = Jessie Gabe |DirectedBy = Keith Samples |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Gerry and Lisa attempt to navigate their new reality as a married couple. Meanwhile, Emma's library receives a shipment of e-readers and Nisha attempts to have a pleasant dinner with Simon and his mom. |LineColor = 800080 |EpisodeNumber = 61 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Gerry Wants to Stay Married |WrittenBy = Jessie Gabe |DirectedBy = Steve Wright |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Lisa has second thoughts about the marriage, but Gerry isn't throwing in the towel so quickly. Meanwhile, Robert gives a new treadmill desk a try; and Bobbi is aglow after being called an "inspiration" by a former student. |LineColor = 800080 |EpisodeNumber = 62 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Gerry Gets a Kid |WrittenBy = Dane Clark |DirectedBy = Steve Wright |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = With Hayden's wealthy father on his deathbed and preparing to bequeath Hayden's favourite staff, Gerry attempts to ingratiate himself to the young student. Meanwhile, Lisa and Robert are named co-principals, shifting the balance of power; and Nisha ruins an innocent children's game. |LineColor = 800080 |EpisodeNumber = 63 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Gerry Goes to Prison |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee |DirectedBy = Steve Wright |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Gerry, Simon and Nisha take on various teaching side jobs in an effort to save for their respective March break getaways. |LineColor = 800080 |EpisodeNumber = 64 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = A Star is Born |WrittenBy = Shebli Zarghami |DirectedBy = Keith Samples |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Gerry steps into the role of a lifetime and finds himself bitten by the acting bug and reveling in the new-found attention. Bobbi tries a new tactic in order to motivate her lethargic students and Nisha discovers a manipulative teaching technique. |LineColor = 800080 |EpisodeNumber = 65 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = Gerry Throws the Game |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee |DirectedBy = Gerry Dee |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Gerry takes on the senior girls' volleyball team. But when he realizes their semifinals will be interfering with his all-important social schedule, he sets out to sabotage them at the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Robert needs to increase the 'between class hustle' and Trudy posts a terrible photo on the allergy wall. |LineColor = 800080 |EpisodeNumber = 66 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = The Man with Two Red Shoes |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee |DirectedBy = Michael Volpe |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = When Gerry learns of a lurker in the vicinity, he sets out to catch said lurker and earn the Teach of the Month title. Meanwhile, Robert creates a Xavier Academy montage, from which Bobbi is conspicuously lacking, and a new feud develops between Dwyer and Nisha. |LineColor = 800080 |EpisodeNumber = 67 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Gerry Has Hot Sub Anxiety |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee, Michael Volpe |DirectedBy = Keith Samples |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Gerry is blown away by the hotness of the new subs and sets his sights on Mary, the likely love of his life. Meanwhile, Simon and Nisha ready themselves for their big first kiss, and Bobbi attempts a "kill 'em with kindness" method for dealing with a difficult student. |LineColor = 800080 |EpisodeNumber = 68 |EpisodeNumber2 = 9 |Title = Busploitation |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee, Michael Volpe |DirectedBy = Derek Filiatrault |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = When Gerry hears that a Kickstarter campaign raised a bundle of money for a bullied bus monitor, he sets out to victimize himself in a similar fashion. Meanwhile, Dwyer has a new "killer" girlfriend and Bobbi comes to a surprising realization. |LineColor = 800080 |EpisodeNumber = 69 |EpisodeNumber2 = 10 |Title = Gerry Charters a New Course |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee, Michael Volpe |DirectedBy = Jason Shipley |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = When Gerry isn't given a full-time contract for the following year, he makes a bold move that may change the course of his career. Meanwhile, Lisa attempts in vain to show her appreciation to the staff, and Robert and Bobbi plan for a major shift in the physical education department. Guest Star: Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod as themselves |LineColor = 800080

Season 7 (2017)

Season 8 (2018)

|EpisodeNumber = 81 |EpisodeNumber2 = 1 |Title = Big in Japan |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee |DirectedBy = Gerry Dee |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Continuing from the previous season finale, the "Insider's Look" exposé on Gerry costs him his job and makes it impossible to get a new one, so he has no choice but to get as far away as he can to start a new life in Japan, leaving Xavier behind. However, after the Board of Directors want to do damage control and make the "Insider's Look" look like "fake news", Robert must bring Gerry back from Japan or risk being fired from the Board. Meanwhile, after Emma claims she was once a gymnast destined for the Olympics 20 years ago, Lisa goes out of her way to prove Emma is lying. |LineColor = 0059A1 |EpisodeNumber = 82 |EpisodeNumber2 = 2 |Title = Finnished Teaching |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee |DirectedBy = Steve Wright |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = When Gerry's officially introduced as Xavier's new principal, the staff's obvious disappointment leads Gerry to try and gain their trust by making some drastic moves he thinks everyone can appreciate. However, his proposal to adopt the Finnished School System proves to be challenging to Gerry's work life balance. After Nisha is scolded for not being able to play with a student's emotional support dog, she gets one of her own that causes problems at Xavier. After Barrels declares bankruptcy, Bill proposes to Robert to start a smoothie bar at Xavier. |LineColor = 0059A1 |EpisodeNumber = 83 |EpisodeNumber2 = 3 |Title = Breaking Slime |WrittenBy = Shebli Zarghami |DirectedBy = Marsh Horodyski |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Slime is all the rage across Xavier, leading Gerry to ban it. Gerry also learns, however, that slime is actually a pretty lucrative business... and his ban just created a vacuum, which prompts him to recruit Simon, Amanda-Susan and the primary students into his enterprise. After becoming co-vice principals, Dwyer and Robert have a lottery to determine what students they will be responsible to deal with. Lisa gets a blonde dye job and Bobbi cannot explain why she finds herself suddenly attracted to Lisa. |LineColor = 0059A1 |EpisodeNumber = 84 |EpisodeNumber2 = 4 |Title = Mister D |WrittenBy = Dane Clark |DirectedBy = Gerry Dee |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Gerry is approached by a producer who wants to use Xavier as a backdrop for a movie, but he gets too caught up in the details to see the big picture: they're filming a porn at Xavier. Lisa becomes jealous that Lucy is taking Bill's career advice at the Smoothie Bar, which prompts her to try and provide better advice as the Guidance Counsellor. After Emma takes Nisha to a magic show, Emma then expects repayment for the tickets that she actually received for free. |LineColor = 0059A1 |EpisodeNumber = 85 |EpisodeNumber2 = 5 |Title = Security Threat |WrittenBy = Jason Packer & Shebli Zarghami |DirectedBy = Michael Volpe |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = After a near life-and-death experience, Gerry doesn't believe the staff care if he's in mortal peril, so he stages a threat against him prompting Robert to rehire Ron as his security guard. Nisha once again intervenes in advice to Dwyer to break up with Donna, which Nisha fears that her life is in danger when Donna breaks out of prison and comes for Nisha. Frank starts to irritate Dave, the Economics Teacher.

Guest appearances: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir as themselves. |LineColor = 0059A1 |EpisodeNumber = 86 |EpisodeNumber2 = 6 |Title = The Dwyer Way |WrittenBy = Linsey Stewart |DirectedBy = Linsey Stewart |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = When Gerry realizes how poorly he's been taking care of himself, he adopts Dwyer's strict diet. Diets require the kind of discipline Gerry lacks. Nisha tries recruiting Lisa, Bobbi and Emma to go to an Escape Room on Friday night, but when Lisa, Bobbi and Emma rescind their plans, Nisha makes all stops to get out of going to the Escape Room when it's only Frank and the lesser known staff members who are eager to go. Robert tells Trudy that staff believe she's mean, so he needs her to turnaround if she wants a raise on her performance review, so Trudy becomes so nice, it starts to creep out the rest of Xavier's staff. |LineColor = 0059A1 |EpisodeNumber = 87 |EpisodeNumber2 = 7 |Title = Wedding Story |WrittenBy = Michael Volpe |DirectedBy = Keith Samples |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Bobbi and Robert's wedding day is approaching, which Gerry looks into online dating for his plus 1. Bill gives Gerry advice to go online and find a date. After speaking to Trudy, Gerry checks his spam mail and reaches out a Klaudia from Poland. After she flies to meet Gerry, he learns Frank can speak Polish, so unknown to Gerry, Bill is trying to woo Klaudia. Nisha is depressed that Simon hasn't proposed, so she takes advice seeing Bobbi proposed to Robert, so she asks Simon's mom for her blessing to marry Simon. Nisha finds out that Simon's mom ran off with him, which Simon attempts to reach out to her leaving it unknown whether they tied the not over an iPad.

In the end, Frank and Klaudia run off and steal Gerry's RV to ride off to the sunset. Bill reveals to Gerry he's made business deals to open smoothie bars in private schools across the country and hugs Gerry for the first time before leaving the series. |LineColor = 0059A1 |EpisodeNumber = 88 |EpisodeNumber2 = 8 |Title = Parting Gift |WrittenBy = Gerry Dee |DirectedBy = Keith Samples |Viewers = |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = Nisha, depressed that another year is ending, tries to find methods to transform her emotional pain letting go her emotional attachment with students all year before the summer break and the departing graduate class. In the process, Nisha uses a gong after stopping in her hearing from using a gong to help ease her nerves.

Lisa feeling dejected being overqualified as a guidance counselor agrees to accompany Brandon to the University where she graduated to help him cope with his anxiety only to get a lucrative offer for a professor position based on her credentials. Lisa finds true love with a former classmate allowing her to finally find happiness after having the roughest years of her life after joining Xavier prompting her to resign.

All the while, Gerry is challenged by the graduating class, who he started teaching in grade 5 in the series premiere, to provide them a parting gift that they’ll remember him. Gerry seeks to do it better than the principals before him. Gerry plans on outdoing his predecessors, which he’s encouraged to break the world record for the largest time capsule using a dumpster. His contribution is that he believes he no longer needs his Bachelor of Education now that he's principal, so he throws it in the dumpster. Along the way, students and staff contribute to the time capsule, which revisits gags from previous episodes. Eventually, Gerry has the students digging up Xavier's grounds to bury the time capsule dumpster, only to stumble upon human bones prompting the local authorities to shut the school down indefinitely.

With Xavier now closed and the students now on their way, the remaining staff realize their fates: Lisa reveals Frank sent them a disgusting postcard after taking off in the previous episode; Simon returns revealing he's on the run from his mother after trying to break away from her permanently, as he returns to take off with Nisha into the sunset; since Robert is actually rich and doesn’t really need the job, he and Bobbi are set anyhow, so they walk off together; Dwyer confesses that despite Donna's anger issues, this all works out as they got back together and already is planning to move closer to the prison where she's incarcerated, so this works out for him, as "every day is a holiday"; Lisa boasts she already resigned is above them all now and is in love; Emma reveals she's crowning and going into labour for seven hours, which Lisa agrees to take her to the hospital; Trudy is finally bored of all this nonsense, so she's glad to finally walk off; leaving Malik who plans to finally meet his long-lost sister in Des Moines and is the only one who comforts and hugs Gerry goodbye with the parting words to keep the school clean. In the end, Gerry realizes he's got nothing now (as Bill left in the previous episode), so he walks off trying to figure out where and what he’ll do next. |LineColor = 0059A1

Reception

The first episode of the show was watched by 1.23 million viewers, which was the biggest midseason debut for the CBC 2011–12 season.

Awards and nominations

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Year	Award	Category	Winner/nominee
2013	ACTRA Awards	ACTRA Award for Outstanding Performance - Female	Naomi Snieckus
2015	Outstanding Male Actor in a Supporting Role	Jonathan Torrens
Outstanding Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Bette MacDonald
2014	Banff Rockie Awards	Bell Media National Fellowship Award of Distinction	Jessie Gabe
2012	Canadian Comedy Awards	Best Performance by a Male - Television	Darrin Rose
Best Performance by a Female - Television	Naomi Snieckus
2013
Best TV Show	Mr. D
2013	Canadian Screen Awards	Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role	Gerry Dee
Best Comedy Program or Series	Mr. D
2014
2015
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series	Naomi Snieckus
Lauren Hammersley
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series	Jonathan Torrens
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role	Gerry Dee
Best Direction in a Comedy Program or Series	Steve Wright
Best Achievement in Casting	Tina Gerussi & Sheila Lane
Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series	Gerry Dee
Jessie Gabe
Best Picture Editing in a Comedy or Variety Program or Series	Patricia Brown & Dean Soltys
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series	Bette MacDonald
2016	Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series	Darrin Rose
2017	Best Comedy Series	Michael Volpe, Gerry Dee
Best Performance by an Actor in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role	Gerry Dee
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series	Jonathan Torrens
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role or Guest Role in a Comedic Series	Naomi Snieckus
Kathleen Phillips
Best Photography in a Comedy Program or Series	Ian Bibby
Young Artist Awards	Best Performance in a TV Series - Recurring Teen Actor	Jordan Poole
Best Performance in a TV Series -Supporting Young Actress	Alyce Donoghue
Faith Donoghue
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Proposed U.S. version

On October 31, 2015, Gerry Dee and Mr. D co-creator Michael Volpe announced an agreement had been signed with Will Arnett's newly formed TV production company, Electric Avenue, to develop an American version of the show for American network CBS.

Dee revealed the initial contact with Will Arnett came from a friend of a friend who went to school with Arnett. He stated that there had been small interest from American television in the past, but this was the first serious proposal to get an American version of the show up.

Dee and Volpe originally pitched the show as an American reboot with Dee reprising his role. However, CBS was looking to use the show as a vehicle for an American star with Dee and Volpe getting executive producer credits. Veteran comedic actor Tom Arnold had been signed to the title role. CBS also mentioned hiring Tom Hertz as showrunner. Hertz was previously executive producer of popular American sitcoms Spin City and The King of Queens.

While Dee understands a show about his life as a teacher before he became a comedian will be adapted to suit American audiences, with changes including a multi-camera American sitcom system rather than the single camera Canadian system, he hopes the American version will retain Mr. D's mix of character humour, physical comedy and authenticity, along with its use of talented young actors for students instead of 25-year-olds playing teenagers.

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