One More Time is a Canadian television sitcom produced by Accessible Media Inc. that premiered on January 9, 2024 on CBC Television.Greg David, "CBC unveils 2023-24 programming slate featuring over 40 original series from Canadian storytellers". TV, eh?, June 1, 2023.
Cast and characters Main D.J. Demers as D.J., the hard-of-hearing manager of a small used sporting goods store.Naman Ramachandran, "D.J. Demers’ CBC Comedy Series ‘One More Time’ Sets Cast, Production Underway". Variety, July 27, 2023. Geri Hall as assistant manager Cynthia Dan Beirne as undermotivated employee Wayne Elise Bauman as employee and Olympic hopeful Jen Seran Sathiyaseelan as new part-time employee Keeran Dayton Sinkia as security guard Chris
Supporting Nadine Bhabha as Gwen Chris Robinson as Josh Maddy Foley as Nat Marito Lopez as Carlito
Production Demers said the series was inspired by his own teenage job at a Play It Again Sports store; the show essentially represented what his own life might have been like if he had stayed in that job instead of moving on.Debra Yeo, "How hard-of-hearing comedian D.J. Demers turned his high school job into a Canadian sitcom". Toronto Star, January 6, 2024.
The show received attention for its media representation of people with disabilities, as it premiered around the same time as Sight Unseen, a drama series about a visually-impaired police officer.Aisling Murphy, "She's visually impaired. He's hard of hearing. They're boosting disability representation on Canadian TV". Toronto Star, February 24, 2024. The fourth episode, "Mis-Interpretation", centers on a storyline in which D.J., who is hearing-impaired but able to hear and speak with the use of hearing aids, is set up on a blind date with a woman who is fully deaf and communicates using sign language, necessitating a chain of multiple sign language interpreters to relay conversation between D.J. and his date.Nicole Thompson, "Sign language choreography a logistical challenge on CBC comedy ‘One More Time’". CityNews, January 29, 2024.
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Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient Result Canadian Screen Awards 2025 Best Comedy Series Dan Bennett, Shane Corkery, Anton Leo, D.J. Demers, Jessie Gabe, Dane Clark, Melanie Orr, Colin Brunton "Canadian Screen Awards: Television Program Categories". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, March 26, 2025. Best Leading Performance in a Comedy Series Dan Beirne D.J. Demers Best Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series Maddy Foley Best Performance in a Guest Role in a Comedy Series Marito Lopez Connie Wang Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series D.J. Demers, Geri Hall, Elise Bauman, Dan Beirne, Seran Sathiyaseelan, Dayton Sinkia, Maddy Foley Best Original Music, Comedy Peter Chapman Best Writing in a Comedy Series Jessie Gabe, "The New Deaf Girl"
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