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Working the Engels (2014)

Working the Engels poster
Genre
comedy, family
Country
United States, Canada
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman works to keep her father's law firm running after his death so she can support her family. The show follows her and her relatives as they handle legal work and everyday problems together.

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What happens

Working the Engels is a Canadian-American sitcom that premiered on Global on March 12, 2014, and was also a part of NBC's summer schedule, having premiered on July 10, 2014. Produced by Halfire-CORE Entertainment, it marked the first time that U.S. and Canadian broadcasters had collaborated in producing a half-hour network sitcom. The show stars Kacey Rohl as Jenna Engel, a daughter trying to keep her father's law firm running to support her family. The cast also includes Andrea Martin, Azura Skye and Benjamin Arthur. The series was created and written by Katie Ford and Jane Ford. While all 12 episodes aired in Canada, only the first five episodes aired in the U.S. On August 20, 2014, NBC announced that the show had been canceled, and that it had pulled the remaining episodes from the schedule. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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