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Little Dog (2018)

Little Dog poster
Genre
comedy
Country
Canada
Length
2 seasons, 15 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boxer gets a second chance at a rematch years after he walked away from a big fight. The series is about his attempt to rebuild his life and career.

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What happens

Little Dog is a Canadian television comedy-drama series, which debuted on CBC Television on March 1, 2018. The series stars Joel Thomas Hynes as Tommy "Little Dog" Ross, a boxer who is offered the chance to redeem himself in a rematch against Rico "Havoc" St. George (Dwain Murphy), several years after forfeiting their first bout by walking away mid-match. The series was inspired in part by Hynes' own experience as an amateur boxer, after he had to drop out of a planned match due to a rib fracture. The series is also available in the US on Pluto TV. The cast also includes Ger Ryan, Katharine Isabelle, Andy Jones, Julia Chan, Patricia Isaac, Stephen Oates and Mary Walsh. The series was originally pitched to the CBC as a drama, but Hynes was convinced by producer Sherry White to retool it as a comedy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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