Editing Hatching, Matching and Dispatching

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| genre                = {{plainlist|
* [[Comedy]]}}
| starring             = [[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]]<br />[[Shaun Majumder]]<br /> [[Mark McKinney]]<br /> [[Joel Thomas Hynes]]<br /> [[Jonny Harris (actor)|Jonny Harris]]<br /> [[Susan Kent (actor)|Susan Kent]]
| executive_producer   = 
| creator              = [[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]]
| theme_music_composer = [[Ron Hynes]]
| producer             = [[Mary Sexton]]
| director             = [[Henry Sarwer-Foner]]<br />[[Stephen Reynolds (director)|Stephen Reynolds]]
| composer             = 
| country              = [[Canada]]
| location             = [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]], Canada
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 6 + pilot
| list_episodes        = 
| runtime              = 22 minutes
| company              = 
| channel              = [[CBC Television]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2005|1|17}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2006|2|10}} 
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'''''Hatching, Matching and Dispatching''''' is a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] television [[situation comedy|sitcom]], which aired on [[CBC Television]] on 2006.<ref>"Weddings and funerals under the same roof". ''[[Regina Leader-Post]]'', January 6, 2006.</ref> The show starred [[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]] as Mamie Lou Furey, the matriarch of a family in Cats Gut Cove, [[Newfoundland and Labrador]] who owns a combination [[ambulance]], [[wedding]] and [[funeral]] business.<ref name=jam1>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130115092855/http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2006/11/30/2560862.html "Walsh hatches new comedy on CBC"]}}. [[canoe.ca]], January 12, 2005.</ref> The show's title — and a basic summary of its premise — had previously appeared as a one-time gag in a "Wake of the Week" sketch on ''[[CODCO]]''.

The cast included [[Sherry White]], [[Mark McKinney]], [[Rick Boland]], [[Joel Thomas Hynes]], [[Jonny Harris (actor)|Jonny Harris]], [[Shaun Majumder]] and [[Susan Kent (actor)|Susan Kent]].<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/friday-night-is-all-right-for-surfing/article1328202/ "Friday night is all right for surfing"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', January 6, 2006.</ref> Hynes, White and Walsh were also writers for the series, along with Ed Macdonald and [[Adriana Maggs]].

The series pilot aired January 17, 2005 as one of three CBC sitcom prototypes which included ''[[Getting Along Famously]]'' and ''[[Walter Ego]]''.<ref name="jam1" /> The CBC employed a viewer response poll to gauge interest in these pilots, a technique previously employed with the shows ''[[Rideau Hall (TV series)|Rideau Hall]]'' and ''[[An American in Canada]]''.

''Hatching, Matching and Dispatching'' began shooting its first season of six episodes in [[Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove]] on July 18, 2005<ref>"Hatched, then gobsmacked". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', August 4, 2005.</ref> and began airing as a regular series on January 6, 2006 with six episodes, following a rebroadcast of the original pilot on December 30, 2005. The episodes were repeated from July 18 to August 22, 2006. The CBC subsequently announced the cancellation of the series after its sole season.<ref name=jam2>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130115092855/http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2006/11/30/2560862.html "Mary Walsh coping with laughter"]}}. [[canoe.ca]], November 30, 2006.</ref>  Newfoundland musician Ron Hynes composed and performed the show's theme song.<ref name=jam3>{{Cite web|url=https://borealisrecords.com/artists/ron-hynes/?v=e4b09f3f8402|title = Ron Hynes|date = 26 October 2010}}</ref>

At the [[21st Gemini Awards]], Walsh and Macdonald won the award for Best Writing in a Comedy Program or Series, for the series pilot.<ref>"Slings & Arrows sweeps Gemini Awards". ''[[Vancouver Sun]]'', November 6, 2006.</ref>

==''A Christmas Fury''==
In September 2016, Walsh confirmed a television film based on the series was in production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theovercast.ca/mary-walsh-bringing-back-hatching-matching-and-dispatching/|title= Mary Walsh Bringing Back Hatching, Matching, and Dispatching|date=September 5, 2016|accessdate=December 13, 2017|work=[[The Overcast]]}}</ref> Directed by [[Warren P. Sonoda]], ''A Christmas Fury'' premiered on CBC on December 3, 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2017/12/01/cbcs-a-christmas-fury-reunites-hatching-matching-and-dispatching-crew-for-holiday-laughs/|title=CBC's A Christmas Fury reunites Hatching Matching and Dispatching crew for holiday laughs|date=December 1, 2017|accessdate=December 13, 2017|work=TV, Eh|first=Greg|last=David}}</ref> Walsh and McKinney received [[Canadian Screen Award]] nominations for lead actress and lead actor in a limited series or dramatic program at the [[7th Canadian Screen Awards]] in 2019.

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:CBC Television original programming]]
[[Category:2005 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2006 Canadian television series endings]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Newfoundland and Labrador]]
[[Category:Television shows filmed in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]]
[[Category:Television series by Insight Productions]]
[[Category:2000s Canadian sitcoms]]