Pillow Talk (Canadian TV series)

Pillow Talk is a Canadian TV series, slated to premiere on Crave in the 2021-22 television season.[1] A sketch comedy series about adult relationships, the series centres on four couples (three heterosexual and one gay) and a pair of platonic roommates, each exploring comedic interpersonal situations through conversations taking place almost entirely in their bedrooms.[2]

The series is an adaptation of Entre deux draps ("Between Two Sheets"), a French-language series which premiered in January 2021 on Noovo.[3]

Entre deux draps

Entre deux draps premiered on Noovo in January 2021, as one of the network's first new original scripted programs since its acquisition by Bell Media.[4] The cast includes Pier-Luc Funk and Virginie Ranger-Beauregard as Antoine and Lydia; François Papineau and Bénédicte Décary as Luc and Marie-Ève; Guillaume Girard and Karine Gonthier-Hyndman as Marco and Virginie; Simon Pigeon and Antoine Pilon as Jean-Pascal and Simon; and Fayolle Jean Jr. and Mathieu Pepper as roommates Valaire and Thomas.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the producers primarily cast actors who already live together as couples or roommates so that the series could be filmed without violating social distancing restrictions; producer Louis Morissette noted that the casting of roommates Simon Pigeon and Antoine Pilon as the gay couple took place only after the show was unsuccessful in finding a real gay actor couple who were willing to be fully out on camera.[6]

Florence Pilote, the daughter of actress Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, also has a supporting role in the series as the young daughter of Marco and Virginie,[7] and Micheline Bernard and Martin Drainville have supporting roles as Thomas's parents, whom the producers have announced will be given more prominent roles in the second season.[8]

The series was compared in the media to an updated version of the 1990s Quebec television series Un gars, une fille.[4]

In June 2021, at the same time as the English adaptation Pillow Talk was announced, Noovo announced the renewal of Entre deux draps for a second season.[9]

Pillow Talk

The English adaptation Pillow Talk was announced in June 2021, and went into production in August.[10] The cast has been announced as including Nicola Correia-Damude and Carlos Gonzalez-Vio, Adam DiMarco and Sydney Scotia, and Andrew Wheeler and Sharon Crandall as the straight couples; Paolo Santalucia and Gregory Prest as the gay couple; and Chris Robinson and Kwasi Thomas as the roommates.[11]

References
  1. Kelly Townsend, "How Bell Media is bringing Crave into its next phase". Playback, June 16, 2021.
  2. Greg David, "Bell Media announces English and French-language original programming orders and renewals for 2021/22 season". TV, eh?, June 10, 2021.
  3. "La série québécoise Entre deux draps adaptée en anglais". Ici Radio-Canada, June 10, 2021.
  4. Élizabeth Lepage-Boily, "Entre deux draps : Le « Un gars, une fille » de 2020". Showbizz, January 6, 2021.
  5. Natalie Slight, "Secrets de plateau | Entre deux draps". 7 Jours, February 11, 2021.
  6. Richard Therrien, "Entre deux draps: brillant et drôle!". Le Soleil, January 6, 2021.
  7. Cassandre Caron, "La fille de Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin perce l'écran dans la comédie «Entre deux draps»". 7 Jours, January 14, 2021.
  8. Stéphanie Nolin, "Ce couple sera plus présent dans la 2e saison d'Entre deux draps". Showbizz, July 13, 2021.
  9. Stéphanie Nolin, "La série Entre deux draps change de format en raison de sa popularité". Showbizz, June 10, 2021.
  10. Kelly Townsend, "Cameras roll on Crave’s Pillow Talk". Playback, August 31, 2021.
  11. "Production Begins on the New Crave Original Series PILLOW TALK". Cision, August 26, 2021.
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