One of the user comments says that "When I watch it, I don't think 'You can totally tell this show is Canadian.' I am sure you all know what I mean by that." Coming from Scotland and having little in the way of a frame of reference (the only stuff I've seen I knew was Canadian was the Ginger Snaps films) I'd be intrigued to know what is implied by a show's status as "Canadian."
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This is my own impression, and harder to tell these days since Canadian productions have improved, but with some obvious exceptions where the show is soaked in Canuck culture like SCTV and The Beachcombers, Canadian television always had harsh lighting, blunt humour or lack of wit, slow pace and generally uninteresting charcters, and run on sentences ;) . This isn't true of all productions, but the better ones always seemed to address Canadiana directly, so were obviously Canadian productions, and weren't trying to be an American production. Ones that attempted to match American style productions usually failed miserably a looked all the worse for it. I'm sure there are plenty of exceptions, but since you asked to peg down something a bit ephemeral, I gave you my best guess/feeling. Someone else may say totally the opposite.
It means Americans won't care about it.
I can't tell you how many times I've tried to tell someone about some cool show or band, and the moment I say "It's Canadian" they just stop listening.
I don't know why.
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I generally like Canadian tv series, they have a different attitude I like compared to the slew of American tv series that made it across the pond (one way or another), these are some: jPod, ReGenesis, ReBoot, TekWar, Lost Girl, Lexx, Hiccups, Defying Gravity, The Collector, Odyssey 5, The Listener - yes they're almost all sci-fi, my favourite genre of tv.
epguides.com has a pretty good list of Canadian tv shows - http://epguides.com/menu/canada.shtml