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(Top) 1 Cast and characters 2 Development 2.1 Production and distribution 3 Episodes 3.1 Season 1 (2022) 3.2 Season 2 (2022–23) 3.3 Season 3 (2023) 4 International broadcast 5 References 6 External links

Children Ruin Everything

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Children Ruin Everything
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Kurt Smeaton
Starring	Meaghan Rath Aaron Abrams Ennis Esmer Nazneen Contractor Logan Nicholson Mikayla SwamiNathan Dmitry Chepovetsky Darius Rota Veena Sood Lisa Codrington
Composer	Nikhil Seetharam
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	34
Production
Executive producers	Chuck Tatham Kurt Smeaton Mark Montefiore
Production companies	New Metric Media Sticky Fingers Productions Inc. Bell Media
Original release
Network	CTV (Canada)
Release	January 12, 2022 (2022-01-12) – present (present)
Network	The Roku Channel (U.S.)
Release	May 13, 2022 (2022-05-13) – February 20, 2023 (2023-02-20)
Network	The CW (U.S.)
Release	July 24, 2023 (2023-07-24) – present (present)

Children Ruin Everything is a Canadian television sitcom,^[1] that premiered on CTV on January 12, 2022.^[2] Created by Kurt Smeaton for CTV, and originally Roku and later The CW, and co-produced by New Metric Media and Bell Media Studios, the series focuses on Astrid (Meaghan Rath) and James (Aaron Abrams), a young couple struggling to define their lives outside of their role as parents.^[3]

Smeaton described the series as inspired by his understanding that parenting "is time-consuming and expensive and frustrating. So I wanted to create a show that acknowledged that but also showed the other side, which is having a family is worth it."^[4]

Cast and characters[edit]

Meaghan Rath as Astrid, a mother of three^[5]
Aaron Abrams as James, Astrid's husband, a father of three^[6]
Ennis Esmer as Ennis, James's best friend and co-worker^[6]
Nazneen Contractor as Dawn, Astrid's sister^[6]
Logan Nicholson as Felix, Astrid and James's seven-year-old (eight-year-old) son^[2]
Mikayla SwamiNathan as Viv, Astrid and James's four-year-old daughter^[2]
Dmitry Chepovetsky as Bo, Dawn's husband^[2]
Darius Rota as Corey, Dawn and Bo's 10-year-old son^[2]
Veena Sood as Nisha, Astrid and Dawn's mother^[2]
Lisa Codrington as Marla, James and Ennis's boss^[2]

Development[edit]

The series is executive produced by Chuck Tatham, alongside Smeaton and Mark Montefiore.^[3]

Production and distribution[edit]

On February 4, 2022, CTV and Roku renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on September 19, 2022 in Canada. It premiered in the United States on February 3, 2023, with the first 8 episodes of the season released, with the second 8-episode half releasing May 12, 2023.^[7] On April 18, 2023, it was announced that CTV had renewed the series for a third season, comprising 10 episodes.^[8]

Episodes[edit]

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	8	January 12, 2022 (2022-01-12)	February 23, 2022 (2022-02-23)
2	16	September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19)	February 20, 2023 (2023-02-20)
3	10	September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)	November 29, 2023 (2023-11-29)

Season 1 (2022)[edit]

No. overall	No.in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	Canadian viewers
1	1	"Meals"	Renuka Jeyapalan	Kurt Smeaton	January 12, 2022 (2022-01-12)	402170-1	N/A
2	2	"Bodies"	Melanie Orr	Kathleen Phillips	January 19, 2022 (2022-01-19)	402170-4	N/A
3	3	"Intimacy"	Renuka Jeyapalan	Courtney Jane Walker	January 26, 2022 (2022-01-26)	402170-2	N/A
4	4	"Truth"	Melanie Orr	Anita Kapila	February 2, 2022 (2022-02-02)	402170-9	N/A
5	5	"Sick Days"	Renuka Jeyapalan	Andrew De Angelis	February 9, 2022 (2022-02-09)	402170-8	707,000^[9]
6	6	"Roadtrips"	Renuka Jeyapalan	Kurt Smeaton	February 13, 2022 (2022-02-13)	402170-7	721,000^[9]
7	7	"Death"	Melanie Orr	Andrew De Angelis & Wendy Litner	February 16, 2022 (2022-02-16)	402170-6	638,000^[10]
8	8	"Space"	Melanie Orr	Kurt Smeaton & Jessica Meya	February 23, 2022 (2022-02-23)	402170-5	N/A

Season 2 (2022–23)[edit]

No. overall	No.in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
9	1	"Sleep"	Melanie Orr	Kurt Smeaton	September 19, 2022 (2022-09-19)	402170-9
10	2	"Friends"	Melanie Orr	Jessica Meya	September 26, 2022 (2022-09-26)	402170-12
11	3	"Dignity"	Melanie Orr	Kathleen Phillips & Nadine Bhabha	October 3, 2022 (2022-10-03)	402170-11
12	4	"Screen Time"	Melanie Orr	Andrew De Angelis	October 10, 2022 (2022-10-10)	402170-14
13	5	"Privacy"	Peter Huang	Andrew De Angelis & Rob Michaels	October 17, 2022 (2022-10-17)	402170-3^[11] 402170-10
14	6	"Fairness"	Peter Huang	Shebli Zarghami	October 24, 2022 (2022-10-24)	402170-17
15	7	"Identity"	Peter Huang	Anita Kapila	November 7, 2022 (2022-11-07)	402170-16
16	8	"Each Other"	Melanie Orr	Kathleen Phillips	November 14, 2022 (2022-11-14)	402170-15
17	9	"Teamwork"	Peter Wellington	Andrew De Angelis	November 28, 2022 (2022-11-28)	402170-19
18	10	"Me Time"	Melanie Orr	Kathleen Phillips	December 5, 2022 (2022-12-05)	402170-18
19	11	"Money"	Melanie Orr	Jessica Meya	January 9, 2023 (2023-01-09)	402170-20
20	12	"Weekends"	Melanie Orr	Shebli Zarghami	January 23, 2023 (2023-01-23)	402170-22
21	13	"Arguments"	Peter Huang	Kurt Smeaton	January 30, 2023 (2023-01-30)	402170-24
22	14	"Expectations"	Peter Wellington	Kurt Smeaton	February 6, 2023 (2023-02-06)	402170-23
23	15	"Momentum"	Peter Wellington	Rob Michaels	February 13, 2023 (2023-02-13)	402170-21
24	16	"Parenting"	Peter Wellington	Kathleen Phillips & Shebli Zarghami	February 20, 2023 (2023-02-20)	402170-13

Season 3 (2023)[edit]

No. overall	No.in season	Title ^[12]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date ^[12]	Prod. code
25	1	"Therapy"	Melanie Orr	Kurt Smeaton & Jessica Meya	September 27, 2023 (2023-09-27)	402170-25
26	2	"Consequences"	Melanie Orr	Anita Kapila	October 4, 2023 (2023-10-04)	402170-26
27	3	"Confidence"	Melanie Orr	Kathleen Phillips	October 11, 2023 (2023-10-11)	402170-27
28	4	"Talking"	Justin Wu	Andrew De Angelis	October 18, 2023 (2023-10-18)	402170-28
29	5	"Clothes"	Melanie Orr	Kathleen Phillips	October 25, 2023 (2023-10-25)	402170-29
30	6	"Babysitters"	Justin Wu	Anita Kapila	November 1, 2023 (2023-11-01)	402170-30
31	7	"Spontaneity"	Kelly Fyffe-Marshall	Kurt Smeaton & Bita Joudaki	November 8, 2023 (2023-11-08)	402170-31
32	8	"Hangover"	Kurt Smeaton	Andrew De Angelis	November 15, 2023 (2023-11-15)	402170-32
33	9	"Leaving the House"	Kurt Smeaton	Jessica Meya	November 22, 2023 (2023-11-22)	402170-33
34	10	"Careers"	Kelly Fyffe-Marshall	Kurt Smeaton	November 29, 2023 (2023-11-29)	402170-34

International broadcast[edit]

In the United States, it debuted on The Roku Channel on May 13, 2022, as a part of Roku Originals.^[13] In September 2023, in order to take a cut in spending on original programming and remove series that were unsuccessful upon launch as well as due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikesinHollywood, it was announced that the series, along with several other original titles, was removed from The Roku Channel.^[14]

On May 18, 2023, The CW announced it had picked up the series for U.S. linear broadcast; it premiered on July 24.^[15] Season 2 premiered on September 11. On December 12, The CW announced that it had acquired the third season, the first to air exclusively on the network following its removal from The Roku Channel. Season 3 premiered on January 11, 2024. ^[16] Season 4 will premiere on November 13, 2024.^[17]

References[edit]

^ Lauren Malyk (January 30, 2020). "CTV greenlights comedy Children Ruin Everything". Playback.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Greg David (December 10, 2021). "CTV original comedy Children Ruin Everything premieres Jan. 12 on CTV". TV, eh?.

^ ^a ^b Etan Vlessing (July 25, 2019). "Chuck Tatham to Executive Produce Children Ruin Everything Comedy for Canada's Bell Media". The Hollywood Reporter.

^ Debra Yeo (January 15, 2022). "In Children Ruin Everything, producer and dad Kurt Smeaton mines the hard parts of parenthood for comedy". Toronto Star.

^ Greg David (February 16, 2021). "Meaghan Rath joins CTV original comedy Children Ruin Everything". TV, eh?.

^ ^a ^b ^c Greg David (March 24, 2021). "Aaron Abrams joins CTV original comedy Children Ruin Everything in lead role, with Ennis Esmer and Nazneen Contractor joining cast". TV, eh?.

^ Peter White (February 4, 2022). "Children Ruin Everything Renewed For Season 2 At CTV; Roku To Launch In U.S. Later This Year". Deadline Hollywood.

^ "CTV Announces Third Season of Original Comedy CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING". Bell Media. Retrieved May 9, 2023.

^ ^a ^b "Top Programs - Total Canada (English) February 7, 2022 - February 13, 2022 - numeris" (PDF).

^ "Top Programs - Total Canada (English) February 14, 2022 - February 20, 2022 - numeris" (PDF).

^ "103 Privacy - ISAN".

^ ^a ^b "Children Ruin Everything Episode Guide". Zap2It. Retrieved September 20, 2023.

^ Todd Spangler (October 18, 2021). "Roku Nabs U.S. Streaming Rights to Children Ruin Everything Comedy Series From Schitt's Creek 's Kurt Smeaton". Variety. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

^ "Breaking News - Development Update: Week of September 4-8 | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 2024-01-12.

^ Rick Porter (May 18, 2023). "The CW Sets Acquisition-Heavy 2023-24 Schedule". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 18, 2023.

^ "Breaking News - The CW Network Sets Midseason Premiere Dates for New and Returning Series | TheFutonCritic.com". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved 2023-12-30.

^ Roots, Kimberly (2024-06-20). "The CW Reveals Fall Premiere Dates for Superman & Lois' Final Season, The Librarians Sequel and More". TVLine. Retrieved 2024-06-20.

External links[edit]

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