{{about|the television series}} {{Infobox television | image = | caption = | creator = Ken Finkleman | writer = Ken Finkleman | director = Ken Finkleman | starring = {{Unbulleted list|Ken Finkleman|Lauren Lee Smith|Jason Weinberg|Ieva Lucs|Steven McCarthy}} | country = Canada | language = English | num_episodes = 13 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = {{Unbulleted list|Christina Jennings|Scott Garvie|Ken Finkleman}} | producer = {{Unbulleted list|Avi Federgreen|Jan Peter Meyboom}} | location = Canada | editor = Roderick Deogrades | camera = Single-camera | runtime = approx. 26 minutes | company = Shaftesbury Films | network = HBO Canada | first_aired = {{Start date|2011|3|6|df=y}} | last_aired = {{end date|2011|5|22|df=y}} | related = ''Good God'' (2012) }}
'''''Good Dog''''' is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which aired for one season on HBO Canada. The show follows the life of character George Findlay, a role that Ken Finkleman reprised from ''The Newsroom''.
==Overview== George Findlay (Finkleman) is a character who has been present in virtually all of Finkleman's past television projects, including ''The Newsroom'', ''More Tears'', ''Foolish Heart'' and ''Foreign Objects''.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/television/ken-finkleman-explains-good-dogs-george/article1930084/ "The Six Faces of George"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', March 4, 2011.</ref> A self-centred and unsympathetic television producer, in ''Good Dog'' he is trying to launch a reality show about his life with his new, much younger girlfriend Claire (Lauren Lee Smith).
The series was initially renewed for a ten-episode second season, with a retooled storyline focusing on cable news.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv-eh.com/2011/09/19/samantha-bee-and-lolita-davidovich-join-good-dog/|title=Samantha Bee and Lolita Davidovich join Good Dog (HBO Canada press release)|work=TV, eh?|date=2011-09-19|accessdate=2012-04-01}}</ref> However, this season was instead retitled as a new program titled ''Good God''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tv-eh.com/2012/03/20/good-god-premieres-april-9-on-movie-centralthe-movie-network/|title=Good God premieres April 9 on Movie Central/The Movie Network (TMN / Movie Central press release)|work=TV, eh?|date=2012-03-20|accessdate=2012-04-01}}</ref>
==Episodes== {{Episode table|background=#3198FF |overall=5 |title=17 |director=11 |writer=37 |airdate=10 |episodes= {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Pilot | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|6|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = Converting to Judaism | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|6|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Jack Nicholson | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|13|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = Under the Knife | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|20|df=y}} | ShortSummary = George thinks about marketing his invention, The Fonk, the friendly honk, after another driver tears off the windshield wiper of George's car. George also considers plastic surgery. | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = Gay Sopranos | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|3|27|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = The Hitman | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|3|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = The Prenup | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|10|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = Madoff | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|17|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = Death by Cliche | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|4|24|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = Party Socks | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Adam M. Reid & Max B. Reid and Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|1|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | Title = The Hockey Player's Wife | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|8|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | Title = Prius | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|15|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | Title = I Never Met a Phor I Didn't Use | DirectedBy = Ken Finkleman | WrittenBy = Ken Finkleman | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|5|22|df=y}} | ShortSummary = | LineColor = 3198FF }} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Television|Canada}} * {{IMDb title|1719831|Good Dog}} * [http://www.hbocanada.com/gooddog HBO Canada's Good Dog page]
{{Ken Finkleman}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Good Dog}} Category:2010s Canadian comedy-drama television series Category:2011 Canadian television series debuts Category:2011 Canadian television series endings Category:2010s Canadian satirical television series Category:Television shows set in Toronto Category:Television shows filmed in Toronto Category:Television series by Shaftesbury Films Category:HBO (Canadian TV channel) original programming Category:Television series created by Ken Finkleman