Lido TV

{{Short description|Canadian web television variety show}} '''''Lido TV''''' is a Canadian web television variety show, which premiered on CBC Gem in 2022.<ref>Debra Yeo, [https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/tiff/2022/09/11/lido-pimienta-talks-about-her-new-variety-show-hint-there-are-puppets.html "Lido Pimienta talks about her new variety show (Hint: There are puppets!)"]. ''Toronto Star'', September 11, 2022.</ref> Created by musician Lido Pimienta as a creative outlet after the COVID-19 pandemic halted her ability to tour in support of her 2020 album ''Miss Colombia'',<ref>Matthew Ismael Ruiz, [https://pitchfork.com/news/lido-pimienta-announces-new-variety-show-lido-tv/ "Lido Pimienta Announces New Variety Show Lido TV"]. ''Pitchfork'', August 31, 2022.</ref> the series presents perspectives on various social issues through a blend of sketch comedy, puppetry and musical performances by Pimienta and special guests including Nelly Furtado, Shad, Kittie and The Halluci Nation.<ref name=brasil>Sydney Brasil, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/lido_pimienta_shares_new_trailer_for_lido_tv_announces_tiff_performance "See Shad, Kittie, Nelly Furtado and Bear Witness in the Trailer for Lido Pimienta's 'LIDO TV'"]. ''Exclaim!'', August 31, 2022.</ref>

The series premiered on September 23.<ref name=brasil/> In advance of its television debut, it screened in the Primetime program at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.<ref>Alex Hudson, [https://exclaim.ca/film/article/lido_pimienta_shares_trailer_for_lido_tv_variety_show "Lido Pimienta Shares Trailer for 'LIDO TV' Variety Show"]. ''Exclaim!'', August 10, 2022.</ref>

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Category:2022 web series debuts Category:2022 Canadian television series debuts Category:Canadian non-fiction web series Category:CBC Gem original programming