The Ron James Show

{{Short description|Canadian television comedy show}} {{Infobox television | image = Ron James Show with James CBC 2011.JPG | image_size = 250 | caption = Set during season 3 of the show. | runtime = 22–23 minutes | creator = | starring = Ron James | country = Canada | network = CBC | first_aired = {{start date|2009|9|25}} | last_aired = {{end date|2014|4|14}} | num_seasons = 5 | num_episodes = 53 (+ 4 New years specials) }}

'''''The Ron James Show''''' is a Canadian television comedy show, which debuted on CBC Television on September 25, 2009.<ref>"James CBC's Air apparent". ''Toronto Sun'', September 25, 2009.</ref> thumb|right|Ron James on set in 2011 Starring comedian Ron James, the show intersperses filmed and stage sketches with clips of James performing his stand-up routine. One of the show's more noted features is ''L'il Ronnie James'', an animated recurring sketch which depicts James as a young child growing up in Cape Breton in the vein of Terry Gilliam's animation style.

On March 11, 2014, Ron James announced online that the show had been cancelled.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=TheRonJamesShow|author=Ron James|author-link=Ron James (comedian)|number=444296675650064384|title=Thnx 2 the team who 'sailed my ship' these past 5 years but there's no port in the storm 2day. We're cancelled. It's been a blast!#keepgoing|date=March 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url-access=limited |archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/6501203858/10152120018448859 |archive-date = 2022-04-30| url = https://www.facebook.com/TheRonJamesShow/posts/10152120018448859?stream_ref=10 |title = Ron James on Facebook |website=Facebook}}{{cbignore}}{{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==Voice Actors L'il Ronnie== '''Seasons 1-5''' {| class="wikitable" border="1" width ="400" |- | L'il Ronnie James: | Ron James |- | Pa James | Mark Day |- | Ma James | Linda Kash |}

==Ratings== {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2014}}

'''Season One''' {| class="wikitable" border="1" width ="400" |- ! Episode ! Aired ! Audience |- | Episode 1 | September 25, 2009 | 803,000 |- | Episode 2 | October 2, 2009 | 709,000 |- | Episode 3 | October 9, 2009 | 656,000 |- | Episode 4 | October 16, 2009 | 739,000 |- | Episode 5 | October 23, 2009 | 584,000 |- | Episode 6 | October 30, 2009 | 554,000 |- | Episode 7 | November 6, 2009 | 811,000 |- | Episode 8 | November 13, 2009 | 698,000 |- | Episode 9 | November 20, 2009 | 570,000 |- | Episode 10 | November 27, 2009 | 663,000 |- | New Year's Eve Special | December 31, 2009 | 828,000 |- |}

'''Season Two''' {| class="wikitable" border="1" width ="400" |- ! Episode ! Aired ! Audience |- | Episode 1 | September 24, 2010 | 406,000 |- | Episode 2 | October 1, 2010 | 500,000 |- | Episode 3 | October 8, 2010 | 629,000 |- | Episode 4 | October 15, 2010 | 559,000 |- | Episode 5 | October 22, 2010 | 678,000 |- | Episode 6 | October 29, 2010 | 661,000 |- | Episode 7 | November 5, 2010 | 546,000 |- | Episode 8 | November 12, 2010 | 648,000 |- | Episode 9 | November 19, 2010 | 766,000 |- | Episode 10 | November 26, 2010 | 595,000 |- | Episode 11 | December 3, 2010 | 610,000 |- | New Year's Eve Special | December 31, 2010 | 923,000 |}

'''Season Three''' {| class="wikitable" border="1" width ="400" |- ! Episode ! Aired ! Audience |- | Episode 1 | September 16, 2011 | 510,000 |- | Episode 2 | September 23, 2011 | 442,000 |- | Episode 3 | September 30, 2011 | 442,000 |- | Episode 4 | October 14, 2011 | 501,000 |- | Episode 5 | October 21, 2011 | 512,000 |- | Episode 6 | October 28, 2011 | 482,000 |- | Episode 7 | November 4, 2011 | 460,000 |- | Episode 8 | November 18, 2011 | 485,000 |- | Episode 9 | November 25, 2011 | 487,000 |- | Episode 10 | December 2, 2011 | 585,000 |- | Episode 11 | December 9, 2011 | 500,000 |- | New Year's Eve Special | January 1, 2012 | 883,000 |}

'''Season Four''' {| class="wikitable" border="1" width ="400" |- ! Episode ! Aired ! Audience |- | New Year's Eve Special | December 31, 2012 | 939,000 |- | Episode 1 | January 7, 2013 | |- | Episode 2 | January 14, 2013 | |- | Episode 3 | January 21, 2013 | |- | Episode 4 | January 30, 2013 | |- | Episode 5 | February 6, 2013 | |- | Episode 6 | February 13, 2013 | |- | Episode 7 | February 27, 2013 | |- | Episode 8 | March 6, 2013 | |- | Episode 9 | March 20, 2013 | |- | Episode 10 | March 27, 2013 | |- | Episode 11 | April 3, 2013 | |- | Episode 12 | April 10, 2013 | |- | Episode 13 | April 17, 2013 | |}

'''Season Five''' {| class="wikitable" border="1" width ="400" ! Episode ! Aired ! Audience |- | Episode 1 | February 24, 2014 | |- | Episode 2 | March 2, 2014 | |- | Episode 3 | March 10, 2014 | |- | Episode 4 | March 17, 2014 | |- | Episode 5 | March 24, 2014 | |- | Episode 6 | March 31, 2014 | |- | Episode 7 | April 7, 2014 | |- | Episode 8 | April 14, 2014 | |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal|Television|Canada}} * {{official website|http://www.cbc.ca/ronjames/}} * {{IMDb title|title=The Ron James Show|id=1478217}}

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