TV series

Twitch City

1998–2000 · 2 seasons

A slacker sitcom that feels like channel-surfing through a fever dream, full of deadpan absurdity and oddball characters.

Tagline: A Television is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Overview: Twitch City is a surreal sitcom set in the Toronto, Ontario neighbourhood of Kensington Market, and follows Curtis, a television addict who refuses to leave his apartment, and his friends and roommates Nathan and Hope. In the series' first episode, Nathan is sent to prison for killing a homeless man with a can of cat food, leaving Curtis and Hope to find a replacement roommate to help with the rent.
How it feels: Absurd, satirical, cynical and whimsical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, media, friendship, identity
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
media
friendship
identity
obsession
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild