The Canadian Film Centre (CFC), with support from Bell Media and Blink49 Studios, has announced the new Comedy Series Lab, a full-time professional comedy writing and series development initiative aimed at fostering the next wave of Canadian talent.
Building off the CFC’s Prime Time TV model, the Comedy Series Lab will offer four emerging to mid-level Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized writers with the opportunity to be immersed in a professional comedy writing room while developing a new series under the mentorship of a top comedy showrunner.
Running from Oct. 2025 to March 2026, Applications are now open here.