Samantha Bee Sitcom ‘The Ambassador’ Toplines CBC’s Latest Slate

Samantha Bee will play Canada’s unorthodox ambassador to Bulgaria in a comedy for pubcaster the CBC.

The Ambassador was announced this morning at CBC’s upfront, along with new series from the exec producer of Cardinal and Snowpiercer, and the creators of Norsemen and producers of Lilyhammer and Letterkenny, and a drama based on hockey star P.K. Subban.

Coming from Son of a Critch showrunner Tim McAuliffe, half-hour workplace comedy The Ambassador will star former Full Frontal with Samantha Bee presenter and Daily Show correspondent Bee as Olivia Winters, a former actor turned diplomat at the Canadian embassy in Bulgaria. Along with her childhood best friend Andrea Taylor (Allana Harkin), a sharp, policy-driven diplomat, Olivia has to rely on instinct, chaotic brilliance and uniquely Canadian workarounds to punch above their weight.

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