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The first three seasons of the expanse are on CBC Gem.
I don't watch many police/med procedurals (or much of what you've listed) but they seem to have a few procedurals etc, I think Republic of Doyle is one? Oh, Luther is a detective series and solid stuff, not sure if that scratches your itch? A couple others I don't know much about.. Kind of different and I do love Natasha Lyon so I'm biased but Pokerface seems like a fun take on the procedural.
Mr D is a sitcom, seems on par with Big Bang? Also, they have Portlandia which is sketch comedy but hilarious.
Might be a but highbrow but Reservation Dogs is great stuff.
To each their own though, good luck!
The other half of the series is only on Prime.
Yup. I don't think you can fault CBC gem for not, I dunno, pirating a prime "original" series. (Prime bought the rights once the sci fi channel or whatever it was called cancelled it.)
Oh, I'm not faulting anyone. It's just an example of why this whole thing is lowkey dumb. If you're on a strict "buy Canadian" diet, you get half a good TV series. Having watched the whole thing before things got lowkey dumb, that's kind of a ripoff.
Sure but you might try some of the other shows in similar style to the other ones you mentioned.
Buy Canadian means yeah, trying some different things, making small changes etc. Maybe, trying a new cop/detective show or another sitcom, or watching the first few seasons of the Expanse on Gem and sailing the high seas for the last two.
Also, for what it's worth, an awesome no budget sci fi movie, Freaks is on Crave. Fully recommend going in knowing as little as possible.