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Pure Pwnage (TV) — Season 1 on Showcase (Canada), 2010. An adaptation of the globally viral web series into a half-hour cable mockumentary. Only one TV season was produced (8 episodes). This Artchive page is historical overview + links — not a full re-host of the TV masters.
Official Showcase Network trailer — youtube.com/watch?v=Do5aHOjCuWo
Fan Expo ’09 — Geoff & Jarett discuss the Showcase series (YouTube)
Overview
- Network: Showcase (Canada)
- Premiere: 12 March 2010 · Finale: 30 April 2010
- Episodes: 8 × ~22 minutes
- Creators / showrunners: Jarett Cale & Geoff Lapaire (ROFLMAO)
- Format: Mockumentary comedy — Jeremy (teh_pwnerer) tries to “go pro” again with FPS Doug, documented by Kyle
- Outcome: Not renewed for a second Showcase season; DVD / Blu-ray / digital editions released afterward
Cast (Series 1)
| Actor | Character | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Jarett Cale | Jeremy (teh_pwnerer) | Co-creator; lead from web series |
| Geoff Lapaire | Kyle | Co-creator; documentarian brother |
| Joel Gardiner | FPS Doug | Returns from web series |
| Melanie Scrofano | October | New series regular for TV |
Web-series regulars Dave Lee (Dave / Dawei) and Miranda Plant (Anastasia / Tagi) did not return as series regulars for the Showcase adaptation. Ten short production-blog videos were released online before the TV premiere.
Watch officially
Full TV episodes are primarily sold as physical / digital home-video — not the free web-series playlist. Prefer these official channels:
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YouTube (official free content):
- Showcase :30 trailer
- Showcase Network channel
- KylePP — official web-series + soundtrack + announcements
- Original web series full playlist (not PPTV, but the free official episodes)
- Buy Season 1 (Noobstore — official merch store):
- Streaming / regional TV: availability rotates (historically Showcase / STACKTV in Canada; international cable deals varied). Check local rights holders and the official Pure Pwnage / Noobstore announcements.
Awards & recognition
- The franchise (web + film era) has been recognized in Canadian comedy circles; the feature film later won a Canadian Comedy Award (2016) for best feature film.
- The TV adaptation itself was a high-profile Showcase original — premiered March 2010, distributed internationally (including US / Australia windows) — and remains the “smash hit cable” version many non-web viewers first saw.
- Cultural footprint: mainstream Canadian cable adaptation of one of the earliest truly viral gaming web series; Gamer Army / Artchive community peak era.
For encyclopedic detail see Wikipedia — Pure Pwnage and the episode list page linked from there.