Check it Out! is a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 from September 1985 to April 1988. The series also aired in the United States in syndication and on the USA Network

USA Network

USA Network is an American cable television channel launched in 1971. Once a minor player in basic cable, the network has steadily gained popularity because of breakout hits like Monk, Psych, Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, White Collar, Monday Night RAW, Suits, and reruns of the various...

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Synopsis

Based on the British series Tripper's Day

Tripper's Day

Tripper's Day is a British television sitcom produced by Thames Television for ITV. The plot involved Leonard Rossiter as Norman Tripper, a Northern manager assigned to a London supermarket with a problematic staff...

, Check It Out! was set in a supermarket

Supermarket

A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...

 and stars Don Adams

Don Adams

Don Adams was an American actor, comedian and director. In his five decades on television, he was best known as Maxwell Smart in the television situation comedy Get Smart , which he also sometimes directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Smart...

 as manager Howard Bannister. The cast also included Dinah Christie

Dinah Christie

Dinah Barbara Christie is a Canadian comedic actor and singer.The daughter of actors Robert and Margot Christie, she came to Canada at the age of two with her parents and grew up in Toronto. At age 13, she worked as a call boy at the Stratford Festival and became an apprentice at the Festival in...

, Gordon Clapp

Gordon Clapp

Gordon Clapp is an American actor, best known for portraying the role of Det. Greg Medavoy for all 12 seasons on the television series NYPD Blue, winning an Emmy Award in 1998.-Early and personal life:...

, Barbara Hamilton

Barbara Hamilton (actor)

Barbara Hamilton was a Canadian actor in film, television and theatre.After studies at Brockville Collegiate Institute, she attended the University of Toronto where her early performances were featured at the Hart House Theatre. She is known for roles in films and television series such as Road to...

, Elizabeth Hanna

Elizabeth Hanna

Elizabeth Hanna is a Canadian film and television actress, most notable for her voice acting work in animated films. She later complemented her voice acting skills by becoming a Speech-Language Pathologist.-Early history:...

, Kathleen Laskey

Kathleen Laskey

Kathleen Laskey, sometimes credited as Kathy Laskey, is a Canadian actress, primarily associated with television roles. Her credits include roles in Check it Out!, Being Erica, Street Legal, George Shrinks, Blue Murder, Yin Yang Yo!, Wayside, Weird Years, At the Hotel and The Eleventh...

, Jeff Pustil, Simon Reynolds

Simon Reynolds

Simon Reynolds is an English music critic who is well-known for his writings on electronic dance music and for coining the term "post-rock". Besides electronic dance music, Reynolds has written about a wide range of artists and musical genres, and has written books on post-punk and rock...

, Aaron Schwartz and Tonya Lee Williams

Tonya Lee Williams

Tonya Lee Williams is a Canadian actress, best known for her role as Dr. Olivia Barber Winters on the American soap opera The Young and the Restless, from 1990 to 2005, and for a brief time in 2007. She returned to the series in the fall of 2008.-Early life:Williams was born in London, England to...

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Syndication

In 2008, four episodes of the series were featured on WGN America's "Outta Sight Retro Night" programming block. As of 2010, the program is seen on Comedy Gold in Canada on weekends.

International titles

In Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

 the show was called Supermercado 99 ("Supermarket 99"), a reference to Barbara Feldon's character in Get Smart

Get Smart

Get Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created by Mel Brooks with Buck Henry, the show starred Don Adams , Barbara Feldon , and Edward Platt...

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In Sweden, comical duo Stefan & Krister star in Full Frys

Full Frys

Full Frys is a Swedish comedy TV-show, by comedy/musical duo Stefan & Krister. One season of 12 episodes has been recorded, in 1998, and it was broadcasted on the Swedish TV4 first in 1999, and later in 2000 and 2003...

, a TV series largely based on Check it Out! and Tripper's Day.