'da Kink in My Hair is a Canadian television sitcom. Based on the play of the same name

Da Kink in My Hair

Da Kink in My Hair is a play by Trey Anthony, which debuted at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2001.The play's central character is Novelette, the Caribbean Canadian owner of Letty's, a Toronto hair salon...

 by Trey Anthony

Trey Anthony

Trey Anthony is a Canadian comedian and playwright.Born in England, Anthony is a regular on the Canadian comedy circuit. She began doing stand-up comedy during African Nubian Comedy Nights at Yuk-Yuk's....

, the story was adapted into a television show currently airing on Global

Global Television Network

Global Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...

.

Cast

The show stars Ordena Stephens

Ordena Stephens

Ordena Stephens is a Canadian actress. She currently stars in the television series Da Kink in My Hair. She is also credited as Ordena Stephens-Thomas.Her other roles include Blue Murder.-External links:*...

 as Novelette "Letty" Campbell, the Caribbean-Canadian owner of a hair salon in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

. Trey Anthony, the writer of the original play on which the series was based, also stars as Letty's sister Joy.

The original cast also included Ngozi Paul, Richard Fagon, and Conroy Stewart. In season 2, the role of Dre was recast and Daniel J. Gordon assumed the role created by Stewart.

Ratings

Although the show was not a mainstream hit in national television ratings in its first season, it was a much bigger hit in Canada's largest and most multicultural television markets. CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

's Sophie

Sophie (TV series)

Sophie is a Canadian television sitcom starring Natalie Brown as Sophie Parker, an unmarried single mother and talent agent. The show is an English-language adaptation of Télévision de Radio-Canada's show Les Hauts et les bas de Sophie Paquin...

was the year's highest-rated new Canadian sitcom based on national ratings, although in the markets where da Kink in My Hair performed most strongly, it attracted higher ratings than Sophie.

Global announced on March 20, 2008 that the show would be renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on Global on February 12, 2009.

External links

• Da Kink in My Hair