I Kill the Bear, the new Crave Original comedy from Jared Keeso, premieres Friday, November 6, 2026. Two of its six episodes arrive on day one, followed by two more each week, according to Bell Media’s October 6, 2026 announcement.
Release date and schedule
- Premiere: Friday, November 6, 2026, on Crave.
- Format: six half-hour episodes, released two per week.
- Source check: MobileSyrup independently reported the same schedule: two episodes on the premiere date, then two weekly.
Earlier timing was vaguer. When Bell Media announced casting and production on October 1, 2025, it said only that the series would premiere on Crave in 2026, with filming underway in Sudbury, Ontario. Bell Media’s series page still says “Coming Soon”, so the October 6 release is the better source for the exact date.
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What the show is about
Bell Media describes it this way: “I KILL THE BEAR is a comedy about a family of bear wranglers for film sets, and why, after 100 years, they’ve decided to make this film their last.”
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Who is in it
The Thibault family
Jared Keeso, Georges St-Pierre, Sarah-Maude Beauchesne and Jonathan Torrens play the Thibaults. Keeso also created and wrote the series, and he is its executive producer.
Wider ensemble
The principal cast also includes Adrian Holmes, Chad Kroeger, Kristin Kreuk, Scott Thompson, Dylan Playfair, Eliana Jones, Frederick Roy and Megha Sandhu.
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Guest stars
Bell Media lists Jann Arden, Brent Butt, Kim Coates, Tricia Helfer, Michelle Mylett, Melanie Scrofano and Hannah Simone.
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New Metric Media produces the series in association with Play Fun Games and in partnership with Bell Media’s Crave. New Metric Media also handles international distribution.
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The stated home is Crave. Bell Media says Canadians can reach Crave directly through Crave.ca and its iOS and Android apps. It also lists Amazon Fire TV, Prime Video Subscriptions, Android TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Hisense, LG and Samsung smart TVs, PlayStation, Roku, Xbox One and participating TV providers. That is Bell Media’s description of the service in general. It doesn’t confirm that every device or subscription route will carry this series identically, and you don’t need to buy new hardware to watch.
No international viewing details have been announced. New Metric Media’s distribution role doesn’t say where viewers outside Canada will be able to stream it. No renewal has been announced either.
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