Janet and Steve Sitcom Bell Fibe

A Bell Fibe TV1 Original Series

Seasons 2 & 3 Officially Greenlit

"Bick and Antzis have wonderful chemistry, like that couple you hope to run into at your next dinner party." — Now Toronto

A Quick-Witted Look at Love & Life, from L.A. to Peterborough.

Janet & Steve is a fresh, hilariously sharp episodic series that captures the ridiculous and relatable quarrels of a long-term relationship. Think Seinfeld's observational humor meets the conversational flow of Curb Your Enthusiasm.

SUPPORT S2 & S3 STREAM S1 — $7 WATCH PILOT

Status: S2 & S3 Greenlit

Broadcast: Licensed — Bell Fibe TV1

Production: Paradigm Pictures

Origins & Pedigree

From Fringe Winner to TV1 Series

Settle This Thing

The series is based on the acclaimed live show 'Settle This Thing' where audiences voted on the couple's arguments. A Winner of the Audience Pick Award at the Chicago Fringe Festival, it played to sold-out houses in Toronto, Montreal, and Chicago.

Drew Antzis

FOD Pioneer

The first in-house director at Funny or Die. Directed the premiere viral hit "The Landlord" with Will Ferrell.

Tamara Bick

Comedy Icon

Second City Toronto/LA alum. She guest starred in Seinfeld and was a series regular on Men Behaving Badly.

Pawel Dwulit

Associate CSC member

Owner of Paradigm Pictures. Lead cinematographer focused on Central Ontario production growth.

The Production

Where We've Been,
Where We're Going

A crew of three, one small Ontario city, and a network series. Seasons 2 & 3 do it again — twice.

Season 1 — Delivered Aired 12 March 2026 · Bell Fibe TV1

Episodes: 5 × 12 min
Crew: 3 people
Locations: 26
Shot in: Peterborough

Every location, supplier and hire was local. Three people made five episodes of network television without leaving Central Ontario.

Greenlit

S2/3

Seasons 2 & 3 — In Production Premiering Fall 2027 · Bell Fibe TV1

New episodes: 3 + 3
Shoot days: 18
Block one: 9 days · Nov 2026
Block two: 9 days · Jan 2027

Six more episodes, the same small crew, the same town. Eighteen days of shooting is what stands between here and Fall 2027 — and that's what your support pays for.

SUPPORT THE NEXT 18 DAYS

Support levels from $25 · Shot entirely in Central Ontario

Creative DNA

The New Observational Canon

The Seinfeld Factor

Much like Seinfeld, Janet & Steve finds its magic in the minutiae. It celebrates the unresolvable friction found in the smallest details of cohabitation.

The Curb Influence

The series embraces the improvisational flow and cringe-comedy honesty of Curb Your Enthusiasm. It’s an unfiltered, conversational look at social faux pas.

Why this genre,
why now?

Audiences are worn out by big problems. So they're going small.

There is real comfort in the low-stakes, high-emotion battles of domestic life — the escapism of the ordinary, where the biggest crisis of the day isn't global. It's who didn't replace the toilet paper roll.

Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm set the standard for the comedy of minutiae. Since they left the zeitgeist, nothing has filled the gap.

Catastrophe and Master of None brought cinematic realism to relationships. Janet & Steve goes back to the raw, rapid-fire, argument-based comedy that made the genre iconic.

Relatability as Relief

The Initiative

Regional Economic Engine

Produced by Paradigm Pictures, the series is a cornerstone of the Central Ontario Film Initiative.

We leverage Peterborough's 26 unique locations to support hyper-local businesses and bring sustainable production work to Central Ontario. Seasons 2 & 3 keep that work here.

Initiative FilmCentralOntario.com Studio ParadigmPictures.tv

Proof of Concept

Watch it here

Play Pilot

"The Lottery Ticket"

Future Reach

Distribution & Licensing Goals

Inflight Entertainment

Securing placement with a major Canadian airline to capture a captive, travel-savvy audience.

North American Streaming

Targeting licensing deals with Tubi and Hulu to expand the footprint across North America.

Global Localization

Dubbing the series for non-English markets to translate the universal language of domestic quarrels.

Strategic Targets

Airlines

Tubi

Hulu

Global Dubs

Critical Acclaim

The Wall of Praise

"Bick and Antzis have wonderful chemistry, like that couple you hope to run into at your next dinner party."

Debbie Fein-Goldbach

Now Toronto

"Hilariously Sharp"

Cate McKim

lifewithmerecowbell.com

"Fast and Clever"

Sam Tweedle

Kawarthanow.com

Series Roadmap

The War of Minutiae

Focus: The small things that break you.

Mindreader Fork in the Road Little White Lies FART Steve's Oeuvre

Episode Spotlight: Mindreader

"When Janet insists that couples in a long term relationship should be able to read each other's mind, Steve pays the price after failing to understand her obvious social cues."

Stream Now for $7

The War of Compromise Greenlit · 3 Episodes · Fall 2027

Focus: Keeping the peace.

Highlight Reel Canadian Beer League A Very Special Christmas Special

The War of Technology Greenlit · 3 Episodes · Fall 2027

Focus: Swiping left.

Clones Joe Tech & Toes

Greenlit & Fundraising

Support Seasons 2 & 3

Bell Fibe TV1 has greenlit two more seasons, shooting in Peterborough through January 2027. Independent TV is fan-funded TV. Pick a level, check out through the Paradigm Pictures store, and Janet & Steve will thank you properly.

Support goes to producing the next two seasons in Central Ontario.

Secure checkout via the Paradigm Pictures store · Questions or a custom package: info@paradigmpictures.tv

Between Seasons

Settle This Thing:
The Arguments

The fight doesn't stop when the cameras do. While Seasons 2 & 3 shoot, Janet & Steve are releasing short scripted arguments — one domestic dispute at a time, settled exactly as badly as they are on TV.

Your fight, filmed. Supporters at the Settle This Thing level choose the argument. Dishwasher loading? Thermostat politics? Whose family gets the holidays? We script it, film it, thank you by name in it — and send you the file to share.

PICK YOUR FIGHT — $500 STREAM S1 — $7

What to expect

One argument at a time, settled badly.
Short enough for a coffee break.
Fights chosen by supporters, with a thank-you on camera.
Same voices, same marriage, no writers' room to hide behind.

Released on Janet & Steve social — first one coming soon