ABOUT THE SHOW

SORT OF is a big-hearted series about Sabi Mehboob, a fluid millennial who straddles various identities from bartender at an LGBTQ bookstore/bar, to the youngest child in a Pakistani family, to the de facto parent of a downtown hipster family. Sabi feels like they’re in transition in every aspect of their life, from gender to love to sexuality to family to career. When Sabi’s best friend 7ven presents them with an opportunity to live in the “queerest place in the galaxy,” Sabi instead makes the decision to stay and care for the kids they nanny after their mom has a serious bike accident. Do they regret it? Sort of. A coming-of-age story, Sort Of exposes the labels we once poured ourselves into as no longer applicable… to anyone.

The third and final season shows Sabi Mehboob (Baig) coming to terms with feelings of grief and an unexpected sense of freedom following the death of their father. Without the constraints of living up to their father’s expectations Sabi confronts big questions about their identity, prompting some massive life choices. In a season that has the entire ensemble grappling with aftermaths, a rebirth comes in a sort of messy, sort of hopeful, sort of ‘SORT OF’ way.

The breakout dramatic comedy recently won a Peabody in the Entertainment Category at the 82nd Annual Peabody Awards and received the Banff Rockie Award for Program of the Year. These are in addition to the series being recognized by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television in 2022, winning three Canadian Screen Awards for Best Comedy Series, Best Writing, Comedy, and the Members’ Choice Series Ensemble Award. In April 2022, Baig and Filippo received a Writer’s Guild of Canada Screenwriting Award. SORT OF also received a GLAAD Media Award nomination for Outstanding New TV Series.

A CBC original series, SORT OF is produced by SphèreMédia  with the participation of the Canada Media Fund, and created by Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo, who also serve as showrunners and executive producers. The series is written by Baig, Filippo, Ian Iqbal Rashid (Touch of Pink), Jenn Engels (Transplant), JP Larocque (Jann), Kyah Green (Corner Gas: Animated) and Léa Geronimo Rondot (Awake), with Filippo, Joyce Wong (Wexford Plaza) and J. Stevens (Slo Pitch) directing. Sphere Media's Jennifer Kawaja (The Porter) is executive producer along with Bruno Dubé (Transplant).