Entered into: Best returning comedy drama series



Produced by: Blink49 Studios

For: Sphere Abacus

Distributed by: Crave



Late Bloomer is a half-hour comedy series that follows the everyday life of Jasmeet Dutta (Jasmeet Raina), your average turban-wearing millennial. Jasmeet, like many others his age, continuously feels like he’s behind in life as he witnesses his peers with seemingly thriving careers and picture-perfect marriages. The added pressure as an eldest son within an immigrant household is, of course, not really helping either. Whether working as a driver for a family-run Tiffin business (delivering Indian home cooked meals to students) or facing the challenges of branching out on his own, Jasmeet uses his video blog to share the frustrations of his mediocre attempts at adulthood with a growing audience who relate to his journey. Jasmeet, like many first-generation children of immigrants, comes from a deeply rooted Indo-Canadian community and constantly finds himself balancing his cultural Eastern roots while adapting Western ideals of discovering a sense of self. This show tackles themes like dating as a POC, digital-age friendships, self-growth with a million modern distractions, spirituality and dealing with a dysfunctional (yet loving) Punjabi family. All this while navigating the Wild West of online celebrity and becoming an unlikely voice of an unheard generation.