# Michael: Every Day

Michael: Every Day, formerly known as Michael: Tuesdays and Thursdays, is a Canadian television sitcom that debuted on CBC Television in 2011.
Described by the National Post as a cross between What About Bob? and Frasier, the show stars Matt Watts as Michael, a neurotic young man undergoing regular psychotherapy, and Bob Martin as David, his therapist who views Michael as an ideal guinea pig for the experimental psychiatric techniques he hopes will turn him into a bestselling pop psychology writer. Filmed in Ottawa, Ontario, the show's cast also includes Jennifer Irwin, Pablo Silveira, Martha Burns and Tommie-Amber Pirie.
The series is based in part on Watts' own past struggles with anxiety disorder.

## Episodes
### Season 1

The series was greenlit in February 2011, shot during June of that year at an average episode budget of $150,000 CAD and premiered on CBC on September 14, 2011, at 9 pm. After two episodes, the series was moved to Tuesdays at 9PM. The show was not renewed for the 2012–13 season.
The first season was released on DVD in Canada in 2014 by VideoWorks. In 2015, it became available in the United States through Hulu. In Canada, it is available to stream through the CBC's website.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canadian viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Small Talk" | Don McKellar | Bob Martin | September 14, 2011 (2011-09-14) | 0.321 |
| 2 | "Unscripted Conversation" | Don McKellar | Matt Watts | September 21, 2011 (2011-09-21) | 0.199 |
| 3 | "Vomiting" | Don McKellar | Bob Martin | September 27, 2011 (2011-09-27) | 0.153 |
| 4 | "Sleeping with People" | Don McKellar | Bob Martin | October 4, 2011 (2011-10-04) | 0.234 |
| 5 | "Bridges" | Alison Maclean | Matt Watts | October 11, 2011 (2011-10-11) | 0.260 |
| 6 | "Trust" | Alison Maclean | Bob Martin | October 18, 2011 (2011-10-18) | 0.178 |
| 7 | "Heights" | Alison Maclean | Mark McKinney | October 25, 2011 (2011-10-25) | 0.273 |
| 8 | "Being Alone" | Patricia Rozema | Matt Watts | November 1, 2011 (2011-11-01) | 0.209 |
| 9 | "Ridicule" | Patricia Rozema | Susan Coyne | November 8, 2011 (2011-11-08) | 0.251 |
| 10 | "Sweating" | Patricia Rozema | Susan Coyne | November 15, 2011 (2011-11-15) | 0.187 |
| 11 | "Failure" | Don McKellar | Katie Ford | November 29, 2011 (2011-11-29) | 0.223 |
| 12 | "Endings" | Don McKellar | Bob Martin | December 6, 2011 (2011-12-06) | 0.145 |

### Season 2

In March 2015, the CBC announced that the series would return with six new episodes in the 2015–16 season. The new episodes were ultimately delayed, however, and premiered in January 2017 under the new series title Michael: Every Day. The series was not renewed for a third season.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Canadian viewers (millions) |
| 1 | "Squirrels" | Don McKellar | Matt Watts | January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15) | 0.189 |
| 2 | "Making a Friend" | Don McKellar | Matt Watts | January 15, 2017 (2017-01-15) | 0.136 |
| 3 | "Public Urination" | Don McKellar | Lynn Coady | January 22, 2017 (2017-01-22) | N/A |
| 4 | "Panic Camp" | Don McKellar | Lynn Coady | January 22, 2017 (2017-01-22) | N/A |
| 5 | "Hodophobia - Part 1" | Don McKellar | Bob Martin | January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29) | N/A |
| 6 | "Hodophobia - Part 2" | Don McKellar | Bob Martin | January 29, 2017 (2017-01-29) | N/A |

## Reception

The show's premiere episode garnered low ratings, with 199,000 viewers watching. The rest of the season averaged around 250,000 viewers.