From Ginia Bellafante of the New York Times:

• King of Front-Wheel Drive and Back-Seat Romps
  A Canadian series that became enormously popular in its home country, “Call Me Fitz” will be shown here on DirecTV (beginning Thursday), which is a shame because satellite television is hardly a chicken-in-every-pot delivery system. DirecTV’s Channel 101, where the series will appear, has become a tempting little minx begging us away from cable. It had the fourth and fifth seasons of “Friday Night Lights” before they appeared on NBC, and it signed on to provide a home to the legal thriller “Damages” last year, after the series was foolishly dropped by FX. With “Call Me Fitz,” DirecTV continues to demonstrate its sharp instincts. Read more.

From Gray Jones of TV Writer Podcast:

• 014 – TV/Feature Writer Matt MacLennan

From Jaime Weinman in Canadian Screenwriter:

• Calling the Shots on Call Me Fitz
  “It’s as close to a U.S. model of showrunning that I’ve come across,” says Sheri Elwood, creator of Call Me Fitz. A TMN show about a Rat Pack-obsessed sleazeball, it’s a dark comedy in the vein of HBO and Showtime – the lead character spent the first season finale getting kidnapped by three women who threatened to cut his penis off – but a very Canadian production right down to the star, Jason Priestley. Yet in a somewhat un-Canadian fashion, the creator is in charge. “Every wardrobe choice, camera filter, line of dialogue, casting idea, music choice, filters through me,” Elwood says. Read more.

From Debashine Thangevelo of iol.co.za (who, yes, misspells Priestley’s name throughout):

• Bad boy puts fizz into ‘Fitz’
  Of the attraction of playing such a depraved character, Priestly says: “I was looking to carry a show again. The past two series I had done were ensemble shows and it wasn’t a great experience for me. As soon as I read the pilot of Fitz, I knew I had to have this part. The show is well-crafted and an absolute joy.” Read more.