[6] Fitz's idealisation of Frank Sinatra and his dysfunctional family have shaped him into the cocksure anti-hero he is proud to be.

Fitz's ambition is to get out of 'slinging tin' at his family's used car dealership and open his own lounge, the Summerwind.

Fitz hits rock bottom when he crashes a GT while on a test drive and the customer ends up in a coma.

With Ali having abandoned their son Fitz is left struggling with the challenges of being a single father in season four.

In an interview with RTÉ Jason Priestley described the show as "booze, blow and broads or Sunday night at Charlie Sheen's house.

"[7] It was announced in November 2009 that principal photography had begun on the first season of Call Me Fitz and that filming would continue in the Annapolis Valley until mid-January 2010.

[4] Subsequent seasons continued production in the Annapolis Valley, primarily in the town of New Minas, Nova Scotia.

The show also swept other comedy categories including Best Directing, Best Writing, Best Picture Editing, and Best Sound.

At the Monte Carlo Television Festival, the show received Best International Producing and Best Acting nominations for Jason Priestley, Ernie Grunwald, Brooke Nevin, and Kathleen Munroe.

Additional nominations include Best TV Show and Best Production Design at the DGC Awards and Best Sitcom at the Banff World Media Festival.

It deftly draws a world in which sin and sexual charisma come at full new-model cost... [FITZ] is King of Front-Wheel Drive and Back-Seat Romps.

"[17] Orange County, CA Film Commission President Paul Ruffino said about the series "A satirical demonic view of the menagerie of mediocrity called mankind.