Lord Have Mercy

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This is for Lord Have Mercy!, the Canadian TV show. For Lord Have Mercy, the US rap artist, see Lord Have Mercy (musician)

Lord Have Mercy! was a Canadian television sitcom, produced by Leda Serene Films, which debuted on Vision TV in 2003. It also received a second run on Toronto One, APTN and Showcase later the same year.

The series, one of the first television productions launched by Vision TV's multicultural television development fund, starred Arnold Pinnock as Dwight Gooding, an ambitious new youth pastor at Mt. Zion, a Caribbean-Canadian church. Other main characters were Dennis Hall as head pastor Cuthbert Stevens, Rachel Price as Gooding's wife Desirée, Leonie Forbes as pastoral assistant Hope McCauley, and Shaun Singleton and d'bi young as Hope's grandchildren Kent and Crystal. The cast also included Gary Farmer, Russell Peters and Louis Negin.

Lord Have Mercy! was created by Vance Chapman and Frances-Anne Solomon, (who also directed the series), based on an idea by Paul deSilva. It was produced by Solomon, Chapman and Claire Prieto.

The show was nominated for two Gemini Awards, for Best Comedy Series and for Best Female Performer (Leonie Forbes).