Maybe “Schitt’s Creek” should have been called “The Little Show That Could.”

The offbeat Canadian comedy was almost unheard of in the U.S. until it began airing on Netflix.

The show also won acclaim for its positive portrayal of LGBTQ+ characters and issues.

Emily Hampshire at event

And I’ve been known to sample the occasional rose," David says (viaWine Enthusiast).

“Cut to about five years later.

‘Is Emily gay?’

Schitt’s Creek cast at Emmys

‘Who’s Emily?'”

“I said to Dan, I was like, ‘This is so weird.

What am I?’

And since then, it really doesn’t matter to me.

I have to like the person.

I’m really attracted to a person’s vibe.

He was like, ‘You’re pansexual.

Don’t you watch our show?'”

(viaThe Hollywood Reporter).

Levy had a policy that the show would never venture into homophobia or subject the characters to ridicule.

Hampshire credits this for the show’s popularity.

She toldPopSugar, “It always ends up being ‘love is love.’