‘Schitt’s Creek’ is the show we all need right now

This year’s Emmys offered a well-earned victory in a tough year. Canadian sitcom “Schitt’s Creek” won a total of nine awards, completely sweeping the comedy category, from outstanding comedy series to acting wins by Eugene Levy’s no-nonsense Johnny Rose, Catherine O’hara’s whimsically wacky Moira Rose, Daniel Levy’s ostentatious David and Annie Murphy’s vapid but lovable Alexis.

Created by Daniel and Eugene Levy, the peak comfort TV series could have plateaued as a selfish once-rich family struggling in small-town life, as the Roses lose their fortune and are forced to move to the titular town Johnny once bought as a joke. But as vile as the family comes across in the beginning of the series, its heartbeat grows as the characters mature and find their voices.

The delightfully outlandish performances (not to mention the wardrobe and wigs) give the series stakes in otherwise everyday situations, grounded by an equally wonderful supporting cast (Emily Hampshire’s sardonic motel clerk Stevie, Jennifer Robertson’s sweet-natured Jocelyn and Sarah Levy’s tragically cheerful Twyla just some of the best). A family thrown into chaos and not only growing from it, but developing a community through eventual empathy? It’s a perfect, timely binge, absurdities and all. “Schitt’s Creek Complete Collection” available on DVD now.

Also available on DVD

■ “Bill & Ted Face the

Music”: The infamous best friends (Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter) travel through time to cheat their way out of having to write a universe-saving song.

■ “A Rainy Day in New York”: A young couple’s (Timothee Chalamet and Elle Fanning) romantic weekend in the city is thwarted by forces pulling them apart.

■ “Spontaneous”: A pair

of high Langford school and seniors Charlie (Katherine Plummer) fights for survival as people begin to spontaneously combust.

■ “Tennessee Johnson”:

The 1942 biopic of the firstever impeached U.S. president, Andrew Johnson, (Van Heflin) has been remastered. Available on digital HD

■ “Jungleland”: A boxer ( Jack O’connell) and his brother (Charlie Hunnam) embark on a long, perilous journey to a supposed last match.

■ “The Retreat”: A backpacking man (Grant Schumacher) is accosted by an evil Native American spirit.

■ “Words on Bathroom

Walls”: A high school senior (Charlie Plummer) is ashamed by his mental illness diagnosis and attempts to keep it a secret. Look for it on DVD and Blu-ray Nov. 17.

POP TV Eugene Levy (from left), Catherine O’hara, Dan Levy and Annie Murphy star in “Schitt’s Creek,” which won a total of nine Emmys, completely sweeping the comedy category.