Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 1991 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly, in primetime, from November 5, 1990 to December 27, 1991 This half-hour drama was a co-production of CBC Television, Fosterfilm Productions of Vancouver, and Sunrise Films of Toronto. It was the story of Max Glick, a teenage boy from a Jewish family, who […]
Author: Anne MacLennan
Material World
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly at 8:30pm from February 5, 1990 to March 1, 1993 This half hour program was a comedy series about a young woman’s romantic and professional adventures in the fashion world. It featured Laura Bruneau as Kitty Reeves, and her co-workers, friends and relatives […]
Inside Stories
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights in primetime in 1990. Repeated at various times until 1993. This 30-minute drama series was a co-production of CBC and BC Film. Each week an independent production company would present a finished program in the timeslot, achieving a regular national audience for its […]
Disability Network, The
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 1998 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturdays at 12:30pm from 1990 to 1998. This was a 30-minute public affairs program dedicated to people with disabilities. Susan Pettit and Joe Coughlin were the hosts. This program focused on legal issues, social services, health care, and ways people with disabilities made contributions to society. […]
Street Cents
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television What Marketplace was to adults, Street Cents was to youth. A weekly consumer-affairs program dedicated to teaching young people everything about the marketplace and getting value for the dollar. The show was information-based: not designed to sell youth anything. In fact, due to contributions in the […]
Road To Avonlea
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 1996 Broadcast Medium: Television A weekly drama based on the novels of Lucy Maud Montgomery set in PrinceEdward Island. Principal cast: Sarah Polley, (`89 to `95), Colleen Dewhurst, (`89 to `92), Cedric Smith, Lally Cadeau, Jackie Burroughs, Mag Ruffman, R.H. Thomson, Gema Zamprogna, Michael Mahonen, Zachary Bennett, Heather Brown […]
People and Dogs
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly at various times, from July 14, 1990 to October 13, 1990 This half hour show was produced in Vancouver. Written by John Corcelli – January, 2006
Kids In The Hall, The
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 1995 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly in primetime from 1989 to 1995. This 30-minute sketch comedy series featured the collective talents of David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney and Scott Thompson. Broadway Video, owned by Lorne Michaels, produced the show in association with the CBC. It was […]
Good Rockin’ Tonight
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from 1989 to 1993. This hour-long music program featured interviews and videos from the latest hit makers. The popular series was produced in Vancouver with Terry David Mulligan as the first host. He was followed in the hosts’s chair by Stu Jeffries, whose unpretentious commentary and enthusiasm […]
Fashion File
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 2009 Broadcast Medium: Television Fashion File was a half-hour daytime series produced in collaboration with Canadian fashion magazine. The content was devoted to news of both domestic and international fashion, with coverage of models parading down the world’s runways. It premiered in 1989 with Tim Blanks as the host, […]