The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1991 Broadcast Medium: Television Long ago, in the magic forest of Be’twixt was the home of the Happy Castle, a wondrous place of beauty, friendship and laughter. But then, the evil Gloomella took over the Happy Castle and spread her gloom to all who lived there. However, the forest creatures of Be’twixt who […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1991 Broadcast Medium: Television Young Canadian actor Justin Louis hosted Dance Mix, a dance series that showcased other young Canadian talent. Original rap performances and interviews with hot young Canadian composers and musicians were interspersed throughout every half-hour, along with performances by young teens from Ontario’s best dance schools. Taped before […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1991 to 1992 Broadcast Medium: Television This hour-long action/adventure series told the tale of a three-member team of high-tech agents working on secret missions for the government, using a hi-tech helicopter to accomplish their missions. The series starred Canadian actors Anthony Sherwood as Jason Locke, an activist lawyer hired by the Company to […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television Frank L. Baum’s classic tale of The Wizard of Oz became an animated half-hour series filled with all the famous characters from four of the fourteen books which made Baum’s Oz one of the most memorable fantasy worlds ever created: Lion, Tinman, Scarecrow, and Dorothy and Toto, […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Medium: Television The Spacewatch Club was a weekly half-hour series that explored the world of space science and technology through dramatic stories with live action and animation sequences filmed on location around the world. The Spacewatch Club members were J.T., Catherine, Emily and Kevin, and their wisecracking jerry-rigged computer W.A.L.T.E.R. (Wires Analog […]
Network: Specialty Channel Broadcast Run: 1991 to 1997 Broadcast Medium: Television The animated adventures of Rupert Bear, a beloved British comic which ran in England’s Daily Express for more than 80 years, came to television through Nelvana studios which was licensed to create the series for worldwide distribution and produced six seasons of the show. Characters included Rupert […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1987 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television Ovide and the Gang was an animated series designed not only to entertain but to also educate young people about television’s influence on their world. The peace-loving duck-billed platypus Ovide was the village chief. He and his friends inhabited an island paradise where television tuned them into the outside […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1991 to 1992 Broadcast Medium: Television A series about lost children, hosted by Canadian actor William Shatner of Star Trek fame. Written by Joanne Ingrassia – January, 2004
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1998 to 1999 Broadcast Medium: Television An afternoon men’s talk show, hosted the first year by actor/writer Hart Pomerantz, then by Canadian singer/songwriter Murray MacLaughlan. Broadcast: 1990’s for two seasonsTime slot: Daily afternoonsRunning time: 30 minutes Written by Joanne Ingrassia – January, 2004 Murray MacLaughlan
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television Mike Anscombe hosted Sports Probe, a weekly half-hour series, which featured sports figures currently in the news. In the 1980s it evolved into a daily half-hour, Sportsline, with a new host, Bob McCowan, and expanded to include highlights of the sports events of the day. By the 1990s […]