The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1999 Broadcast Medium: Television Broadcast debut: October 5, 1999This pre-school children’s program was self-described as a show “where the imagination of young children brings a stuffed toy to life. In the minds of these children, Amigo is six feet tall and the best friend anyone could ever hope for. Venturing through […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1998 to 2000 Broadcast Medium: Television A comedy/satire about the preferred ‘shut-in’ life of Curtis and his peculiar friends. Directed by Bruce MacDonald. Principal Cast: Don McKeller, Molly Parker, Daniel MacIvor, Callum Keith Rennie, Bruce McCulloch and Mark McKinney. Aired weekly from 1998 to 2000. Limited series. Written by John Corcelli […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1998 to 2004 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekday mornings, at various times, from October 4, 1998 to April 24, 2000. [Repeated] This children’s program, aimed at pre-schoolers, was a co-production of CBC and the company responsible for bringing The Care Bears to television. It was a computer animated show about a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1998 to 2003 Broadcast Medium: Television Although it dealt with a lot of the inside workings of Canadian television, Made in Canada’s very funny scripts and first-class acting made it a highly-popular half-hour series for CBC. Five seasons, totalling 65 episodes, were produced and broadcast between October 5th 1998 and June […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1998 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television 46 Episodes of this one-hour series aired on Sunday nights from January 4, 1998 to January 10, 2001 This drama was based on Lucy Maud Montgomery’s books of the same name. Montgomery also wrote Anne of Green Gables, which was produced for television a few years […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1998 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from March 2, 1998 to April 6, 1998. This half hour comedy series featured Greg Thomey as small-town talk show host Ernie Post. Along with his sidekick, Charles the Chef (Richard Donat), Ernie welcomed guests to explore a number of themes that affected people’s daily lives. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1998 to 2005 Broadcast Medium: Television Set in Vancouver, Da Vince’s Inquest was a one-hour series that ran on the CBC for 91 episodes between 1998 and 2005. It depicted the exploits of Dominic Da Vinci, a crusading coroner, whose character was based on that of real-life Vancouver coroner Larry Campbell. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 to 1999 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired twice a week at various times, from October 1, 1997 to November 23, 1999 This half-hour children’s program featured Sharon, Lois & Bram; three of the most popular kids performers in Canada. It was set at a fictional television station operated by the threesome […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 to 2000 Broadcast Medium: Television A soap opera/drama, set in the Toronto community of Riverdale. The series was created byYan Moore, one of the producers of Britain’s Coronation Street, and was produced by Stephen Sohn and Linda Schuyler for Epitome Pictures Inc., in association with the CBC. 94 half-hour episodes were produced. The series premiered […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1991 to 2006 Broadcast Medium: Television Steve Smith plays the part of outdoorsman Red Green in this highly successful comedy show produced in association with CBC. The weekly 30-minute program debuted on CBC in 1997, after starting on CHCH in 1991 and later moving to Global, and offered such ever-popular segments […]