The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: 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: 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 […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 1994 Broadcast Medium: Television Well-known Canadian actors Chris Wiggins, Robey and John D. LeMay star in this action/suspense series. Cousins Micki Foster (Louise Robey) and Ryan Dallion (John D. LeMay) had no idea what they were in for when their uncle Lewis willed them an antique store. Lewis had made a […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television French-Canadian father and son actors, Daniel and Manuel Gelin, starred as a father and son in this racing car series packed with action. Joseph Sinclair (Daniel Gelin), head of the Sinclair racing team where victory and glory were mixed with disappointment, frustration and defeat, had lost one […]
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Medium: Television This weekly series was listed as a Global program in the 1990s. The content was presumably self-evident from the title, but no information is available as to the program’s format, host(s) etc. Any input from visitors to this site will be welcomed.
Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1991 to 1992 Broadcast Medium: Television An animated series brought to life classic songs and rhymes loved by children for generations. Favorite Songs was a series of half-hour specials for the whole family, providing both enjoyable music and fun characters, while adults could appreciate the humour and artistic beauty of the animation. Each […]