Category: Global Television Network

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television A series of four Live Action mini-series for young people, Family Playhouse was one of the first ever to be produced under the Canadian/New Zealand co-production treaty.

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television A daily hour-long interview show, hosted by radio journalist Arlene Bynon, in the 1990’s. This was her first foray into television. Guests included Hugh Hefner and Gloria Steinem. The show was later broadcast on Prime TV, Global’s specialty channel aimed at adults, until 2001. Written by Joanne […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 1992 Broadcast Medium: Television Ballooner Landing was a mythical guest ranch for children. Hosts Lee and Sandy Paley and their sidekicks, Dogood Dog, Prudence the Parrot and Tex Critter the Flea, hosted this series, based in Calgary, which provided children with a half-hour of fun, stories and song. The Paleys, who […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 1997 Broadcast Medium: Television After a failed attempt by NBC in the U.S. to revitalize an older black and white version of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (circa 1960’s), a Canadian company, Paragon Motion Pictures (Toronto) took on the challenge to relaunch the show which ran on Global. Alfred Hitchcock The show presented an […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 1992 Broadcast Medium: Television Quebec filmmaker and naturalist Jean-Louis Frund explored the wildlife world from the Canadian Arctic to the tip of Argentina in this series of half-hour specials. Each program revealed many unknown behaviors of animals, leading to a better understanding and respect of wildlife altogether. From arresting footage of […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 1997 Broadcast Medium: Television This was one of the first animated series that focused on environmental concerns of the day and attempted to teach children to be environmentally friendly as the series tackled the greenhouse effect, acid rain, toxic waste and endangered species. The story was based around the Suntots who […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television In this series, eight international real-life celebrities returned to their native countries in what became, for each of them,  intensely personal voyages of discovery.  Wilf Carter returned to the world famous Calgary Stampede. One of the world’s greatest tenors, Placido Domingo, returned to the city of his roots, Madrid.  Indian actor […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 1998 Broadcast Medium: Television Based on the hit movie of the same name, this combination animated/ non-animated half-hour series was about an outrageous ghost named Beetlejuice and his pre-teen real-life friend Lydia Deetz. Lydia joined Beetlejuice in his crazy world called the Neitherworld. Every time Beetlejuice uttered a double-entendre, the play-on- […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1988 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television Mr. T. co-starred as a tough, streetwise private investigator and former boxer T.S. Turner, with Canadian actress Kristina Nicoll, a sharp-witted East coast lawyer named Terri Taler. They teamed up to battle greed and corruption. Each week the pair took on another dangerous case, full of fast-paced […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1988 to 1991 Broadcast Medium: Television Super Dave, played by Bob Einstein, was an unsuccessful stuntman who made a parody of his profession. Dave was joined each week by a wide array of musical and comedy guests, including Canadian acts Blue Rodeo, Colin James, Doug and the Slugs, Liona Boyd, the Razorbacks, k.d. […]