Category: Global Television Network

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 2000 Broadcast Medium: Television This science fiction drama series starred Kevin Sorbo as Dylan Shepherd, the last starship captain of the System’s Commonwealth, an Earth-based government on a crusade to restore hope to the stars after a brutal civil war that had left them all in darkness. Also in the cast were […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 to 2007 Broadcast Medium: Television This science-fiction series starred Richard Dean Anderson as Colonel Jonathan “Jack” O’Neill, team leader of Stargate SG-1, and was based on the 1994 theatrical film “Stargate”. In the film, scientists and military types investigated an inter-dimensional portal that led to a new planet named Abydos. In the series, […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1999 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television First there was Nancy Drew, and then came Shelby Woo. Shelby was a teenager who worked part-time as an intern in the local police station. Her friends Angie and Vince helped her solve the fun and intriguing mysteries. The program was a play along mystery that challenged […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Medium: Television Host Jonathan Welsh explored the world of wine and great food each week, welcoming a different celebrity or personality as his guest for dinner. The half-hour series, designed to inform and entertain, had appeal for everyone from wine novices to wine enthusiasts. The show first aired on CHCH-TV, Hamilton, then […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1998 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television This prime-time adult animated series was based on the Academy Award winning animated short film, “Bob’s Birthday”, created by David Fine and Alison Snowden, produced by the National Film Board in concert with Channel 4 in England. Each episode focused on the ordinary but angst-ridden lives of Bob […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 to 2000 Broadcast Medium: Television This one-hour series had its origins in the French film La Femme Nikita, and was known under that title on the USA Network. Variously described as escapist, campy and quixotic, the series developed a major cult following with scores of websites offering insights into the characters and […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1996 to 2000 Broadcast Medium: Television Set in Toronto, a group of Bay Street traders bought and sold Canadian stocks and bonds in this series that didn’t try to appear to be from Anywhere, North America. Lots of financial babble mixed in with relationship intrigue, this series showed how fortunes were made and […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1998 to 2002 Broadcast Medium: Television The New Addams Family was an updated version of the popular mid-sixties series about a decidedly off-beat family who resided in an eerie mansion. The ghoulish characters were pitted against the mundane world – including the mailman, the school board and the truant officer. They thought of […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1996 to 1999 Broadcast Medium: Television Host Stu Jeffries pitched questions to couples about their relationships, very much like the American show, the Newlywed Game. One member of the couple was first asked questions while their mate was offstage and out of earshot. Then, when they were rejoined, the mate who had been […]

Network: Global Television Network Broadcast Run: 1997 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television A spin-off of the 1960’s series, The Outer Limits of the 1990’s brought new vision with new stories, both frightening and heartening, making this one of the highest rated Canadian series on television. Fully embracing science fiction and the incredible capabilities of the human imagination, each episode […]