The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1996 Broadcast Medium: Television A police series written by Christian Fournier, Jean-Claude Lord and Pierre Pelletier, and directed by Jean-Claude Lord, TVA aired eight 60-minute episodes of Jasmine in 1996. Jasmine Rocheleau (Linda Malo), a young mullato woman, was a fresh recruit to the Montreal police force. She began her career […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1996 to 1997 Broadcast Medium: Television A 30-minute situation comedy written by Christian Fournier and broadcast in 1996 and 1997 on TVA. This story featured a couple of babyboomers who decided to leave the suburbs and go back to living in the city. The parents were hoping that this move would drive their […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1995 to 1999 Broadcast Medium: Television Les Machos, a TV soap opera written by Lise Payette, was aired by Télé-Métropole from 1995 to 1999. It told the story of two brothers, Julien and Mathieu, who bought a store and thus went into business. The ground floor housed a car dealership run by […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1995 to 1996 Broadcast Medium: Television It’s said that sometimes the best moments are the shortest. Chabada only graced the TVA line-up during the 1995-96 fall-winter season. Chabada’s year in the spotlight was a vast pot-pourri where Gregory Charles, who took over from Jean-Pierre Coallier, tooka high risk gamble in terms of hosting […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1993 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television Guy Richer was the first game show host of Fort Boyard that captivated TVA viewers for eight straight seasons, from 1993 to 2001. He was accompanied by France Beaudoin. Guy Mongrain later took over as M.C. for the second season, assisted by Marie-Soleil Tougas. Following the tragic […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1993 to 2001 Broadcast Medium: Television This program, hosted by Normand Brathwaite from 1993 to 2001, was built around all kinds of humorous pursuits and games. Three comedians would be invited on to each show to make the TV audience laugh. The guests would lampoon current events and trends, as well as politicians, […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1993 to 1999 Broadcast Medium: Television The number 7 was a lucky one for Ent’Cadieux and its innumerable fans! Seven years of ups and downs that consistently captivated the TV audience. An enviable life span, that few TV soap operas have been able to boast about. Deliberately fashioned by the scriptwriter Guy Fournier to fit […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1993 to 1995 Broadcast Medium: Television Based on the novel Au nom du père et du fils by Francine Ouellette that had sold more than 100,000 copies, this TV soap opera, broadcast by Télé-Métropole in 1993, told a story about a village of settlers living in the Mauricie region in the 1880s, and […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1992 Broadcast Medium: Television In the TV soap opera Montréal, ville ouverte, Lise Payette described the trials and tribulations of two lawyers (Jean Drapeau and Pacifique Plante) who were fighting the corruption that ruled Montreal in the early 1950s. In 1992, the TVA network aired 13 episodes of Montréal, ville ouverte. […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1992 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television In the TV soap opera La montagne des Hollandais, Yves É. Arnau recounted the lives of the inhabitants of a small logging village. The TVA network aired La montagne des Hollandais during the 1992-93 season (first broadcast: September 7). This TV soap opera, directed by Ninon Choquette […]