The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1992 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television The TV soap opera La misère des riches II, by Michèle Bazin and Ingrid Saumart, was focused on various international and financial manoeuvrings. In 1992-93 (first broadcast: September 15), the TVA network aired 30 episodes of La misère des riches II. This TV soap opera, directed by […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1991 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television Quebec’s adaptation of the celebrated American quiz show, Jeopardy, was broadcast on Télé-Métropole from September 1991 to May 1993. The contestants were required to perform some funny intellectual gymnastics. They had to formulate the question (as an answer) to the proposed answer (as a question) given by […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1990 to 1993 Broadcast Medium: Television In the TV soap opera La misère des riches I, Claude Veillot related the difficulties that a woman had to overcome after taking over control of a steel mill following the suspicious death of her brother. In 1990-91 (first broadcast: February 18), the TVA network aired 30 […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television In the comedy Le dépanneur olympique, Pierre Charbonneau, Louise Roy and Francine Ruel depicted various intrigues that took place in a convenience store located near Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. In 1989-90 (first broadcast: September 8), Télé-Métropole aired 30 episodes of Le dépanneur olympique. This series, directed by Michel Bériault and […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1989 to 1996 Broadcast Medium: Television In the TV soap opera Chambres en ville, Lise and Sylvie Payette recounted the daily lives of a group of young people living in a Montreal boarding school. The TVA network aired the popular Chambres en ville from 1989 (first broadcast: September 7, 1989) to 1996. This TV […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1988 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television This daily program was broadcast on TVA for two years, from 1988 to 1990, and was a sequel, in a certain sense, to the program Le Village de Nathalie. It was hosted by the well known singer, Nathalie Simard, accompanied by her friend Caboche (Serge Thibodeau), a […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1988 to 1998 Broadcast Medium: Television In 1988, the TVA network named Claude Charron, a former Quebec Government MP and Minister, as host of a new public affairs program Le Match de la vie. The show’s concept was quite simple, namely, a series of interviews. Le Match de la vie was an enormous […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1987 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television The TV soap opera Formule 1 recounted the adventures of Luc Sinclair, a racing car superstar. In 1987-88 (first broadcast: September 6), the TVA network aired 13 episodes of Formule 1. This TV soap opera, directed by Claude Héroux and Jean Daniel Verraghe, starred Serge Dupire, Manual […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1987 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television In the comedy Un homme au foyer, André Dubois and Ubaldo Fasano recounted the often funny adventures of a family, with a stay-at-home Dad who took care of the children and did the household chores. From 1987 (first broadcast: September 2) to 1988, Télé-Métropole aired 64 episodes of […]
Network: TVA Television Network Broadcast Run: 1987 to 1989 Broadcast Medium: Television The comedy Semi-détaché followed the loves and quarrels of two families, the Lecavalier family and the Cavalieri family, who shared a semi-detached dwelling in Saint-Léonard. From 1987 (first broadcast: August 31) to 1989, Télé-Métropole aired 64 episodes of Semi-détaché. This TV soap opera, directed by Roger Legault […]