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List Of English-language Canadian Television Series
This is a list of English-language Canadian television series. For Canadian French-language shows, please see List of French-language Canadian television series. To collate by year, see List of years in Canadian television. 0–9 *'' 1 Girl 5 Gays'' – talk show (2009–2014) *'' 1 Queen 5 Queers'' – talk show (2021) *'' 1-800-Missing'' – drama/action (2003–2006) *'' 10% QTV'' – news/information (1995–2001) *'' 100 Huntley Street'' – talk/religious (1977–present) *'' 15/Love'' – teen drama (2004–2006) *'' 16x9'' – investigative (2008–2016) *''18 to Life'' – comedy (2010–2011) *'' 19–2'' – drama (2014–2017) *'' 2001: A Space Road Odyssey'' – documentary/paranormal (2001) *''20/20'' – documentary (1962–1967) *''24 Hour Rental'' – comedy (2014) *'' 49th & Main'' – soap opera (2006) *''6Teen'' – teen/animated (2004–2010) *'' 72 Hours: True Crime'' – drama/action (2004–2007) *''90 Minutes Live'' – talk/variety (1976–1978) *'' 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6Teen
''6teen'' (originally titled ''The Mall'') is a Canadian animated comedy television series originally produced by Nelvana, with the final two seasons being produced by Fresh TV. It began airing on November 7, 2004 until its final episode aired on February 11, 2010 on Teletoon. In the U.S., the series was first aired on Nickelodeon on December 18, 2005, and was removed from the schedule on May 13, 2006. The show was later aired on Cartoon Network (along with ''Total Drama Island and Stoked)'' on October 23, 2008 until June 21, 2010. With the first 78 episodes 15 September 2020 and both 45-minute-long specials produced by Nelvana, ''6teen'' ended with a total of four seasons of 93 22-minute-long episodes (including two one-hour specials). Plot ''6teen'' is an animated comedy for older children, preteens, and teenagers. The plots take place almost entirely in a megaplex shopping mall known as the Galleria Mall. The Galleria Mall is a cross between the Toronto Eaton Centre and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Paddington Bear
''The Adventures of Paddington Bear'' is an animated children's television series. It is based on the book ''Paddington Bear'' by Michael Bond and was written by Bruce Robb. It was produced by CINAR Corporation and Protecrea, in co-production with Canal J (Seasons 1-2) and with the participation of Teletoon, TF1, and ITV (Seasons 1–2). The show was first aired in 1997 with final episode's airing in 2000. Plot The show follows the adventures of a bear from Peru that comes to England after an earthquake that destroys his home. The Brown family finds him in Paddington Station. Cast * Jonathan Kydd as Paddington *Jon Glover and John R. Hernandez as Mr. Henry Brown *Meriam Stover and Moir Leslie as Mrs. Mary Brown *Eve Karpf as Mrs. Sheila Bird *Jade Williams as Judy *Steven Webb as Jonathan *Nigel Lambert as Mr. Reginald Curry *Cyril Shaps as Mr. Samuel Gruber *Unknown voice actress as Aunt Lucy Telecast and home media The show was first introduced on Teletoon's launch in Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Napkin Man
''The Adventures of Napkin Man!'' is a children's television series created by Tone Thyne and Josh Selig. It premiered in 2013 on CBC Television, as part of the ''Kids' CBC'' block. Mixing live action with animation, the series stars Yannick Bisson as Mr. Anthony, a preschool teacher who writes and illustrates stories featuring Napkin Man, a superhero figure, to teach his students how to handle difficult emotions. The series was produced by Little Airplane Productions and Breakthrough Entertainment. The series won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Pre-School Program or Series at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards The 3rd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 1, 2015, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2014. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventures In Rainbow Country
''Adventures in Rainbow Country'' was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in the 1970-71 TV season. Reruns were later shown on the American children's cable channel Nickelodeon during the early 1980s. A half hour family drama, the show starred Lois Maxwell (of James Bond fame) as Nancy Williams, a widow raising her children Billy (Stephen Cottier) and Hannah (Susan Conway) in rural Northern Ontario. Setting The show was filmed in 1969 around Whitefish Falls, which is near Espanola, Ontario, Canada. Many scenes were also shot at Birch Island and on Manitoulin Island. Production and broadcasts The show was very popular in Canada and technically never cancelled or axed. No further episodes were produced after the first season. There were 26 episodes produced in total. The series was also broadcast in the 70s in Australia on the ABC. It has continued to air in repeats, both in Canada and internationally – in Canada, the show had been seen on DejaView a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adventure Inc
''Adventure Inc.'' is a dramatised adventure television series produced primarily in Canada which aired from 30 September 2002 to 12 May 2003. It was a co-production of Fireworks Entertainment (Canada), Tribune Entertainment (United States), M6 (France), Amy International (UK), and Tele München (Germany). The series premise was inspired by the work of modern-day explorer Barry Clifford. Distribution was by syndication throughout the United States and by Global in Canada. Following its only season, the episodes were aired in Canada on Space. Series outline The preamble and voiceover from the opening titles tell the premise of the show: "My name is Judson Cross. I've been called everything from a treasure hunter to a thrill seeker, but personally I like to think of myself as a professional explorer. My company is Adventure, Inc. and we're in the business of finding things - things that are priceless, dangerous, sometimes even unexplainable. My crew will go anywhere and risk ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Clarkson Presents
''Adrienne Clarkson Presents'' is a Canadian cultural entertainment series broadcast on CBC Television beginning in 1988. The series ended in 1999, the year host Adrienne Clarkson was appointed Governor General of Canada. Episodes featured artists such as Molly Johnson, Quartette, and Peppiatt and Aylesworth Peppiatt and Aylesworth were a Canadian television comedy team. The team consisted of Frank Peppiatt (March 19, 1927 – November 7, 2012) and John Aylesworth (August 18, 1928 – July 28, 2010). John Aylesworth was born on August 18, 1928, in .... The series was preceded by a limited 1988 summer programme, ''Adrienne Clarkson's Summer Festival''. External links * * TVArchive.ca: ''Adrienne Clarkson Presents''Adrienne Clarkson Presents: A Tribute to Peppiatt & Aylesworth: Canada's First Television Comedy Team 1988 Canadian television series debuts 1999 Canadian television series endings CBC Television original programming 1980s Canadian variety television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne At Large
''Adrienne at Large'' was a Canadian half-hour public affairs television show. The show was broadcast on CBC Television at 10 p.m. on Thursdays from September 26, 1974, until January 2, 1975. Adrienne Clarkson Adrienne Louise Clarkson (; ; born February 10, 1939) is a British Hong Kong, Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist who served from 1999 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada, the List of Governors General of Canada#Governors General of Canada, 1 ... and Glenn Sarty hosted the show. External links Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series via archive.org) 1974 Canadian television series debuts [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adderly
''Adderly'' is a Canadian television adventure-drama series which aired from 1986 to 1988. It was broadcast on both Canadian TV and on CBS in the United States. It starred Vancouver-born Winston Rekert as "charming and witty V.H. Adderly," an operative working for an obscure government intelligence agency. Background ''Adderly'' was based on series creator Elliott Baker's novel, ''Pocock & Pitt''. Cast * Winston Rekert as V.H. (Virgil Homer) Adderly * Jonathan Welsh as Melville Greenspan * Mairlyn Smith as Debbie Greenspan * Dixie Seatle as Mona Ellerby * Ken Pogue as Major Jonathan B. Clack Plot V.H. Adderly (Rekert) is a secret agent for an organization known as the I.S.I (International Security and Intelligence). Before the series begins, an enemy agent, Victor Barinov, crushes Adderly's left hand with a medieval mace during an interrogation in East Germany. Adderly loses the use of the hand, and since he is no longer considered useful as an active agent, he is reassigned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acting Good
''Acting Good'' is a Canadian television comedy series, which premiered October 17, 2022 on CTV Comedy Channel. The series stars comedian Paul Rabliauskas as a young First Nations man who returns home to live in his small reserve community in northern Manitoba following a failed attempt to establish himself in Winnipeg. The series is loosely based around his own experiences having to move back home to live with his family during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. The cast also includes Pat Thornton, Billy Merasty, Roseanne Supernault, Tina Keeper and Rosanna Deerchild. Directors include Michael Greyeyes and Darlene Naponse Darlene Naponse is an Anishinaabe filmmaker, writer, director, and community activist from Canada. She is most noted for her 2018 film ''Falls Around Her'', which premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2018 and subs .... The series is being produced by Keeper's Kistikan Pictures.Greg David"Award-winning actor Michael Greyeyes join ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Across The River To Motor City
''Across the River to Motor City'' is a Canadian television drama series, that aired on Citytv stations. It debuted November 22, 2007. The series is about an insurance investigator named Ben Ford who works the border in both Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, Windsor. The story takes into account the shifting allegiances and ambitions that straddle the Detroit/Windsor boundary, an urban portion of the Canada/United States border. Benjamin Ford's 30th birthday happens to fall on a fateful day: November 22, 1963, the day of the John F. Kennedy assassination, Kennedy assassination. Coincidentally, it is also the day that his flight attendant girlfriend, Katie, disappears on a flight back from Dallas. The mystery of what happened to her, and why, consumes the life of Ben Ford; it eventually involves his adult daughter, Kathleen, when Katie's body turns up 40 years later. Family mysteries and intrigue play out against a backdrop of some of the more momentous events of recent American and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Absolutely Canadian
''Absolutely Canadian'' is a Canadian documentary television series. Formerly a weekday news series on CBC Newsworld, it currently airs as a weekly series on CBC Television. Newsworld In its CBC Newsworld era, the program aired news reports on local and regional interest stories from the CBC's local news bureaux."CBC Newsworld aims for flair and depth". '' Calgary Herald'', June 24, 1998. Premiering in 1998, it was discontinued in 2009 when Newsworld was rebranded as CBC News Network and its daytime news programming was renamed '' CBC News Now''. CBC Television The series was relaunched in the summer of 2011 on CBC Television as a summer documentary series, with distinct regional editions produced in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec, the Maritimes and Newfoundland and Labrador. Each six-episode regional series featured a mix of news and entertainment features, including documentary reports and live performances by local musicians. Beginning in Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
