''McQueen'' was a

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drama television series which aired on

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from 1969 to 1970.

Premise

The plot features newspaper columnist McQueen (

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) whose ''The Actioneer'' feature exposed fraud artists and dubious businesses. He was assisted by Denise (Daphne Gibson) and Natasha (Jan Goldin). The pilot episode, "There's a Car Upside-Down on My Lawn", concerned the disposition of an abandoned vehicle. The episode won two

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in 1969, for

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(

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) and Best Actress in a Non-Feature ( Josephine Barrington). Jenny (

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) was featured in two episodes as an employee of McQueen's newspaper. In one episode, she helped expose a scam at a talent agency while in the other she sought McQueen's help for a

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draft evader she was dating. The series was inspired by Frank Drea's ''Action Line'' column of the ''

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'', whose newsroom was used to film scenes for the series. Guest actors during the series included

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and

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Scheduling

''McQueen'' was broadcast on Tuesdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 23 September 1969 until 18 September 1970.

References

External links

* * CBC Television original programming 1960s Canadian drama television series 1970s Canadian drama television series 1969 Canadian television series debuts 1970 Canadian television series endings Television series about journalism {{Canada-drama-tv-prog-stub