''Reel to Real'' was a

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, which aired on the

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network of

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community channels, as well as nationally on Canada's

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. The series was hosted by a variety of Toronto-area film critics over the course of its run, including Christopher Heard, John Foote, Katrina Onstad,

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and

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."Rogers cancels Reel to Real"
'' Playback'', July 10, 2008. Originally produced by Rogers Cable's division in

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, the series premiered in 1992 and was picked up for provincewide distribution the following year."Cable TV movie show is poised on brink of provincial stardom: Oshawa show highlights duo's love of films". ''

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'', November 18, 1993. Heard and Foote were the original hosts. The program later moved its production location from Oshawa into Toronto; later in the 1990s, the program's distribution was further expanded to all Rogers TV outlets across Canada. Although a weekly series for most of the year, beginning in 1997 the show ran daily during the annual

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."Rogers brings film festival home". ''

'', September 1, 2002. It was cancelled in 2008, after

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's new sponsorship deal with TIFF largely shut Rogers out from being able to offer any substantive coverage of the festival.

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External links

TVArchive.ca profile
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