''Side Effects'' is a
Canadian
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television series, which aired from 1994 to 1996 on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
.
["Prognosis good for drama; All-Canadian treatment for Side Effects". '']Ottawa Citizen
The ''Ottawa Citizen'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Postmedia Network in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
History
Established as ''The Bytown Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the '' ...
'', October 11, 1994.
A medical drama created by Brenda Greenberg and Guy Mullally, the series was set in an inner city
clinic
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in the
Parkdale district of
Toronto
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.
The show's cast included Nadia Capone,
Elizabeth Shepherd
Elizabeth Shepherd (born 12 August 1936) is an English character actress whose long career has encompassed the stage and both the big and small screens. Her television work has been especially prolific. Shepherd's surname has been variously ren ...
,
Albert Schultz
Albert Hamilton Schultz (; born July 30, 1963) is a former Canadian actor, director and the founding artistic director of Toronto's Soulpepper Theatre Company. He resigned his position with Soulpepper after sexual allegations against Schultz bec ...
, Joseph Ziegler, Jovanni Sy,
Janne Mortil
Janne Mortil (born December 14, 1967) is a Vancouver-based Canadian-American actress probably best known for playing Madeleine Astor in ''Titanic (1996 miniseries), Titanic'' (1996) and Michelle Dupont in the television series ''Side Effects (TV ...
, Anna Pappas,
Barbara Eve Harris
Barbara Eve Harris (born Barbara Evadney Reid-Hibbert; March 8, 1959) is a Tobagonian-Canadian actress, known for her supporting performances on television. She is best known for her role as FBI Agent Felicia Lang on '' Prison Break''.
Life an ...
,
Jennifer Dale
Jennifer Ciurluini (born January 16, 1956 in Toronto), known professionally as Jennifer Dale, is a Canadian actress.
Biography
She is the sister of Canadian actress Cynthia Dale. From 1980 to 1986 she was married to Robert Lantos; they have t ...
,
Lawrence Dane
Lawrence Joseph Zahab (April 3, 1937 – March 21, 2022), known professionally as Lawrence Dane, was a Canadian actor and film producer, best known for his role as Lt. Preston in ''Bride of Chucky''.
Life and career
Born in Masson, Quebec, Dane ...
and
Arsinée Khanjian.
The series premiered on October 14, 1994. The show's executive producer was Brenda Greenberg, who had also been executive producer of ''
Street Legal''.
Schultz garnered a
Gemini Award
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nomination for
Best Actor in a Drama Series at the
10th Gemini Awards for the show's first season, and Harris garnered a nomination for
Best Actress in a Drama Series at the
11th Gemini Awards for the second season.
All "clinic" and "hospital" scenes were filmed at Toronto's
Hospital for Sick Children, in the semi-mothballed Emergency room wing and on the "5G","6F" and "6G" old ward floors, soon after the hospital moved large portions of patient care and the ER into the adjoining new building.
The show's cancellation was announced in February 1996, following the end of its second season.
["No surprise that CBC cans shows". '']The Globe and Mail
''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...
'', February 8, 1996.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 0108925, Side Effects
1990s Canadian medical television series
CBC Television original programming
1994 Canadian television series debuts
1996 Canadian television series endings
1990s Canadian drama television series
Television shows set in Toronto
Television shows filmed in Toronto