''Neon Rider'' is a

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which first aired between 1990 and 1995. Created by

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and Danny Virtue, the show was about the title character, a psychologist named Michael Terry (Rekert) who, after writing a successful book on adolescent psychology, purchases his childhood friend's family ranch just outside of

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to open a therapeutic residential treatment program for troubled and abused teens. The series was filmed and set in

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, and British Columbia's Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Other cast members included Samuel Sarkar, William S. Taylor, Peter Williams, Suzanne Errett-Balcom, Antoinette Bower,

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, Alex Bruhanski, Philip Granger and Jim Byrnes. ''Neon Rider'' was produced by

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and broadcast on the CTV Television Network on Saturdays at 10 PM then moved to 8 PM in 1991. CTV cancelled the series in 1992 after which original episodes continued to air on the youth-oriented cable network YTV and in syndication. The series was also popular in

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where it aired on GBC TV.

Cast

as Michael Terry *Samuel Sarkar as Vic *

as Eleanor James (seasons 2–5) *William S. Taylor as John Philip Reid III *Alex Bruhanski as C.C. Dechardon (season 1) * Antoinette Bower as Fox Devlin (seasons 1–3) * Peter Williams as Pin *Suzanne Errett-Balcom as Rachel Woods (seasons 1-5) *Philip Granger as Walt (seasons 2-5) *Jim Byrnes as Kevin (seasons 2-5)

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2: 1991

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

References

External links

Canadian Communications Foundation - Article about Neon Rider
* 1990 Canadian television series debuts 1995 Canadian television series endings 1990s Canadian drama television series CTV Television Network original programming Television series by Alliance Atlantis Mission, British Columbia Television shows filmed in Vancouver Television shows set in Vancouver {{Canada-drama-tv-prog-stub