Canadian TV (and Canadian-ish TV) of My Childhood
Canadian TV is glossier now than it was in the early 90s and 2000s, but I still have some lingering nostalgia for the good old days.
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- CreatorGarry BlyeStarsJeff RoopMeghan OryKaren ClicheYoung vampires are taken in by a boarding school that also houses mortal teens. Problems face both sets of students, incl. typical issues of love, friends & enemies. Prof Murdoch is on hand to help, but he has problems of his own.Before the broody Salvatore brothers of The Vampire Diaries came on the scene, I was swooning over Drew's strong jaw and furrowed brow.
- CreatorAvi AradStarsVictoria PrattForbes MarchVictor WebsterA fugitive geneticist and four of his "creations" search for others of their kind while attempting to stay a step ahead of a morally ambiguous government agent.Before we were inundated with all those Marvel and DC superhero series, the Mutant X team used to rock my world every weekend.
- CreatorKevin SullivanStarsShirley DouglasKathryn GreenwoodDylan ProvencherA recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression.The Winchester brothers are great and all, but Hub and Fat will always have a special place in my heart.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryRobert Hewitt WolfeStarsKevin SorboLisa RyderLaura BertramCaptain Dylan Hunt and the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant set out on a mission to rebuild the Systems Commonwealth 300 years after its fall.Before Khal Drogo and his super long braid were filling my bad boy quota, Tyr Anasazi and his dreads were all the barbarian I needed.
- CreatorDennis FoonYan MooreAngela BruceStarsCorey SevierCurtis HarrisonMelissa Marie EliasIn 2030, no one lives past the age of thirty due to Progressive Ageing Syndrome (P.A.S.). A group of highly trained teenagers are attempting to find a cure.Before Tatiana Maslany was wowing us in Orphan Black, she played Rome Greyson, a computer whiz and genetics expert in a world where kids were in charge (by default of everyone over 30 being dead).
- CreatorGil GrantStarsTia CarrereChristien AnholtLindy BoothHistory Professor Sydney Fox and her linguistic assistant Nigel recover ancient artifacts from around the world, while battling rival hunters.Before Wynonna Earp rode in on her white horse, Sydney Fox was kicking ass and taking names.
- StarsAdrian PaulStan KirschJim ByrnesDuncan MacLeod is Immortal, and must live in modern society, concealing his true nature while fighting other Immortals.Before Outlander's Jaime Fraser was wooing us with his Scottish brogue, Duncan MacCleod was the OG highlander rogue. Plus, how many shows can say Queen wrote their theme song?
- CreatorChris BriggsPeter KnightStarsDanny SmithBrandon QuinnAimée CastleA teenager, who becomes a werewolf after being bitten by one on a camping trip, uses his new abilities to protect his hometown from other supernatural entities.While I do love watching the epic bromance of Scott and Stiles on Teen Wolf, Tommy Dawkins and his gothic pal Merton J Dingle were the original wolf-human duo.
- CreatorCori Shepherd SternLaura WegnerStarsRachel WilsonTerri ConnKyle AlisharanA group of students attend high school on a cruise ship.Before Ryan Gosling was America's Boyfriend and tank-top wearing hero, he was Canada's lovable goofball as class clown Sean Hanlon.
- CreatorMark ShekterStarsJeremy GuilbautKristin BoothGuy BannermanThe kids of a private detective in hiding run the detective agency in his absence.Daring & Grace may not have had angels and demons, but it did have young sleuths untangling local intrigue and an absent father in common with Supernatural. You may recognize Tracy Grace as Prolethean Bonnie Johanssen (Kristin Booth) of Orphan Black
- StarsMegan FollowsColleen DewhurstRichard FarnsworthAn orphan girl, sent to an elderly brother and sister by mistake, charms her new home and community with her fiery spirit and imagination.I know it sounds weird to compare Game of Thrones to Anne of Green Gables, but hear me out. Before GoT made costume dramas cool again, Canadian TV was rife with them and this mini-series based on a beloved Canadian book series was leading the pack.
- CreatorMarlene MatthewsStarsMartha MacIsaacSheila McCarthyStephen McHattieAn orphan is sent to live with relatives in picturesque turn-of-the-century Prince Edward Island.From the same author who gave us Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon was like her darker, broodier little sister.
- CreatorSuzanne BolchJohn MayStarsJeanie CallejaCara PifkoJustin PeroffThis series follows Kale Stiglic, a 17 yr. old girl who creates and writes a zine entitled "Our Hero."Before Wynonna, Sarah Manning, and a couple of years before Veronica Mars, Our Hero delivered and plucky everygirl protagonist named Kale.
- CreatorMatthew HastingsMichael BravermanStarsJoe LandoHayden ChristensenA.J. CookFormer Wall Street mogul Peter Scarbrow becomes headmaster of Mount Horizon, a progressive school for teens at risk, high in the mountains of the Northwestern United States.Troubled teens thrown together on a rural ranch. It was no Scared Straight, but it was the perfect formula for drama.
- CreatorDavid BarlowCharles LazerStarsYannick BissonTed AthertonKimberley WarnatDuring World War II, former New York City stockbroker Richmond Hobson Jr. has traded in his business attire for cowboy duds in trying to build the largest cattle ranch in the world in northern British Columbia just outside of Vanderhoof. In running the ranch, he is constantly mediating the quarrels of his two partners, one being an experienced cowpoke named Panhandle Phillips, the other being Rich's new wife, former Vancouver socialite Gloria McIntosh Hobson, who knew little about ranching before she decided on an impulse to marry the dashing cowboy. Pan and Gloria have competing priorities, Pan's to do whatever is best for the business side of the ranch, Gloria's to do whatever's best for the personal side of the ranch. Beyond the continuing issue about about financing the ranch, Rich has a problem in getting ranch hands, all the experienced men who are away at the war. As such, Rich is forced to hire a bunch of inexperienced teenagers to help him run the ranch.If you think Yannick Bisson of Murdoch Mysteries is hot now, you should have seen him during his turn as the studly cowboy Richmond Dobson. He also had great chemistry with his onscreen wife, played by Sarah Chalke of Scrubs fame.
- CreatorCarl BinderMeyer ShwarzsteinStarsMichelle BurkeSpencer RochfortCorey SevierThe recently widowed Jo March Behr continues to run the school she and her late husband founded, a school for boys called "Plumfield." Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic book, "Little Men."This show starred Cory Sevier, which at the time was reason enough to watch. He was my number one Canadian screen crush, second only to the dimpled Jonathan Crombie (Gilbert Blythe on Anne of Green Gables).
- CreatorSteve SohmerStarsAl WaxmanGordie BrownPaul PopowichPrematurely deceased people are given the opportunity to correct something that went wrong in their lives and thus change them for the better.You can keep your Touched by an Angel, I'll take Twice in a Lifetime and Paul Popowich any day!