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1986 Canadian TV series or program From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Airwaves is a Canadian television dramedy series, which aired on CBC Television in 1986 and 1987.[1]
Airwaves | |
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Starring | Roberta Maxwell Ingrid Veninger Roland Hewgill |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 26 |
Production | |
Producers | John Frizzell Michael MacMillan Seaton McLean Janice Platt |
Running time | 26 min |
Production company | Atlantis Films |
Original release | |
Network | CBC |
Release | 27 January 1986 – 8 June 1987 |
The Toronto-filmed show starred Roberta Maxwell as Jean Lipton, a radio talk show host and widowed mother, who lived with her daughter Zoe, played by Ingrid Veninger, and her father Bob, played by Roland Hewgill.[2] Maxwell has indicated that Canadian journalist-activist June Callwood was a basis for her portrayal of Jean.[3]
The show's cast also included Taborah Johnson, Alec Willows, and Kimble Hall.[4] Writers for the series included Judith Thompson, John Frizzell, Susan Martin, Rob Forsythe, Linda Svendsen and Paul Gross.[4]
Some of the early episodes were criticized as clunky, with Ross McLean of The Globe and Mail writing that the show seemed unsure of its identity,[5] and even the producers later acknowledging that they had tried to fit too much into a half-hour show.[2] The show was retooled slightly in its second season, with the writers getting a firmer grasp on the stories they wanted to tell and adding two new characters: Christopher Bolton in the role of Matt, Jean's nephew, and Patrick Rose as Dale, Jean's new coworker at the radio station.[2] Critics responded favourably to the changes, with even McLean himself noting by 1987 that the show had significantly improved.[6]
The show was modestly successful, with an average audience of 850,000 viewers per week in its first season.[2] and 761,000 viewers in its second.[7] Although the CBC was willing to order a third season, the producers decided to end the series as they felt it was better to move on to other projects than to continue tinkering with a show that wasn't getting the ratings they wanted.[7] However, CBC subsequently reran the first two seasons, outside of prime time, in 1990.
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Pot Roast" | Unknown | Unknown | 27 January 1986 |
2 | "Blast from the Past" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 February 1986 |
3 | "Turkey" | Unknown | Unknown | 10 February 1986 |
4 | "Breakfast Man" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 February 1986 |
5 | "Angelfish" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 February 1986 |
6 | "Too Hot" | Unknown | Unknown | 3 March 1986 |
7 | "Chameleon" | Unknown | Unknown | 10 March 1986 |
8 | "The Runway" | Unknown | Unknown | 17 March 1986 |
9 | "Laundry" | Unknown | Unknown | 24 March 1986 |
10 | "Paul" | Unknown | Unknown | 31 March 1986 |
11 | "Fair Game" | Unknown | Unknown | 7 April 1986 |
12 | "Rockets" | Unknown | Unknown | 14 April 1986 |
13 | "On Air" | Unknown | Unknown | 21 April 1986 |
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Welcome Matt" | Scott Labarge | Unknown | 2 March 1987 |
2 | "Splashdown" | Unknown | Unknown | 9 March 1987 |
3 | "Cordon Blues" | Unknown | Unknown | 16 March 1987 |
4 | "Too Good to Be True" | Unknown | Unknown | 23 March 1987 |
5 | "Design for Living" | Unknown | Unknown | 30 March 1987 |
6 | "Scene from a Balcony" | Unknown | Unknown | 6 April 1987 |
7 | "Reunion" | Unknown | Unknown | 13 April 1987 |
8 | "Love Interests" | Unknown | Linda Svendsen | 20 April 1987 |
9 | "Happy Sixteenth" | Unknown | Dan Sexton | 4 May 1987 |
10 | "A Second Look" | Unknown | Unknown | 18 May 1987 |
11 | "Charge!" | Unknown | Unknown | 25 May 1987 |
12 | "The Write Stuff" | Unknown | Linda Svendsen | 1 June 1987 |
13 | "Dinner at Eight" | Unknown | Unknown | 8 June 1987 |
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