Airwaves (TV series)
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 |
Release | |
Original network | CBC |
Original release | 27 January 1986 8 June 1987 | –
Airwaves is a Canadian television dramedy series, which aired on CBC Television in 1986 and 1987.[1]
Plot[]
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, , and .[4] Writers for the series included Judith Thompson, John Frizzell, Susan Martin, Rob Forsythe, Linda Svendsen and Paul Gross.[4]
Production[]
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.
The series was repeated on Vision TV from 1989 to 1991.[8]
Episodes[]
Season one[]
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Pot Roast" | TBA | TBA | 27 January 1986 |
2 | "Blast from the Past" | TBA | TBA | 3 February 1986 |
3 | "Turkey" | TBA | TBA | 10 February 1986 |
4 | "Breakfast Man" | TBA | TBA | 17 February 1986 |
5 | "Angelfish" | TBA | TBA | 24 February 1986 |
6 | "Too Hot" | TBA | TBA | 3 March 1986 |
7 | "Chameleon" | TBA | TBA | 10 March 1986 |
8 | "The Runway" | TBA | TBA | 17 March 1986 |
9 | "Laundry" | TBA | TBA | 24 March 1986 |
10 | "Paul" | TBA | TBA | 31 March 1986 |
11 | "Fair Game" | TBA | TBA | 7 April 1986 |
12 | "Rockets" | TBA | TBA | 14 April 1986 |
13 | "On Air" | TBA | TBA | 21 April 1986 |
Season two[]
# | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Welcome Matt" | Scott Labarge | TBA | 2 March 1987 |
2 | "Splashdown" | TBA | TBA | 9 March 1987 |
3 | "Cordon Blues" | TBA | TBA | 16 March 1987 |
4 | "Too Good to Be True" | TBA | TBA | 23 March 1987 |
5 | "Design for Living" | TBA | TBA | 30 March 1987 |
6 | "Scene from a Balcony" | TBA | TBA | 6 April 1987 |
7 | "Reunion" | TBA | TBA | 13 April 1987 |
8 | "Love Interests" | TBA | Linda Svendsen | 20 April 1987 |
9 | "Happy Sixteenth" | TBA | Dan Sexton | 4 May 1987 |
10 | "A Second Look" | TBA | TBA | 18 May 1987 |
11 | "Charge!" | TBA | TBA | 25 May 1987 |
12 | "The Write Stuff" | TBA | Linda Svendsen | 1 June 1987 |
13 | "Dinner at Eight" | TBA | TBA | 8 June 1987 |
References[]
- ^ "Airwaves a show with a difference - and mother doesn't know best". Montreal Gazette, May 2, 1987.
- ^ a b c d "Airwaves gets back to basics after reaching too far". Ottawa Citizen, February 27, 1987.
- ^ Posesorski, Sheri (25 January 1986). "Chance meeting brings actress back to Toronto". The Globe and Mail. p. P9.
- ^ a b Corcelli, John (April 2006). "Airwaves". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 2007-03-04.
- ^ "Airwaves fails to live up to its potential". The Globe and Mail, March 15, 1986.
- ^ "Shaking down hosts and bolstering Airwaves". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 1987.
- ^ a b "Snapped off". Toronto Star, June 10, 1987.
- ^ "Year later, YTV and Vision TV mature". Ottawa Citizen, September 6, 1989.
External links[]
- 1986 Canadian television series debuts
- 1987 Canadian television series endings
- 1980s Canadian comedy-drama television series
- CBC Television original programming
- Television shows set in Toronto
- Television shows filmed in Toronto
- Television series about radio
- Television series by Alliance Atlantis