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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, 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]

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

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Season two

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References

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External links

  1. "Airwaves a show with a difference - and mother doesn't know best". Montreal Gazette, May 2, 1987.
  2. 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 "Airwaves gets back to basics after reaching too far". Ottawa Citizen, February 27, 1987.
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  5. "Airwaves fails to live up to its potential". The Globe and Mail, March 15, 1986.
  6. "Shaking down hosts and bolstering Airwaves". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 1987.
  7. 7,0 7,1 "Snapped off". Toronto Star, June 10, 1987.
  8. "Year later, YTV and Vision TV mature". Ottawa Citizen, September 6, 1989.