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| show_name = Airwaves | image = | caption = | camera = | picture_format = | audio_format = | runtime = 26 min | creator = | developer = | producer = John Frizzell Michael MacMillan Seaton McLean Janice Platt | starring = Roberta Maxwell Ingrid Veninger Roland Hewgill | narrated = | opentheme = | endtheme = | company = Atlantis Films | country = Canada | language = English | network = CBC | first_aired = 27 January 1986 | last_aired = 8 June 1987 | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 26 | list_episodes = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | website = }}Airwaves is a Canadian television dramedy series, which aired on CBC Television in 1986 and 1987.[1] PlotThe 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] ProductionSome 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] EpisodesSeason one
Season two
References1. ^"Airwaves a show with a difference - and mother doesn't know best". Montreal Gazette, May 2, 1987. 2. ^1 2 3 "Airwaves gets back to basics after reaching too far". Ottawa Citizen, February 27, 1987. 3. ^{{cite news | publisher=The Globe and Mail | title=Chance meeting brings actress back to Toronto | date=25 January 1986 | page=P9 | first=Sheri | last=Posesorski }} 4. ^1 {{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=1715 | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | title=Airwaves | accessdate=2007-03-04 |date=April 2006 | first=John | last=Corcelli }} 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. ^1 "Snapped off". Toronto Star, June 10, 1987. 8. ^"Year later, YTV and Vision TV mature". Ottawa Citizen, September 6, 1989. External links
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