YTV Mondays at 7:00 pm, and
Sundays at 6:30 pm Premieres September 6
Cascadia is a sports academy
for the athletic prodigies of tomorrow. With top notch coaches, this idyllic
Quebec countryside school sound great in the brochure. However, its not
as great as it might seem. With millions of dollars at stake, and reputations
on the line, the teens at Cascadia live under permanent stress. Either
they reach greatness, or they're set to be a nobody. In the premiere, the
new students vie for the best dorm room, while Cody discovers she was meant
to be the school journalist.
Filled with sport and romance,
this edgy Canadian made comedy-drama has been called by YTV "Dawson's
Creek meets the U.S. Open."
Note, the two first-billed
stars of the show (Vadim Schneider as Sébastien, Jaclyn Linetsky
as Megan) died earlier this year in a car crash; I'm curious to see how
this will be approached in the show. Also stars Max Walker as Squib, Laurence
Leboeuf as Cody, and Meaghan Rath as Adena.
6Teen
Teletoon Sundays at 6:00 pm ET/PT Premieres November 7
An original Teletoon production
by Canada's Nelvana, 6Teen is an animated series set entirely in a shopping
mall. Six 16-year-olds cope in their first jobs, first crushes, and their
first tastes of freedom. On the writing cast are amazing rising comedian
Sean Cullen of the undeservedly short-lived The Sean Cullen Show,
and George Westerholm from the crew of This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Anne of Green
Gables: The Animated Series
PBS Sundays at 7:00 PM Premieres September 6
This series follows the adventures
of the irrepressible Anne Shirley, whose independent spirit and impetuous
nature makes Avonlea an exciting place to live. The well loved characters
of Avonlea are all on hand - Gilbert Blythe, Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert,
Diana Barry and Rachel Lynde - but so too are fairies, wood nymphs and
goblins; all products of Anne's fertile imagination.
This series has actually
air since 2000 or so, on Canadian and other international channels. As
far as I know, this is PBS' first regular prime time airing of a children's
series.
Coming in early 2005... Debuting in early 2005 on
YTV are Being Ian and Brady's Beasts.
Being Ian
YTV Premieres early 2005
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