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Name CBC show about a teenage girl who created a "zine" about her life in suburban Toronto.

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What was Canadian tv's equivalent (comedy sketches and musical guests)to Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In?

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Name the stunt based canadian game show in which a men's team played against a women's team /battle of the sexes

Answer: Anything You Can Do
 
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Harlan Ellison who wrote Star Trek's "City On The Edge Of Forever" episode, created what Canadian Sci-Fi show?

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What was Canadian tv's equivalent (comedy sketches and musical guests)to Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In?
The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour
 

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What show's title is the name of a car, a model of a brand name? eg. Ford Mustang, Mustang would be title of show, the main character would be driving a Mustang in the show.

There are 2 shows that qualify as correct answers that I am aware of.

Valcazar answered with "Stingray" which is correct.


What's the other show?
Answer: The other show was "Bearcats!" starring Rod Taylor and Dennis Cole, they drove a Stutz Bearcat car
 

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Correct!, hmmmmm, I wonder whatever happened to Lorne after the show ended ??????
He probably never amounted to anything.

But $500M helps to ease the humiliation of failure.
 

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What sitcom did The Doobie Brothers make a cameo appearance?

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What show was the first "Interactive sitcom"? -Each 30-minute episode was split into two parts; the first half was a vignette dramatizing the events in the lives of the family, and the second was a live studio audience "talk show" segment where audiences were given the opportunity to participate and voice their opinions about the issues raised in that week's episode.

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In 1974, what mini series drama set a record for the CBC for the most watched in terms of dramatic programming?
I remember watching it and was totally engrossed in it


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In 1974, what mini series drama set a record for the CBC for the most watched in terms of dramatic programming?
I remember watching it and was totally engrossed in it
The National Dream
 

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What Canadian serial comedy centered on the seedy exploits of a self-described premature ejaculating, alcoholic, kleptomaniac, sexually deviant private detective played by Greg Lawrence?

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