Neon Rider

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Neon Rider
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GenreDrama
Created by Winston Rekert
Danny Virtue
Directed by Bruce Pittman
George Bloomfield
Neill Fearnley
Winston Rekert
Peter D. Marshall
Mick MacKay
Joseph L. Scanlan
René Bonnière
Danny Virtue
Allan King
Michael Robison
Vic Sarin
David Winning
Nicholas Kendall
Stuart Margolin
Brad Turner
Charles Lazer
George Mendeluk
Michael Berry
Stuart Gillard
Scott Hylands
Alan Simmonds
Ken Jubenvill
Crawford Hawkins
Starring Winston Rekert
Theme music composerTerry Frewer
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes64
Production
Executive producers Winston Rekert
Michael MacMillan
Danny Virtue
Producers Justis Greene
Mary Kahn
Production locations Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Mission, British Columbia, Canada
EditorFrank Irvine
Running time60 minutes (including commercials)
Production companyVirtue/Rekert Productions
Original release
Network CTV (1990-1992)
YTV (1992-1995)
ReleaseSeptember 15, 1990 (1990-09-15) 
November 1, 1995 (1995-11-01)

Neon Rider is a Canadian drama television series which aired between 1990 and 1995. Created by Winston Rekert and Danny Virtue, the show was about the title character, a psychologist named Michael Terry (Rekert) who, after writing a successful book on adolescent psychology, purchases his childhood friend's family ranch just outside of Mission, British Columbia to open a therapeutic residential treatment program for troubled and abused teens. The series was filmed and set in Vancouver, and British Columbia's Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. [1]

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Other cast members included Samuel Sarkar, William S. Taylor, Peter Williams, Suzanne Errett-Balcom, Antoinette Bower, Barbara Tyson, Alex Bruhanski, Philip Granger and Jim Byrnes.

Neon Rider was produced by Alliance Atlantis and broadcast on the CTV Television Network on Saturdays at 10 PM then moved to 8 PM in 1991. CTV cancelled the series in 1992 after which original episodes continued to air on the youth-oriented cable network YTV and in syndication.

The series was also popular in Gibraltar where it aired on GBC TV.

Cast

Episodes

Season 1

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
11"Dude" Stuart Margolin Stuart Margolin TBA
22"Nowhere to Run"George BloomfieldAubrey SolomonSeptember 15, 1990 (1990-09-15)
33"Hardcase" Brad Turner Aubrey Solomon1990 (1990)
44"Devil's Child"George BloomfieldMarlene Matthews1990 (1990)
55"One Step"Charles LazerNeill Fearnley1990 (1990)
66"Clay Pigeon" René Bonnière Richard Oleksiak1990 (1990)
77"All's Fair"George MendelukJorge Montesi & Peter Haynes1990 (1990)
88"Playing With Fire" Bruce Pittman David Eames1990 (1990)
99"The Mighty Quinn"Neill FearnleyChristian Bruyère1990 (1990)
1010"Starting Over" Bruce Pittman Aubrey Solomon1990 (1990)
1111"Guardian Angel" Michael Robison Jerome McCann1990 (1990)
1212"You Can Run" Allan King Story by: R.A. Lyons
Teleplay by: Cash Edwards
1990 (1990)
1313"Confessions"Neill Fearnley Winston Rekert, Danny Virtue, Carl Binder 1990 (1990)
1414"Under Pressure"Michael BerryAubrey Solomon1990 (1990)
1515"Suspicions" Stuart Gillard Aubrey Solomon1990 (1990)
1616"John Doe" Joseph L. Scanlan Brad Wright 1990 (1990)
1717"Model Student"Neill FearnleyCarl Binder1990 (1990)
1818"Father and Son" Bruce Pittman TBD1990 (1990)
1919"High Wire"Neill Fearnley Brad Wright 1990 (1990)
2020"Blood Feud" Bruce Pittman Aubrey Solomon1990 (1990)
2121"Over the Line"George BloomfieldSally Drake, Thomas Y. Drake 1990 (1990)
2222"Hacker" Vic Sarin Story by: R.A. Lyons
Teleplay by: Brad Wright
1990 (1990)
2323"Backwater" René Bonnière Brad Wright 1990 (1990)
2424"Vengeance" Scott Hylands Aubrey Solomon1990 (1990)
2525"Running Man" Bruce Pittman Bill Thumm1990 (1990)

Season 2: 1991

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
261"A Face in the Crowd"TBDTBD1991 (1991)
272"1117"Neill Fearnley Brad Wright 1991 (1991)
283"Loyalties" Joseph L. Scanlan Brad Wright 1991 (1991)
294"The Twelfth Step" Bruce Pittman Carl Binder 1991 (1991)
305"Secrets"Peter D. MarshallRick Drew1991 (1991)
316"Providence" Bruce Pittman Carl Binder 1991 (1991)
327"Men of Principle"Neill FearnleyHart Hanson1991 (1991)
338"Bread and Water" Bruce Pittman Brad Wright 1991 (1991)
349"Twist in the Wind"TBD Alan Di Fiore 1991 (1991)
3510"Black Moon Rising" Bruce Pittman Jana Veverka1991 (1991)
3611"Before I Sleep"Alan Simmonds Brad Wright 1991 (1991)
3712"Phoenix"Ken Jubenvill Carl Binder 1991 (1991)
3813"Nowhere Fast"Neill Fearnley Carl Binder 1991 (1991)
3914"Parent's Day"George BloomfieldBrad Wright1991 (1991)

Season 3

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
401"A Perfect 10"George Bloomfield Carl Binder 1992 (1992)
412"Saint Walt" Bruce Pittman Brad Wright 1992 (1992)
423"Straight Home" David Winning Brad Wright 1992 (1992)
434"Colour Line" Bruce Pittman Carl Binder 1992 (1992)
445"Night of the Living Ed"George Bloomfield Brad Wright 1992 (1992)
456"Labour Day" Bruce Pittman Carl Binder 1992 (1992)
467"Point Blank"George Bloomfield Alan Di Fiore 1992 (1992)
478"Daniel" Bruce Pittman Brad Wright 1992 (1992)
489"On the Line"Mick MacKay Winston Rekert, Danny Virtue, Rick Drew1992 (1992)
4910"The Good, The Bad and Eleanor" Winston Rekert Winston Rekert, Carl Binder 1992 (1992)
5011"Brothers" Winston Rekert Brad Wright 1992 (1992)

Season 4

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
511"Extreme Prejudice" Nicholas Kendall Brad Wright 1993 (1993)
522"Live and Let Go"Mick MacKayLaura Doyle, Brad Wright 1993 (1993)
533"Safe at Home"Peter D. MarshallAlison Lea Bingeman1993 (1993)
544"Walking Tall"Danny VirtueRichard Oleksiak1993 (1993)
555"The Best Man" Bruce Pittman Chris Haddock 1993 (1993)

Season 5

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title Directed by Written by Original air date
561"Moving On: Part 1" Winston Rekert Brad Wright 1994 (1994)
572"Moving On: Part 2" Winston Rekert Brad Wright1994 (1994)
583"St. Vincent"Peter D. MarshallVictor Nicolle1994 (1994)
594"The Secret Life of Garret Tuggle" Bruce Pittman Carl Binder 1994 (1994)
605"Little Con" Bruce Pittman Charles Lazer1994 (1994)
616"Cowboys and Indians"Danny VirtueCarmen Thibault, Jeremy R. Wright1994 (1994)
627"Fathers" Bruce Pittman Brad Wright, Laura Doyle1994 (1994)
638"Where the Buffalo Roam"Mick MacKay Carl Binder 1994 (1994)
649"What's Up, Doc?"Crawford HawkinsScott Renyard1994 (1994)

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References

  1. "Neon Rider". IMDB. Retrieved December 17, 2020.