Reel to Real (Canadian TV series)

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Reel to Real was a Canadian television series, which aired on the Rogers TV network of cable community channels, as well as nationally on Canada's Independent Film Channel. The series was hosted by a variety of Toronto-area film critics over the course of its run, including Christopher Heard, John Foote, Katrina Onstad, Richard Crouse and Geoff Pevere. [1]

Originally produced by Rogers Cable's division in Oshawa, the series premiered in 1992 and was picked up for provincewide distribution the following year. [2] Heard and Foote were the original hosts. [2] The program later moved its production location from Oshawa into Toronto; later in the 1990s, the program's distribution was further expanded to all Rogers TV outlets across Canada. [3]

Although a weekly series for most of the year, beginning in 1997 the show ran daily during the annual Toronto International Film Festival. [4]

It was cancelled in 2008, after Bell Canada's new sponsorship deal with TIFF largely shut Rogers out from being able to offer any substantive coverage of the festival. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rogers cancels Reel to Real". Playback , July 10, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Cable TV movie show is poised on brink of provincial stardom: Oshawa show highlights duo's love of films". Toronto Star , November 18, 1993.
  3. ↑ "Christopher Heard". National Post , May 26, 2001.
  4. ↑ "Rogers brings film festival home". Toronto Star , September 1, 2002.


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