Time of Your Life is a Canadian television soap opera that ran from August 1988 to May 1989. It was created by producer Harry Jakobs and Maryse Wilder, Rhea Cohen and Maurice Thevenet. The series was loosely based on the low budget Canadian independent feature Rebel High (a modern 1980s High School Confidential). It debuted on October 17, 1988, and was aired right after the American soap opera General Hospital at 4pm, daily Monday through Friday replacing Bob Barker's The Price Is Right. Making it at the time Canada's first daily syndicated soap opera with all 130 episodes shot two weeks in advance to air date until completion of the first-season cliffhanger.
The series was shot in Montreal, in a studio with built sets in an industrial lot warehouse on Royalmount and The Decarie Expressway near Montreal's racetrack Blue Bonnets and Orange Julep.
Crew
Avinoam Damari .... director
Stephen G Blanchard .... production manager
Mark Feifer .... executive producer
Writers
The writing team experienced extreme turnover during the first (and only) season. The first lead writer, for example, remained with the show for only two weeks.
Nancy Klein ... Lead Writer
Evan Keliher ... Lead Writer
Bryan Zako ... Lead Writer
Stanley Whyte ... Writer
Nick Rotari ... Writer
Greg Lipper ... Writer
Broadcast
The series was syndicated in French Quebecois, and in international markets such as Israel, France, Australia, and Mexico, including eastern parts of the United States under the title Campus.
Trivia
Cinar studios which is well known for producing award-winning animated children's series such as Caillou was where the French translations were post produced by Natalie Rosen.
RDS CEO Dominic Vanelli was once a floor manager.
Award-winning DOP David Franco (Graceland w Kevin Costner) was one of the first camera ops to become DOP on the series.
The local hang out for the kids on the series was called Harry's Place, named after producer and co-creator Harry Jakobs.
During mid-season, production stopped due to a strike by the cast who felt underpaid. The cast got a raise, and production resumed.
The series was syndicated in Canada and around the world, becoming very popular in some countries.
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