TV series
Today's Special
1982 · 7 seasons
A gentle, cozy watch where a department store comes alive with friendly faces and small lessons, easy for young viewers to follow.
- Created by
- Clive VanderBurgh
- Genres
- Kids, Family
- Starring
- Jeff Hyslop, Nina Keogh, Nerene Virgin
- Overview
- Today's Special was a Canadian children's television show produced by Clive VanderBurgh at TVOntario from 1981 to 1987. It also ran on Nickelodeon and the Faith and Values Channel/Odyssey as well as many PBS stations throughout the United States. It was set in a department store, based on the flagship location of the now defunct Simpson's in Toronto. Many sequences for it were shot at the Queen Street West and Yonge Street store after hours.
- How it feels
- Warm, whimsical, earnest and light. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Friendship, found family, identity, death
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Clive VanderBurgh
- Genres
- Kids, Family
- Starring
- Jeff Hyslop, Nina Keogh, Nerene Virgin
