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6.6/10 TV Starring Winston Rekert Country of origin Canada | 7/10 IMDb Genre Drama Theme music composer Terry Frewer First episode date 15 September 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Networks YTV, CTV Television Network Program creators Winston Rekert, Danny Virtue Cast Winston Rekert, Antoinette Bower, Peter Williams, Barbara Tyson, Sarah Chalke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winston neon rider
Neon Rider is a Canadian drama television series which first aired between 1990 and 1995. Created by Winston Rekert and Danny Virtue, the show was about the title character, a man named Michael Terry (Rekert) who quits his job as a therapist to become a mentor for troubled kids which he brings to his ranch. The series was filmed and set in British Columbia's Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley.
Other cast members included Sam Sarkar, William S. Taylor, Peter Williams, Suzanne Errett, 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.
SciFi veteran David Winning directed the third-season episode "Straight Home" guest-starring Martin Cummins.