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Doc (2001 TV Series)
''Doc'' is an American medical drama with strong Christian undertones starring Billy Ray Cyrus as Dr. Clint "Doc" Cassidy, a Montana doctor who takes a job in a New York City medical clinic. It aired from March 11, 2001 to November 28, 2004 on Pax TV. Although set in New York City, the series was shot in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 88 episodes were produced. Plot summary ''Doc'' follows rural doctor Clint "Doc" Cassidy who has taken a position at Westbury Clinic, a small medical center in New York City. Doc is a young Christian bachelor from the mountains of Montana, who brings his small-town values and ideology to an environment that seems to lack familiarity with them. Supporting characters include the doctors, nurses and other staff of Westbury Clinic; a 10-year-old orphan, Raúl García; and a young couple, Nate and Beverly Jackson, who live in the same apartment building as Clint. Themes Each episode has three interconnecting plot lines; the predominant plot lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medical Drama
A medical drama is a Television film, television movie or film in which events center upon a hospital, clinic, doctor's office, a paramedic, or any other medical topic or environment. Most recent medical drama (film and television), dramatic programming goes beyond the events pertaining to the characters' jobs and portray some aspects of their personal lives. The longest running prime-time medical drama in the world is the British series ''Casualty (TV series), Casualty'', airing since 1986, and the longest running medical soap opera is ''General Hospital'', running since 1963. History ''City Hospital (U.S. TV series), City Hospital'', which first aired in 1951, is usually considered to be the first televised medical drama. (The first serialized medical drama was probably the ''Dr. Kildare'' film series (1937–1947), starring a number of actors in the eponymous role, and Lionel Barrymore throughout the series.) ''Medic (TV series), Medic'', which featured Richard Boone, ran two se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taylor Abrahamse
Taylor Lawrence Abrahamse (born May 7, 1991) is a Canadian voice actor, most known for his music, ''Fangbone!'', ''The Stanley Dynamic'', ''Doc'', '' D.N. Ace'', and ''Norman Picklestripes''. Life and career After begging his parents for an agent at the age of six, he began landing numerous commercials in television and radio, as well as print. Soon, this transitioned over into supporting TV movie and series roles, including Jimmy Osmond in the ABC biopic ''Inside the Osmonds'', and Eliott in PAX TV's ''Doc'', a series starring Billy Ray Cyrus for which Taylor was nominated for a Young Actor's Award for "Best Performance In A Supporting Role". Taylor also played Cinco, in the Ross Petty pantomime ''Snow White & The Group Of Seven'', acting and singing alongside Canadian Idols including Ryan Malcolm and Billy Klippert, and Glass Tiger frontman Alan Frew. At the age of 12, after receiving an Elton John songbook, Taylor became obsessed with singing and songwriting. As a teenager, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gospel Music Channel
UP TV (stylized as UPtv; formerly GMC TV and originally Gospel Music Channel) is an American basic cable television network that was founded to have a focus on gospel music. It has expanded into family-friendly original movies, series, and specials. Up TV is 99.9% owned by InterMedia Partners. As of February 2015, the channel is available to approximately 67.6 million pay television households (58.1% of households with television) in the United States. History The Gospel Music Channel was founded in 2004 by Charles Humbard, the son of televangelist Rex Humbard. It was devoted to gospel music. With Brad Siegel, former president of Turner Broadcasting's Turner Entertainment Networks, as vice chairman, Humbard launched GMC on October 30, 2004. Gospel Music Channel programmed gospel/Christian music, featuring diverse styles, including traditional and contemporary gospel, Christian rock and pop, southern gospel, and Christian metal. Each weeknight, the network's lineup featured a dif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Showcase (Canadian TV Channel)
Showcase is a Television in Canada, Canadian English language, English-language specialty channel owned by Corus Entertainment. Launched in 1995, the network primarily airs Generalist channel, general entertainment programming, particularly Action fiction, action and Drama (film and television), drama series and films. History Licensed in 1994, Showcase was a venture between Alliance Communications (prior to its merger with Atlantis), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and a number of smaller independent Canadian producers, and was intended to be a showcase for "the best of independently-produced movies, drama, comedy and mini-series from Canada and around the world", with limited content from the United States. Showcase was formerly subject to a condition of licence obligating it to air 100% Canadian content between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. in the time zone of the originating feed. While some foreign programming did air in the late afternoon prior to this window, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Network Ten
Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's Paramount Networks UK & Australia, UK & Australia division and is one of the five national free-to-air networks in the country. As of 2024, Network 10 is the fourth-rated television network and primary channel in Australia, behind the Seven Network, Nine Network and ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV and ahead of SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. History Origins From the introduction of TV in 1956 until 1965, there were three television networks in Australia, the Nine Network, National Television Network (now the Nine Network), the Seven Network, Australian Television Network (now the Seven Network), and the public Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC National Television Service (now ABC TV (Australian TV network), ABC TV). In the early 1960s, the Government of Australia, Australian Government be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ion Television
Ion Television (referred to on-air as simply Ion) is an American broadcast television network and FAST television channel owned by the Scripps Networks subsidiary of the E. W. Scripps Company. The network first began broadcasting on August 31, 1998, as Pax TV, focusing primarily on family-oriented entertainment programming. It rebranded as i: Independent Television (commonly referred to as "i") on July 1, 2005, converting into a general entertainment network featuring recent and older acquired programs. The network adopted its identity as Ion Television on January 29, 2007. For many years, Ion has focused primarily on off-network reruns of existing series, with most of its current schedule devoted to marathon blocks of procedural dramas, along with occasional broadcasts of films (including television films during the Christmas season). In the past, Ion had acquired first-run airings of Canadian series not picked up by other American networks and had also been infamous f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holly Dale
Holly Dale (born December 23, 1953) is a Canadian filmmaker and television director. Over the course of her career, Dale has worked in the Canadian film and television industry as a director, producer, writer, and editor. Although she has completed solo projects, the majority of Dale's work has been in collaboration with her former classmate, Janis Cole. ''The Thin Line'' (1977), '' P4W: Prison for Women'' (1981), and ''Hookers on Davie'' (1984) are some of their most recognized projects. Dale's work has been featured in festivals around the world including North America, Europe, and Australia. She has also received award nominations and wins, including a Gemini Award in 1982 for the Best Theatrical Documentary for ''P4W: Prison for Women''. Early life and education Dale was raised in a low-income household in Toronto, Ontario. However, she decided to leave home as a teenager due to ongoing family conflict. During this time, she worked in non-therapeutic massage parlors in do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CeCe Winans
Priscilla Marie Love, known professionally by her stage name as CeCe Winans, (born October 8, 1964) is an American gospel singer who has garnered 17 Grammy Awards, the most for any female gospel singer; 33 GMA Dove Awards, 19 Stellar Awards, 5 NAACP Image Awards, 3 ''Billboard'' Music Awards, along with many other awards and honors to her credit including being one of the inaugural inductees into the Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame in Atlanta, Georgia. Winans is the best-selling and most awarded female gospel singer of all time, and has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Music City Walk of Fame. Winans has 19 million record sales certified by RIAA, making her one of the best-selling gospel music artists. She first rose to prominence between the 1980s as a member of the double platinum selling Gospel duo BeBe & CeCe Winans with her brother, Bebe Winans; although they disbanded without any major single launches, before launching her own highly acclaimed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaci Velasquez
Jacquelyn Davette "Jaci" Velasquez (; born October 15, 1979) is an American actress and contemporary Christian and Latin pop singer and songwriter, performing in both English and Spanish. Velasquez has sold almost three million albums in the US, recorded three Platinum and three Gold albums, and recorded 16 singles that hit No. 1 plus six more that entered the top 10. She received a Latin Billboard Music Award in 2002 for her album Mi Corazón, eight Dove Awards, including Best New Artist and Female Vocalist of the Year, as well as three Grammy nominations, and an American Music Award nomination in the category of "Favorite Latin Artist" in 2002. From 2010 to 2016, Velasquez co-hosted “The Family-Friendly Morning Show”, a syndicated morning radio program with Doug Griffin. Biography Early life and early music career Velasquez was born in Houston and is of Mexican, Spanish, Arab, Scottish, French, and Jewish descent. She grew up in an evangelical church where her parents w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sue Thomas (agent)
Sue Thomas (May 24, 1950 – December 13, 2022) was an American author and former agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). She was the first deaf person to work as an undercover specialist, performing lip-reading of suspects. Early life Thomas was born on May 24, 1950, in Boardman, Ohio. At the age of 18 months, she became profoundly deaf; the reason is not definitely known. At the age of seven, Thomas became the youngest Ohio State Champion free-style skater in skating history. Speech therapists helped her develop her voice, and she also became an adept lip reader. Thomas graduated from Springfield College in Massachusetts with a degree in political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ... and international affairs. Career in the FBI At the FB ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cera
Michael Austin Cera ( ; ; born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian actor. Over his career he has received nominations for a British Academy Film Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, four Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Tony Award. Cera became known for portraying leading roles in a string of comedic films such as '' Superbad'' (2007), '' Juno'' (2007), '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010), '' Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008), and '' Youth in Revolt'' (2009). He took supporting roles in both comedies and dramas including '' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' (2002), '' This Is the End'' (2013), '' Molly's Game'' (2017), '' Person to Person'' (2017), '' Gloria Bell'' (2019), ''Barbie'' (2023), '' Dream Scenario'' (2023) and '' The Phoenician Scheme'' (2025). He voiced Dick Grayson/ Robin in '' The Lego Batman Movie'' (2017). Cera gained prominence portraying George Michael Bluth in the Fox sitcom '' Arrested Development'' from 2003 to 2006 and then again from 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Cyrus
Noah Lindsey Cyrus (born January 8, 2000) is an American singer and actress. As a child actress, she voiced the titular character in the English dub of the film ''Ponyo'' (2008), and appeared in minor roles on shows including ''Hannah Montana'' and ''Doc (2001 TV series), Doc''. In 2016, she made her debut as a singer with the single "Make Me (Cry)" featuring Labrinth, which peaked at number 46 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Cyrus has released three extended plays: ''Good Cry'' (2018), ''The End of Everything (EP), The End of Everything'' (2020), ''People Don't Change'' (2021). Her first full-length album ''The Hardest Part (Noah Cyrus album), The Hardest Part'' was released on September 16, 2022. She was nominated for Grammy Award for Best New Artist, Best New Artist at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards. Cyrus is the youngest child of Billy Ray Cyrus and Tish Cyrus, as well as the younger sister of Miley Cyrus. Early life Noah Lindsey Cyrus was born on January 8, 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
