''Neon Rider'' is a

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which aired between 1990 and 1995. Created by Winston Rekert and Danny Virtue, the show was about the title character, a psychologist named Michael Terry (Rekert) who, after writing a successful book on

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psychology, purchases his childhood friend's family ranch just outside of

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to open a therapeutic residential treatment program for troubled and abused teens. The series was filmed and set in

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, and British Columbia's Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley. Other cast members included Samuel Sarkar, William S. Taylor, Peter Williams, Suzanne Errett-Balcom,

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, Barbara Tyson, Alex Bruhanski, Philip Granger and Jim Byrnes. ''Neon Rider'' was produced by

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and broadcast on the

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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

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where it aired on GBC TV.

Cast

* Winston Rekert as Michael Terry *Samuel Sarkar as Vic * Barbara Tyson as Eleanor James (seasons 2–5) *William S. Taylor as John Philip Reid III *Alex Bruhanski as C.C. Dechardon (season 1) *

as Fox Devlin (seasons 1–3) * Peter Williams as Pin *Suzanne Errett-Balcom as Rachel Woods (seasons 1–5) *Philip Granger as Walt (seasons 2–5) *Jim Byrnes as Kevin (seasons 2–5)

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2: 1991

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

References

External links

Canadian Communications Foundation - Article about Neon Rider
* 1990s Canadian drama television series 1990 Canadian television series debuts 1995 Canadian television series endings CTV Television Network original programming Mission, British Columbia Television series by Alliance Atlantis Television shows filmed in Vancouver Television shows set in Vancouver Long stubs with short prose {{Canada-drama-tv-prog-stub