Robson Arms
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Robson Arms is a Canadian
television series that began airing on CTV
on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver
-based Omni Film Productions Limited
and Halifax
's Creative Atlantic Communications
.
The show is a comedy-drama (dramedy) anthology
organized around the Robson Arms, an apartment building in Vancouver
, at the fictional address of 951 Pendrell Street. Each of the show's episodes focuses principally on a different tenant of the building, although the core cast members interact in minor roles throughout the series.
The show was created to fulfill a licensing requirement of CTV's Vancouver station, CIVT
, which originally promised, as an independent station, to produce 20 episodes of an anthology series entitled The Storytellers. Only ten such episodes were produced. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) did not agree that CIVT's new network programming supplanted this commitment and asked the station to fulfill its promise. CTV believed the anthology would be more successful as a series with common characters, and Robson Arms was the result.
Two of the show's regular cast members, Gabrielle Miller
and Fred Ewanuick
, appeared in this series concurrent with their continuing roles in another CTV production, Corner Gas
.
The series currently airs in reruns on CTV's secondary A system.
Canada
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television series that began airing on CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
-based Omni Film Productions Limited
Omni Film Productions Limited
Omni Film Productions is a Canadian television and film production company based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Omni Film produces and/or coproduces a variety of television programs including dramatic series, documentaries, lifestyle series and more all for the Canadian and international...
and Halifax
Metropolitan Halifax
Metropolitan Halifax , often referred to as Metro Halifax, or Halifax, is the urban part of the Halifax Regional Municipality, a regional municipality that covers a large area of Nova Scotia, including rural areas...
's Creative Atlantic Communications
Creative Atlantic Communications
Creative Atlantic Communications is a Canadian television production company based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.-History:Creative Atlantic was established in 1989, initially creating advertising and corporate communications media...
.
The show is a comedy-drama (dramedy) anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
organized around the Robson Arms, an apartment building in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, at the fictional address of 951 Pendrell Street. Each of the show's episodes focuses principally on a different tenant of the building, although the core cast members interact in minor roles throughout the series.
The show was created to fulfill a licensing requirement of CTV's Vancouver station, CIVT
CIVT-TV
CIVT-DT is a television station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Owned by Bell Media, it is part of the CTV Television Network...
, which originally promised, as an independent station, to produce 20 episodes of an anthology series entitled The Storytellers. Only ten such episodes were produced. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) did not agree that CIVT's new network programming supplanted this commitment and asked the station to fulfill its promise. CTV believed the anthology would be more successful as a series with common characters, and Robson Arms was the result.
Two of the show's regular cast members, Gabrielle Miller
Gabrielle Miller
-Career:She was a cast member of the Canadian television series Corner Gas, for which she won a shared Gemini Awards for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series in 2007 and two Leo Awards for Best Performance or Host in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series .She is also...
and Fred Ewanuick
Fred Ewanuick
Fred Ewanuick is a Canadian actor of Ukrainian and Italian heritage, known for his role in the television series Corner Gas as Hank Yarbo. He was also a regular in a CTV anthology series, Robson Arms.-Early life:...
, appeared in this series concurrent with their continuing roles in another CTV production, Corner Gas
Corner Gas
Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV and The Comedy Network in Canada; it formerly aired on WGN America in the United States....
.
The series currently airs in reruns on CTV's secondary A system.
Cast and characters
The season(s) during which each actor has been included in the main cast are marked in black. White square means the actor doesn't appear in that season at all.| Actor(s) | Character | Appearances | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S 1 | S 2 | S 3 | |||||
| John Cassini John Cassini John Cassini is a Canadian actor who played the role of Officer Davis in the 1995 Brad Pitt film, Se7en. He also starred in the 2005 film Cool Money. Cassini starred as Ronnie Delmarco on the CBC series, Intelligence... |
Yuri Kukoc | ||||||
| Helena Yea | Grandma Tan | ||||||
| Colin Foo | Bao Tan | ||||||
| Gabrielle Rose Gabrielle Rose (actress) Gabrielle Rose is an accomplished Canadian actress. She has an extensive resume that includes multiple nominations for Genie Awards and Gemini Awards... |
Antonia "Toni" Mastroianni-Tan | ||||||
| Justine Wong | Ruby Tan | ||||||
| Zak Santiago Zak Santiago Zak Santiago is a Canadian actor and Disc-jockey.Santiago was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has appeared in many television shows, including Young Blades, Smallville, Robson Arms, Flight 93 and The L Word... |
Hal Garcia | ||||||
| Alisen Down Alisen Down Alisen Elizabeth Jean Down is a Canadian film and television actress. She was born in Langley, British Columbia.-Early life:... |
Sault Ste. Marie | ||||||
| David Richmond-Peck David Richmond-Peck David Richmond-Peck is a Canadian actor who has appeared in over 50 film and television roles in Canada and the United States since 2000.-Acting career:... |
Geoff McAlister | ||||||
| Fred Ewanuick Fred Ewanuick Fred Ewanuick is a Canadian actor of Ukrainian and Italian heritage, known for his role in the television series Corner Gas as Hank Yarbo. He was also a regular in a CTV anthology series, Robson Arms.-Early life:... |
Nick Papathanasiou | ||||||
| Kevin McNulty Kevin McNulty Kevin McNulty is a Canadian actor.McNulty was born in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. He has acted on three aviation movies: Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 with William Devane, Final Descent with Robert Urich and Snakes on a Plane with Samuel L. Jackson... |
Stanley Wasserman | ||||||
| Haig Sutherland Haig Sutherland Haig Sutherland is a Canadian actor known for his as Hunter Riley in Stargate Universe.-References:... |
Fred Fochs | ||||||
| Jane McGregor Jane McGregor Jane McGregor is a Canadian actress, best known for her roles in Slap Her... She's French, Flower & Garnet, and That Beautiful Somewhere, as well as her recurring role on the television series Robson Arms.- Personal life :... |
Alicia Plecas-Fochs | ||||||
| Gabrielle Miller Gabrielle Miller -Career:She was a cast member of the Canadian television series Corner Gas, for which she won a shared Gemini Awards for Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series in 2007 and two Leo Awards for Best Performance or Host in a Music, Comedy, or Variety Program or Series .She is also... |
Bobbi Briggs | ||||||
| Tobias Mehler Tobias Mehler Tobias Mehler is a Canadian actor who has appeared in film and television productions. Some notable roles include d'Artagnan on Young Blades, Zak Adama on Battlestar Galactica and Lieutenant Graham Simmons in Stargate SG-1... |
Bobby Briggs | ||||||
| William B. Davis William B. Davis William Bruce Davis is a Canadian actor, known for his role as The Smoking Man on The X-Files. He has also appeared in Stargate SG-1 as Damaris, a Prior of the Ori and as Mayor Tate on Smallville... |
Dr. Carlisle Wainwright | ||||||
| Margot Kidder Margot Kidder Margaret Ruth "Margot" Kidder is a Canadian-born American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Lois Lane in the four Superman movies opposite Christopher Reeve, a role that brought her to widespread recognition.... |
Elaine Wainwright | ||||||
| Jim Tai | Ricky Tan | ||||||
| Maxine Miller Maxine Miller Maxine Miller is a Canadian actress who first appeared in the first three seasons of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. In the 1980s, she voiced True Heart Bear in The Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation and appeared on the animated series My Pet Monster.More recently, she guest starred in Showtime's... |
Beatrice Dubois | ||||||
| Shirley Douglas Shirley Douglas Shirley Jean Douglas, OC is a Canadian television, film and stage actress and activist. Her acting career combined with her family name has made her recognisable in Canadian film, television and politics.-Personal life:... |
Pauline Dubois | ||||||
| Mark McKinney Mark McKinney Mark Douglas Brown McKinney is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Following the run of their television series and feature film , he went on to star in Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997... |
Tom Goldblum | ||||||
| Megan Follows Megan Follows Megan Elizabeth Laura Diana Follows is a Canadian/American actress. She is most known to international audiences for her role as Anne Shirley in the acclaimed 1985 Canadian television miniseries Anne of Green Gables and its two sequels.-Biography:Follows was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as the... |
Janice Keneally | ||||||
| Peter DeLuise Peter DeLuise Peter John DeLuise is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, perhaps best known for directing episodes of science fiction television shows, particularly in the Stargate franchise.-Career:... |
Wayne Ross | ||||||
| Laura Bertram Laura Bertram Laura Maureen Bertram is a Canadian actress.- Life and career :Bertram was born in Toronto, Ontario, and lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. She earned her degree in history from the University of Guelph. She has two younger sisters named Heather and Jennifer , who are also actresses... |
Chris Colton | ||||||
| Gabriel Hogan Gabriel Hogan Gabriel Hogan is a Canadian actor.Hogan is best known for his continuing roles on Canadian hit dramas Traders and The Associates.- Background :... |
Andrew Colton | ||||||
| Linda Kash Linda Kash Linda Kash is a Canadian actress.An alumna of Second City, she played Trudy Weissman in the 1998 Jean Smart sit-com, Style & Substance... |
Carol Goldstein | ||||||
| Tegan Moss Tegan Moss Tegan Moss is a Young Artist Award-nominated Canadian actress appearing in film and television.Moss was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has two brothers, Rory Moss, and actor Jesse Moss. Her given name is of Welsh origin, meaning "fair one" and pronounced TEG-ann... |
Georgia "Georgie" Goldstein | ||||||
| Bill Mondy Bill Mondy Bill Mondy, sometimes credited as Bill Monday, is an American film and television actor.-Career:He is best known for his appearances in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and The Dead Zone... |
Val Kukoc | ||||||
| April Telek April Telek -Early life and career:Telek was born and raised on the North Shore of Vancouver, British Columbia. In Japan she pursued her modeling career and won a Shiseido Cosmetics contract for Asia from 1989-1990. In April 1994 she won the title of Miss Canada and represented Canada in several International... |
Sasha Kowalski | ||||||
| Allison Hossack Allison Hossack Allison Hossack is an actress.-Biography:Hossack attended schools in Steinbach and Killarney, Manitoba, later graduating from the Brandon University School of Music in 1988 with a B.Mus. where she majored in voice... |
Trixie Hoskins | ||||||
| Dave Foley Dave Foley David Scott "Dave" Foley is a Canadian comedian, writer, director, and producer best known for his work in The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio, A Bug's Life, and Celebrity Poker Showdown... |
Chuck Hoskins | ||||||
Season 1 (2005)
| Episode # | Original Air Date (CTV) | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 17, 2005 | Dancing the Horizontal Mambo |
| 2 | June 17, 2005 | The Tell-Tale Latex |
| 3 | June 24, 2005 | The Eyes of Grandma Tan |
| 4 | June 24, 2005 | ICQ |
| 5 | July 1, 2005 | A Certain Vintage |
| 6 | July 1, 2005 | Sweet City Woman |
| 7 | July 8, 2005 | Hairpiece of Mind |
| 8 | July 8, 2005 | A Material Breach |
| 9 | July 15, 2005 | The Lonely Passion of Mr. Tan |
| 10 | July 15, 2005 | Educating Alicia |
| 11 | July 22, 2005 | The Recipe |
| 12 | July 22, 2005 | The Misses Dubois Turn Out the Lights |
| 13 | July 29, 2005 | Aftershock |
Season 2 (2007)
| Episode # | Original Air Date (CTV) | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 10, 2007 | Ordinary Assholes |
| 2 | February 17, 2007 | Saultology |
| 3 | February 24, 2007 | I Did Not Have Sex With That Woman |
| 4 | March 3, 2007 | Something Straight Between Us |
| 5 | March 10, 2007 | Mr. Lonely |
| 6 | February 27, 2007 | Pest Control |
| 7 | March 17, 2007 | Misery, Inc. |
| 8 | March 12, 2007 | The Daughter of Frankenstein |
| 9 | March 24, 2007 | Wayne's World |
| 10 | March 31, 2007 | Mussolini and Me |
| 11 | April 7, 2007 | All About Kitty |
| 12 | April 14, 2007 | Lizard of Doubt |
| 13 | April 21, 2007 | Texas Birthmark |
Season 3 (2008)
| Episode # | Original Air Date (CTV) | Episode Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 26, 2008 | Gila Monster |
| 2 | February 27, 2008 | Geeks in Love |
| 3 | May 5, 2008 | Positivity |
| 4 | May 12, 2008 | I Pagliacci |
| 5 | April 28, 2008 | Mean Girls |
| 6 | May 19, 2008 | Prince of Nigeria |
| 7 | May 26, 2008 | Wrong and Wronger |
| 8 | June 2, 2008 | No Sex in the City |
| 9 | March 10, 2008 | Cherchez la Femme |
| 10 | June 16, 2008 | Trixie's Honour |
| 11 | June 23, 2008 | Baby? What Baby? |
| 12 | June 24, 2008 | My Brother's Keeper |
| 13 | June 30, 2008 | Hero |
DVD releases
Video Service Corp has released all 3 seasons on DVD in Region 1.| DVD Name | Ep# | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| The Complete First Season | 13 | April 3, 2007 |
| The Complete Second Season | 13 | November 6, 2007 |
| The Complete Third Season | 13 | September 23, 2008 |