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'''''Max Glick''''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] television comedy-drama series, which aired on [[CBC Television]] from 1990 to 1991.<ref>Bob Blakey, "CBC show worth the wait". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', November 5, 1990.</ref> Based on the [[Morley Torgov]] novel ''[[The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick]]'' and its 1988 film adaptation, the series centred on Maximilian Glick, a young [[Jewish]] boy coming of age in [[Beausejour, Manitoba|Beausejour]], [[Manitoba]] in the 1960s.<ref>[[Antonia Zerbisias]], "Max Glick a terrific family show on CBC". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', November 5, 1990.</ref>
The series starred Josh Garbe as Max, Alec Willows and [[Linda Kash]] as his parents Henry and Sarah, [[Jan Rubeš]] and [[Susan Douglas Rubeš]] as his grandparents Augustus and Bryna, [[Melyssa Ade]] as his classmate and love interest Celia, and [[Jason Blicker]] as Rabbi Teitelman. Jan and Susan Rubeš were the only cast members to reprise their roles from the film;<ref>"Role brings actress back to her roots; CBC's Max Glick revives painful memories of fleeing the horrors of Hitler's Reich". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', November 11, 1991.</ref> [[Noam Zylberman]], who had played Max in the film, was also originally slated to star in the series, but had undergone puberty and grown too tall to believably play a 13-year-old by the time the series entered production.<ref name=star199011></ref> The series was created by Stephen Foster and [[Phil Savath]], who had been the producer and screenwriter of the original film.<ref>John Haslett Cuff, "Glick kicks into high gear episode 4: After the first three shows, Max Glick finds a rhythm and a purpose and manages to be pertinent, funny and touching". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 5, 1990.</ref>
Critics commonly compared the series to the contemporaneous American series ''[[The Wonder Years]]''.<ref>"CBC's Max Glick looks like the Canadian Wonder Years". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', November 5, 1990.</ref>
The series aired 26 episodes over two seasons in the fall of 1990 and 1991, and then aired in reruns in 1992.<ref>"CBC re-runs 'Max Glick'". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', January 6, 1992.</ref> It was not renewed for a third season.<ref>"CBC shuffle is a big gamble". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', June 3, 1992.</ref>
The series received three [[Gemini Award]] nominations at the [[6th Gemini Awards]] in 1992, for Best Guest Performance in a Series ([[Marilyn Lightstone]]), Best Costume Design (Karen L. Matthews) and Best Original Music Score for a Series (Graeme Coleman);<ref>"And the nominees are..." ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'', March 7, 1992.</ref> at the [[7th Gemini Awards]] in 1993, Coleman was again nominated for Best Original Music while David Barlow won the award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series.<ref>"Beleaguered McKenna honored with two Geminis". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', March 7, 1993.</ref>
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:1990 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1991 Canadian television series endings]]
[[Category:1990s Canadian comedy-drama television series]]
[[Category:CBC Television shows]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Manitoba]]
[[Category:Jewish Canadian culture]]
The series starred Josh Garbe as Max, Alec Willows and [[Linda Kash]] as his parents Henry and Sarah, [[Jan Rubeš]] and [[Susan Douglas Rubeš]] as his grandparents Augustus and Bryna, [[Melyssa Ade]] as his classmate and love interest Celia, and [[Jason Blicker]] as Rabbi Teitelman. Jan and Susan Rubeš were the only cast members to reprise their roles from the film;<ref>"Role brings actress back to her roots; CBC's Max Glick revives painful memories of fleeing the horrors of Hitler's Reich". ''[[Edmonton Journal]]'', November 11, 1991.</ref> [[Noam Zylberman]], who had played Max in the film, was also originally slated to star in the series, but had undergone puberty and grown too tall to believably play a 13-year-old by the time the series entered production.<ref name=star199011></ref> The series was created by Stephen Foster and [[Phil Savath]], who had been the producer and screenwriter of the original film.<ref>John Haslett Cuff, "Glick kicks into high gear episode 4: After the first three shows, Max Glick finds a rhythm and a purpose and manages to be pertinent, funny and touching". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', November 5, 1990.</ref>
Critics commonly compared the series to the contemporaneous American series ''[[The Wonder Years]]''.<ref>"CBC's Max Glick looks like the Canadian Wonder Years". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', November 5, 1990.</ref>
The series aired 26 episodes over two seasons in the fall of 1990 and 1991, and then aired in reruns in 1992.<ref>"CBC re-runs 'Max Glick'". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', January 6, 1992.</ref> It was not renewed for a third season.<ref>"CBC shuffle is a big gamble". ''[[Calgary Herald]]'', June 3, 1992.</ref>
The series received three [[Gemini Award]] nominations at the [[6th Gemini Awards]] in 1992, for Best Guest Performance in a Series ([[Marilyn Lightstone]]), Best Costume Design (Karen L. Matthews) and Best Original Music Score for a Series (Graeme Coleman);<ref>"And the nominees are..." ''[[Hamilton Spectator]]'', March 7, 1992.</ref> at the [[7th Gemini Awards]] in 1993, Coleman was again nominated for Best Original Music while David Barlow won the award for Best Writing in a Dramatic Series.<ref>"Beleaguered McKenna honored with two Geminis". ''[[Montreal Gazette]]'', March 7, 1993.</ref>
==References==
==External links==
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[[Category:1990 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1991 Canadian television series endings]]
[[Category:1990s Canadian comedy-drama television series]]
[[Category:CBC Television shows]]
[[Category:Television shows set in Manitoba]]
[[Category:Jewish Canadian culture]]
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