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When it comes to the broader genre of reality programs, I’ve always loved those that you might call social experiments. From the various “decade house” series, or Frontier House, to those that have similarly put people into situations out of time, or at least out of their comfort zone. The CBC has announced a new series, Back in Time for Dinner, which will serve to take a Canadian family through six decades. The show will hit June 14th at 8 p.m. on CBC. Based on the Warner Bros. format that took a British family through similar paces, the series combines food, fashion and culture to turn the Campus family home into a virtual time machine. Each week the family will dive into a different decade, and much like those shows from the decade series, the shock of trying to cope with how things were in earlier times can make for quite the challenge.

Bramwell Morrison is best known for being the guitar strumming Bram -- photographed here with his Canadian counterpart Sharon and Lois -- in the classic children's show "Sharon, Lois and Bram's Elephant Show." Guess what he looks like now! Read more...

It's a sad day for fans of The Elephant Show: Lois Lilienstein has passed away. She was 78. Her son David Lilienstein told CBC News the beloved children's entertainer, known as part of the Sharon, Lois & Bram trio, died at her home in Toronto surrounded by friends and family. She had a rare form of cancer which was diagnosed last October. Lois, who was born in Chicago, joined forces with Canadian performers Sharon Hampson and Bram Morrison in the late '70s. They released their first album, One Elephant, Deux Éléphants, in 1978, and their sing-along folk music proved to be an instant hit with kids and parents alike. The Sharon, Lois & Bram trio toured Canada and gained...