sadieallen

I first saw Riverdale and Coronation Street on the CBC Network Feeds on my C-Band Satellite dish on one of the Canadian Satellites. I enjoyed Riverdale much more than Coronation Street, but the CBC decided to cancel it. At the point where I was beginning to watch CBC's other programming, the network started broadcasting digitally and scrambled its signals using a method not used in the United States. I was therefore locked out. I miss Riverdale and wish some one would air a Riverdale-like soap opera about middle-class people living in a neighborhood going through life's trials and tribulations. If we in the United States can make Dallas and Dynasty famous, then certainly a middle-class soap would do well here if done with a measure of quality.

The show "Linc's" originated on the Cable Channel Showtime in the United States, not in the U.K. as previously stated. During that time, Showtime experimented with several black-themed series, specials and projects...much as it's previous experimentation with gay issues. These "phases" at Showtime were the growing pains of a Pay-Channel who tried to find it's niche. It started out in the late 70's and early 80's with cultural programming including Broadway and Off-Broadway plays. It also hosted several A-List Live Concerts (i.e. The Diana Ross Central Park Concert). It later went into it's "Black Phase" and launched careers of several black actors while revived the careers of others. Still unable to compete with HBO, it went into it's "Gay" phase which is dying out. Now its programming is mostly Mainstream with an Edge...Huff, Weeds, Brotherhood, etc.