Coming Up Rosie | |
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Genre | Children's sitcom |
Written by | Barbara Evans (1975-1977) David Mayerovitch Stuart Northey Hedley Read (1977-1978)[1] |
Country of origin | Canada |
Language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | CBC Television |
Original run | 15 September 1975[1] – 1978 |
Coming Up Rosie was a Canadian children's sitcom TV series on CBC Television, aired for three seasons from 1975–1978.
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The show focused on a group of tenants in an office building located at 99 Sumach Street, Toronto. The title character, Rosie Tucker, was played by Rosemary Radcliffe. Tucker is an aspiring Canadian documentary film-maker who is a tenant in the building.[2]
Other cast members included John Candy and Catherine O'Hara who both subsequently starred in Second City Television and feature films. Dan Aykroyd, who played the elevator operator, appeared in this series concurrently with his star-making turn on Saturday Night Live.
Many of the actors in this series also appeared in the less successful 1974–1975 CBC series Dr. Zonk and the Zunkins.[2]
For the first season, the series aired at 4:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The series frequency was reduced to once per week for the remaining seasons, Mondays in 1976-77 and Tuesdays in 1977-78.[3]