Flash Forward

Flash Forward
GenreAdventure
Sitcom
Created byBernice Vanderlaan
Alyson Feltes
Daphne Ballon
Written byRobert L. Baird
Thérèse Beaupré
Robert C. Cooper
Sarah Dodd
Sheri Elwood
Dennis Foon
John May
Anita Kapila
Allan Novak
Dawn Ritchie
John Slama
Bernice Vanderlaan
Ian Weir
Howard Wiseman
Directed byAlex Chapple
John Bell
Milan Cheylov
Neill Fearnley
Graeme Lynch
Bruce McDonald
Ron Oliver
David Straiton
Stephen Williams
Creative directorJohn May
StarringBen Foster
Jewel Staite
Asia Vieira
Theodore Borders
Country of originCanada
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
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Production
Executive producersDaphne Ballon
Seaton McLean
Alyson Feltes
(Episodes 1–4)
ProducersJamie Paul Rock
(Episodes 1–4)
Jan Peter Meyboom
(Episodes 5–26)
Production locationsHamilton, Ontario, Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
CinematographyDavid Perrault
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesAtlantis Communications
Walt Disney Television
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel (preview: 1995–96; main-run: 1997-1999)
ABC (preview-run: 1996)
ReleaseDecember 14, 1995 (1995-12-14) –
1997 (1997)
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Flash Forward is a Disney Channel Original Series produced in Canada for preteens and teenagers which was originally previewed on both Disney Channel and ABC from 1995 to 1996 with its main run starting from 1997 to 1999. The series first aired as a 4-episode limited-run preview on The Disney Channel from December 14, 1995 to January 6, 1996.[1][2] Starting on September 14, 1996, the series aired as a special nationwide preview-run on ABC's Saturday morning lineup.[2][3] and remained on the network's schedule until December 1996.[4] On January 1, 1997, the series premiered on The Disney Channel with a special New Year's Day 5-hour, 10-episode marathon, and on January 5, the series moved to its regular time slot on Saturdays and Sundays.[3]

The show focuses on the lives of two best friends and neighbors since birth, Tucker and Rebecca, and their respective adventures as they travel through the world of eighth grade with their other best friends, Christine and Miles. The show was produced by Atlantis Films in association with Disney Channel and Buena Vista International, Inc.

Flash Forward was the first series branded under the "Disney Channel Original Series" label.

  1. ^ The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 13, no. 6, December 1995/January 1996: pp. 25, 31, 40, 43-44, 46.
  2. ^ a b The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 14, no. 4, August/September 1996: p. 4.
  3. ^ a b The Disney Channel Magazine, Vol. 14, no. 6, December 1996/January 1997: pp. 18, 23, 36, 39, 47.
  4. ^ Carmody, John (November 29, 1996). "The TV Column". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 18, 2019.