Ride (2016 TV series) explained

Genre:Drama
Creator:
  • Jill Girling
  • Lori Mather-Welch
Starring:
Composer:Edward Zaski
Country:Canada
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:20
Executive Producer:
  • Joan Lambur
  • Tony Wood
  • Shelley Scarrow
  • Nat Abraham
  • Ira Levy
  • Michael McGuigan
  • Peter Williamson
Producer:
  • Jim Corston
  • Nadia Jaynes
Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:22–23 minutes
Company:
Network:YTV

Ride is a Canadian drama television series created by Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch that aired in Canada on YTV and in the United States on Nickelodeon. In Canada, the series premiered on September 5, 2016, and ended on October 6, 2016. In the United States, the series premiered on January 30, 2017, and ended on February 24, 2017. The series stars Kendra Leigh Timmins, Alana Boden, Oliver Dench, Jonny Gray, Natalie Lisinska, Manuel Pacific, Rameet Rauli, Mike Shara, and Sara Botsford.

Premise

The series centers on Kit Bridges, an American teenager, who is a new classmate in the equestrian boarding school Covington Academy in England. She befriends a horse named TK.

Cast

Production

The series was produced by Breakthrough Entertainment in Canada in collaboration with Buccaneer Media in the United Kingdom. Ride was filmed in Toronto and in Northern Ireland.[1] [2] [3] The series was greenlit for a season of 20 episodes. Nickelodeon picked up the series for broadcast in the United States.

Broadcast and release

On August 11, 2016, a full episode was released exclusively on YTV's online platforms ahead of the series premiere.[4] The series premiered on YTV in Canada on September 5, 2016. New episodes aired in Canada for the rest of that week. The series premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on January 30, 2017.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ride Is a New Nick Series About an Equestrian Boarding School. YAYOMG!. 2 May 2016. January 10, 2017.
  2. Web site: Ride: London Actors Meet Up on Irish Set of New TV Series. London Free Press. Joe Belanger. September 1, 2016. January 10, 2017.
  3. Nickelodeon Readies More Than 650 Episodes of New and Returning Series This Season. Nickelodeon. The Futon Critic. March 2, 2016. January 28, 2017.
  4. Corus Entertainment Brings Families Exciting New Content to Canada's Top Kids Networks. Corus Entertainment. Newswire. August 11, 2016. January 28, 2017.
  5. Web site: Chuck Barney. TV tonight: The Bachelor's vicious blowout; Gotham's winter finale. The Mercury News. January 30, 2017. October 30, 2021.