Lassie (1997)
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Cast & Crew.
Corey Sevier
Timmy Cabot
Michael Yarmush
Clark
Susan Almgren
Dr. Karen Cabot
Walter Massey
Dr. Donald Stewart
Tim Post
Ethan Bennet
Tod Fennell
Jeff Mackenzie
Leni Parker
Lucy
Brigid Tierney
Billie
Natalie Vansier
Natalie
Vanessa Lengies
Charity
Al Vandecruys
Jay Mack Mackenzie
Gilles Aird
Production Design
Chip Chuipka
Hank
Rodney Gibbons
Director of Photography
François Protat
Director of Photography
John Bell
Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 1, 1997
StatusCanceled
Seasons2
Episodes51
Running Time24m
Genres
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Lassie is a Canadian television series which aired from 1997 to 1999 on YTV in Canada and Sunday nights on the Animal Planet network in the United States, as a modified remake of the original Lassie series (1954–1973) about a boy and his faithful dog. As with previous Lassie TV versions and several films dating back to the original Lassie Come Home film of 1943, the star was Lassie, a trained Rough Collie.
Not to be confused with a previous, syndicated follow-up series entitled The New Lassie which aired 1989–1991, this Canadian-produced Lassie series starred Corey Sevier as 13-year-old Timmy Cabot in the fictional town of Hudson Falls, Vermont. The show was filmed in Quebec by Cinar Inc. In this series' story line, Timmy and his recently widowed mother, Dr. Karen Cabot, move to Hudson Falls, where Karen takes over a veterinary practice.
In the first (1997) season, Lassie was played by "Howard", an eighth generation collie descended from "Pal", the dog in the original 1943 movie Lassie Come Home. As with all previous Lassie movies and television series beginning with Pal, Howard was owned and trained by Weatherwax Trained Dogs, founded by brothers Frank and Rudd Weatherwax. Midway through production, Cinar replaced Howard with a non-Pal descended dog. Following Lassie fan protests, "Hey Hey II", son of Howard and a ninth-generation direct descendant of Pal, was brought in to assume the role of Lassie for the final thirteen episodes of the show.
Although young Corey Sevier impressed critics, others complained that the series relegated Lassie to a bystander role by focusing more on the Cabot family's dealings with various townspeople, at the expense of featuring Lassie's action stunts and feats as had been traditional in the famous canine's previous movie and TV incarnations.
The show was canceled after three seasons. A total of 52 episodes were produced.
The entire first season has been available on DVD in Canada since April 4, 2006.