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'''''Back In...''''' is a [[retrospective]] [[documentary]] series broadcast on the Canadian music video channel [[MuchMoreMusic]]. The series also airs on [[Star!]] and some [[Citytv]] stations. 20 episodes have been broadcast, each profiled by a different year, going from 1980 to 1999. Each episode's title would always end with the last two digits of a year; such an example would be "Back In... '88" or "Back In... '99".

== About the show ==
''Back In...'' contains several segments. They include:

* [[Fashions]]
* [[Fads]]
* Famous people born that year
* Top-selling albums of the year
* [[One-hit wonders]]
* [[Grammy Award]] winners
* Hunks and babes
* Hitched and ditched
* Highest-grossing movies for that year
* Movie award winners
* The top television programs for the season
* In memoriam
* Various top news stories
* (Occasionally) Where are they now?
* [[Chinese zodiac]]
* The top five best and worst [[music video|videos]] of the year

== 1980s ==

=== 1980 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Video Killed the Radio Star]]" by [[Buggles]]
# "[[Whip It (Devo song)|Whip It]]" by [[Devo]]
# "[[Ashes to Ashes (David Bowie song)|Ashes to Ashes]]" by [[David Bowie]]
# "[[Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)|Once in a Lifetime]]" by [[Talking Heads]]
# "[[Crazy Little Thing Called Love]]" by [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Pop Muzik]]" by [[M (band)|M]]
# "[[The Tide Is High]]" by [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
# "[[Can You Feel It (The Jacksons song)|Can You Feel It]]" by [[The Jacksons]]
# "[[Turn Me Loose (Loverboy song)|Turn Me Loose]]" by [[Loverboy]]
# "Could I Be Dreaming" by [[The Pointer Sisters]]
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=== 1981 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Girls on Film]]" by [[Duran Duran]]
# "[[Rapture (Blondie song)|Rapture]]" by [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]
# "[[Shake It Up (The Cars song)|Shake It Up]]" by [[The Cars]]
# "[[Our Lips Are Sealed]]" by [[The Go-Go's]]
# "[[Start Me Up]]" by [[The Rolling Stones]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Keep on Loving You (song)|Keep on Loving You]]" by [[REO Speedwagon]]
# "[[The One That You Love]]" by [[Air Supply]]
# "[[Give It to Me Baby]]" by [[Rick James]]
# "[[Jessie's Girl]]" by [[Rick Springfield]]
# "[[Working for the Weekend]]" by [[Loverboy]]
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=== 1982 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Shock the Monkey]]" by [[Peter Gabriel]]
# "[[Hungry Like the Wolf]]" by [[Duran Duran]]
# "[[Don't You Want Me?]]" by [[The Human League]]
# "[[Rock the Casbah]]" by [[The Clash]]
# "[[Mickey (Toni Basil song)|Mickey]]" by [[Toni Basil]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band song)|Abracadabra]]" by [[Steve Miller Band]]
# "[[Twilight Zone (Golden Earring song)|Twilight Zone]]" by [[Golden Earring]]
# "[[Poison Arrow]]" by [[ABC (band)|ABC]]
# "[[Down Under (song)|Down Under]]" by [[Men at Work]]
# "[[I Ran (So Far Away)]]" by [[A Flock of Seagulls]]
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=== 1983 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Michael Jackson's Thriller (music video)|Thriller]]" by [[Michael Jackson]]
# "Psycho Therapy" by [[Ramones]]
# "[[Rockit (song)|Rockit]]" by [[Herbie Hancock]]
# "[[Burning Down the House]]" by [[Talking Heads]]
# "[[Our House (Madness song)|Our House]]" by [[Madness (band)|Madness]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Mr. Roboto]]" by [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
# "[[Making Love Out of Nothing at All]]" by [[Air Supply]]
# "[[Hot Girls in Love]]" by [[Loverboy]]
# "[[Love Is a Battlefield]]" by [[Pat Benatar]]
# "[[The Safety Dance]]" by [[Men Without Hats]]
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=== 1984 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[You Might Think]]" by [[The Cars]]
# "[[Legs (song)|Legs]]" by [[ZZ Top]]
# "[[Jump (Van Halen song)|Jump]]" by [[Van Halen]]
# "[[Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)]]" by [[Eurythmics]]
# "[[Smalltown Boy]]" by [[Bronski Beat]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "We Should Be Lovers" by [[Zappacosta]]
# "[[Give It Up (KC song)|Give It Up]]" by [[KC and the Sunshine Band]]
# "[[Rock Me Tonite]]" by [[Billy Squier]]
# "[[Self Control (Raf song)#Laura Branigan version|Self Control]]" by [[Laura Branigan]]
# "[[Somebody's Watching Me]]" by [[Rockwell (musician)|Rockwell]]
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=== 1985 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Take On Me]]" by [[a-ha]]
# "[[The Boys of Summer (song)|The Boys of Summer]]" by [[Don Henley]]
# "[[Money for Nothing (song)|Money for Nothing]]" by [[Dire Straits]]
# "[[Don't Come Around Here No More]]" by [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]]
# "[[Cry (Godley & Creme song)|Cry]]" by [[Godley and Creme]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[We Built This City]]" by [[Jefferson Starship|Starship]]
# "[[The Goonies 'R' Good Enough]]" by [[Cyndi Lauper]]
# "[[Loverboy (Billy Ocean song)|Loverboy]]" by [[Billy Ocean]]
# "[[Can't Fight This Feeling]]" by [[REO Speedwagon]]
# "[[Miami Vice Theme]]" by [[Jan Hammer]]
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=== 1986 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel song)|Sledgehammer]]" by [[Peter Gabriel]]
# "[[Walk This Way]]" by [[Run-DMC]] featuring [[Aerosmith]]
# "[[Addicted to Love (song)|Addicted to Love]]" by [[Robert Palmer]]
# "[[Papa Don't Preach]]" by [[Madonna]]
# "[[Nasty (Janet Jackson song)|Nasty]]" by [[Janet Jackson]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Real American]]" by [[Rick Derringer]] featuring [[Hulk Hogan]]
# "Heartbeat" by [[Don Johnson]]
# "[[We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off]]" by [[Jermaine Stewart]]
# "[[Crush on You (The Jets song)|Crush on You]]" by [[The Jets (Minnesota band)|The Jets]]
# "Bad Boys" by [[Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine]]
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=== 1987 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Land of Confusion]]" by [[Genesis (band)|Genesis]]
# "[[Missionary Man (Eurythmics song)|Missionary Man]]" by [[Eurythmics]]
# "[[Where the Streets Have No Name]]" by [[U2]]
# "[[(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!)]]" by [[Beastie Boys]]
# "[[Dear God (XTC song)|Dear God]]" by [[XTC]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Holiday Rap]]" by [[MC Miker G & DJ Sven]]
# "[[We'll Be Together (Sting song)|We'll Be Together]]" by [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]
# "Right on Track" by [[Breakfast Club (band)|Breakfast Club]]
# "[[Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You]]" by [[Glenn Medeiros]]
# "[[Talk Dirty to Me]]" by [[Poison (band)|Poison]]
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=== 1988 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[This Note's for You]]" by [[Neil Young]]
# "[[Need You Tonight]]" by [[INXS]]
# "[[Faith (George Michael song)|Faith]]" by [[George Michael]]
# "[[Sweet Child o' Mine]]" by [[Guns N' Roses]]
# "[[Fast Car]]" by [[Tracy Chapman]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Could've Been (Tiffany song)|Could've Been]]" by [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]]
# "[[Get Outta My Dreams, Get into My Car]]" by [[Billy Ocean]]
# "[[Kokomo (song)|Kokomo]]" by [[The Beach Boys]]
# "[[Don't Worry, Be Happy]]" by [[Bobby McFerrin]]
# "[[She's Like the Wind]]" by [[Patrick Swayze]]
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=== 1989 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[One (Metallica song)|One]]" by [[Metallica]]
# "[[Like a Prayer (song)|Like a Prayer]]" by [[Madonna]]
# "[[Free Fallin']]" by [[Tom Petty]]
# "[[All I Want Is You (U2 song)|All I Want Is You]]" by [[U2]]
# "[[Fight the Power (Public Enemy song)|Fight the Power]]" by [[Public Enemy]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Electric Youth (song)|Electric Youth]]" by [[Debbie Gibson]]
# "[[Seventeen (Winger song)|Seventeen]]" by [[Winger (band)|Winger]]
# "[[Sacred Emotion]]" by [[Donny Osmond]]
# "[[Hangin' Tough (song)|Hangin' Tough]]" by [[New Kids on the Block]]
# "[[How Am I Supposed to Live Without You]]" by [[Michael Bolton]]
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== 1990s ==

=== 1990 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Freedom! '90]]" by [[George Michael]]
# "[[Been Caught Stealing]]" by [[Jane's Addiction]]
# "[[Janie's Got a Gun]]" by [[Aerosmith]]
# "[[Epic (Faith No More song)|Epic]]" by [[Faith No More]]
# "[[Thunderstruck (song)|Thunderstruck]]" by [[AC/DC]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Have You Seen Her]]" by [[MC Hammer]]
# "After the Rain" by [[Nelson (band)|Nelson]]
# "[[Step by Step (New Kids on the Block song)|Step by Step]]" by [[New Kids on the Block]]
# "[[The Humpty Dance]]" by [[Digital Underground]]
# "[[Romeo (Dino song)|Romeo]]" by [[Dino (American singer)|Dino]]
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=== 1991 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
# "[[Losing My Religion]]" by [[R.E.M.]]
# "[[Justify My Love]]" by [[Madonna]]
# "[[Black or White]]" by [[Michael Jackson]]
# "[[Wicked Game]]" by [[Chris Isaak]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Rico Suave (song)|Rico Suave]]" by [[Gerardo Mejía|Gerardo]]
# "[[Too Legit to Quit (song)|Too Legit to Quit]]" by [[MC Hammer]]
# "[[Joyride (Roxette song)|Joyride]]" by [[Roxette]]
# "[[Promise of a New Day]]" by [[Paula Abdul]]
# "[[All 4 Love]]" by [[Color Me Badd]]
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=== 1992 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Jeremy (song)|Jeremy]]" by [[Pearl Jam]]
# "[[November Rain]]" by [[Guns N' Roses]]
# "[[Right Now (Van Halen song)|Right Now]]" by [[Van Halen]]
# "[[One (U2 song)|One]]" by [[U2]]
# "[[In Bloom]]" by [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Achy Breaky Heart]]" by [[Billy Ray Cyrus]]
# "[[Missing You Now]]" by [[Michael Bolton]] featuring [[Kenny G]]
# "[[Oochie Coochie]]" by [[MC Brains]]
# "[[Take This Heart]]" by [[Richard Marx]]
# "[[Will You Marry Me?]]" by [[Paula Abdul]]
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=== 1993 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Everybody Hurts]]" by [[R.E.M.]]
# "[[Cryin']]" by [[Aerosmith]]
# "[[Are You Gonna Go My Way (song)|Are You Gonna Go My Way]]" by [[Lenny Kravitz]]
# "[[Human Behaviour]]" by [[Björk]]
# "[[Runaway Train (Soul Asylum song)|Runaway Train]]" by [[Soul Asylum]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Techno" by [[BKS (band)|BKS]] featuring [[Don Cherry]]
# "[[All That She Wants]]" by [[Ace of Base]]
# "[[Bad Boys (Inner Circle song)|Bad Boys]]" by [[Inner Circle (reggae band)|Inner Circle]]
# "[[I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)]]" by [[Meat Loaf]]
# "[[My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors]]" by [[Moxy Früvous]]
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=== 1994 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Sabotage (Beastie Boys song)|Sabotage]]" by [[Beastie Boys]]
# "[[Buddy Holly (song)|Buddy Holly]]" by [[Weezer]]
# "[[Loser (Beck song)|Loser]]" by [[Beck]]
# "[[Basket Case (song)|Basket Case]]" by [[Green Day]]
# "[[Creep (TLC song)|Creep]]" by [[TLC (band)|TLC]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex song)|Cotton Eye Joe]]" by [[Rednex]]
# "[[Biological Didn't Bother]]" by [[Shaquille O'Neal]]
# "[[Pumps and a Bump]]" by [[MC Hammer]]
# "[[Tootsie Roll (song)|Tootsie Roll]]" by [[69 Boyz]]
# "[[The Sign (song)|The Sign]]" by [[Ace of Base]]
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=== 1995 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Waterfalls (TLC song)|Waterfalls]]" by [[TLC (band)|TLC]]
# "[[Just (song)|Just]]" by [[Radiohead]]
# "[[Scream (Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson song)|Scream]]" by [[Michael Jackson]] & [[Janet Jackson]]
# "[[Bullet with Butterfly Wings]]" by [[Smashing Pumpkins]]
# "[[Lightning Crashes]]" by [[Live (band)|Live]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[You Are Not Alone]]" by [[Michael Jackson]]
# "[[Beautiful Life (Ace of Base song)|Beautiful Life]]" by [[Ace of Base]]
# "Hold On" by [[Jamie Walters]]
# "[[My Love Is for Real]]" by [[Paula Abdul]]
# "[[Only Wanna Be with You]]" by [[Hootie & the Blowfish]]
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=== 1996 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Virtual Insanity]]" by [[Jamiroquai]]
# "[[Street Spirit (Fade Out)]]" by [[Radiohead]]
# "[[Big Me]]" by [[Foo Fighters]]
# "[[Tonight, Tonight (The Smashing Pumpkins song)|Tonight Tonight]]" by [[Smashing Pumpkins]]
# "[[Devil's Haircut (song)|Devil's Haircut]]" by [[Beck]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)]]" by [[Quad City DJs]]
# "[[Walking in Memphis]]" by [[Cher]]
# "[[It's All Coming Back to Me Now]]" by [[Celine Dion]]
# "[[Get Down (You're the One for Me)]]" [[Backstreet Boys]]
# "[[Pony (Ginuwine song)|Pony]]" by [[Ginuwine]]
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=== 1997 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Da Funk]]" by [[Daft Punk]]
# "[[Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)]]" by [[Green Day]]
# "[[Paranoid Android]]" by [[Radiohead]]
# "[[The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)]]" by [[Missy Elliott]]
# "[[Everlong]]" by [[Foo Fighters]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Barbie Girl]]" by [[Aqua (band)|Aqua]]
# "[[Invisible Man (98 Degrees song)|Invisible Man]]" by [[98 Degrees]]
# "[[Honey (Mariah Carey song)|Honey]]" by [[Mariah Carey]]
# "[[Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)]]" by [[Backstreet Boys]]
# "[[MMMBop]]" by [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]
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=== 1998 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Ray of Light (song)|Ray of Light]]" by [[Madonna]]
# "[[Doo Wop (That Thing)]]" by [[Lauryn Hill]]
# "[[Torn (Ednaswap song)|Torn]]" by [[Natalie Imbruglia]]
# "[[Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)]]" by [[The Offspring]]
# "[[Turn the Page (Bob Seger song)|Turn the Page]]" by [[Metallica]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Crazy Little Party Girl]]" by [[Aaron Carter]]
# "[[If I Could Turn Back the Hands of Time]]" by [[R. Kelly]]
# "[[Another One Bites the Dust]]" by [[Queen (band)|Queen]] & [[Wyclef Jean]] featuring [[Pras]] & [[Free (band)|Free]]
# "[[Are You Jimmy Ray?]]" by [[Jimmy Ray]]
# "[[I Want You Back (NSYNC song)|I Want You Back]]" by [[*NSYNC]]
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=== 1999 ===
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'''Best videos'''
# "[[Praise You]]" by [[Fatboy Slim]]
# "[[Everything Is Everything (Lauryn Hill song)|Everything Is Everything]]" by [[Lauryn Hill]]
# "[[Learn to Fly]]" by [[Foo Fighters]]
# "[[Let Forever Be]]" by [[The Chemical Brothers]]
# "[[Unpretty]]" by [[TLC (band)|TLC]]
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'''Worst videos'''
# "[[Give It to You (Jordan Knight song)|Give It to You]]" by [[Jordan Knight]]
# "[[Look at Me (Geri Halliwell song)|Look at Me]]" by [[Geri Halliwell]]
# "[[From the Bottom of My Broken Heart]]" by [[Britney Spears]]
# "[[I Drive Myself Crazy]]" by [[*NSYNC]]
# "[[We Like to Party (Vengaboys song)|We Like to Party]]" by [[Vengaboys]]
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== Spinoff ==
In late August 2006, a spinoff of ''Back In...'' was created, called ''Back In... Love'' connecting celebrities to other celebrities who had alleged or confirmed sexual or romantic encounters.

== External links ==
* [http://www.muchmoremusic.com/tvshows/content/backin.asp MuchMoreMusic's ''Back In...'' webpage]

[[Category:MuchMoreMusic original programming]]
[[Category:2000s Canadian music television series]]