Distinguished Artists

Distinguished Artists is a Canadian interview television series, with no particular focus within the arts and entertainment industry. It profiles big names in music, comedy, drama, and literature.

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Canadian - Interview television series - Music - Comedy - Drama - Literature

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Hosted by Emmy Award-winning writer Lorne Frohman, this interview series is filmed in front of an audience at Assembly Hall, near Humber College Lakeshore Campus. The format focuses around a main interview, then allowing the primarily student audience to ask questions in the time following the main segment.

Related Topics:
Emmy Award - Lorne Frohman - Assembly Hall - Humber College

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Distinguished Artists is in fact the first network television show produced entirely by students of a college or university {{dubious}}. Co-produced with TVO, the Humber School of Media Studies & Information Technology created, produced, wrote, shot and edited the series. Music students from the Humber School of Creative and Performing Arts wrote, arranged, and performed the series' theme song.

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Episodes debut at 4 pm Saturdays on TVOntario, airing again the next day. The series will also air in the 2005-2006 season on CHUM-owned television station BookTelevision.

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