Material World (TV series)

Material World
Starring	Laura Bruneau Linda Sorenson Chris Potter Jayne Eastwood Angela Dohrmann Karen LeBlanc James Kee
Country of origin	Canada
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	38
Production
Running time	Approx. 22 minutes
Release
Original network	CBC
Original release	February 5, 1990 – March 1, 1993

Material World was a Canadian television sitcom, which aired on CBC Television from 1990 to 1993. In its first season, the show was a conventional sitcom, shot on videotape with a laugh track, but in subsequent seasons the show adopted a single-cam comedy-drama format.^[1]

The show starred Laura Bruneau as Kitty, a Toronto fashion designer. The cast also included Linda Sorenson as Kitty's mother Virginia (Seasons 1-4), Jayne Eastwood as her office assistant Bernice (Seasons 1-3), Chris Potter as her boyfriend Tim (Seasons 1-3), Angela Dohrmann as her downstairs neighbor and then roommate Angela (Seasons 3-4), James Kee as her business partner Martin (Seasons 3-4), and Karen LeBlanc as her store employee Lucy (Season 4).

The show's original theme song, "World of Wonder", was composed by series creator Jane Ford and performed by actress and singer Taborah Johnson. Johnson, who is the sister of actor Clark Johnson, appeared in the opening credits, singing the song on a street corner. Season four saw a change to the opening credits sequence, using Bob Wiseman's "What the Astronaut Noticed and Then Suggested" as its new theme music.

Episodes

Season 1 (1990)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date
1	1	"Episode 1.1"	February 5, 1990
Kitty launches her own fashion business despite her grandfather's interference.
2	2	"Episode 1.2"	February 12, 1990
A top fashion writer puts Kitty on a new TV show. Kitty learns that currying the friendship of a fashion columnist can be life-threatening.
3	3	"Episode 1.3"	February 29, 1990
Kitty falls for a fashion photographer who turns out to be gay.
4	4	"Episode 1.4"	February 26, 1990
Kitty's mother interferes with her possible success as an international fashion designer.
5	5	"Episode 1.5"	March 5, 1990
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6	6	"Episode 1.6"	March 12, 1990
Kitty worries how her mother will react when she learns of an impending visit by her father, who left Virginia years ago for another woman.

Season 2 (1991)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date
7	1	"Member of the Wedding"	March 11, 1991
Kitty is asked to be a bridesmaid at the wedding of her best girlhood friend. When the groom turns out to be abusive, Kitty helps the bride-to-be see his flaws and think twice before going to the altar.
8	2	"The Most Important Thing"	March 18, 1991
Kitty gets involved in an AIDS benefit fashion show and meets a gay man who has the disease. He ends up in the hospital.
9	3	"The Birthday Party"	March 25, 1991
Upset that she's turning 49, Virginia waxes nostalgic about Kitty's 13th birthday.
10	4	"The Little Me"	April 1, 1991
Kitty's loses her self confidence after her designs are rejected by a buyer.
11	5	"The Trouble With Pam"	April 8, 1991
Kitty is attracted to Tim, who is dating Pam.
12	6	"Confessions of a Third Wheel"	April 15, 1991
Kitty confides in Bernice.

Season 3 (1991-1992)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date
13	1	"Carry Your Heart"	November 4, 1991
Kitty struggles to accept the sudden news that her beloved grandfather has died. Adding to her struggle is the fact that her mother kept his serious illness a secret.
14	2	"My Favourite Martin"	November 11, 1991
Kitty hopes that taking on a new partner will resolve some of her financial problems, and then struggles with her decision when he insists that she lay someone off.
15	3	"Different for Girls"	November 18, 1991
Kitty has to face up to life in the urban jungle when Angela's apartment is broken into. Things go from bad to worse when Kitty and Angela discover a rapist is on the loose in their neighbourhood and the cops have been keeping it from the public.
16	4	"Our Boyfriends, Ourselves"	November 25, 1991
Kitty and Tim turn to each other on the rebound.
17	5	"Getting to Know You"	December 9, 1991
Kitty's sweet dreams turn into nightmares when she wakes up next to Tim and shortly afterward her mother and Angela arrive on the scene.
18	6	"The Picture of My Life"	January 6, 1992
Kitty evaluates her relationship with Tim after she meets an artist at Martin's party.
19	7	"The Art Is a Lonely Hunter"	January 13, 1992
Kitty confesses to Tim that she kissed another man.
20	8	"Always a Woman"	January 20, 1992
Kitty is terrified by the discovery of a lump in her breast, and doesn't know who to turn to for comfort.
21	9	"The Road to Heaven"	January 27, 1992
Kitty visits a wholeness guru.
22	10	"Kitty Chills Out"	February 3, 1992
Kitty and Angela spend a week together.
23	11	"Heart and Sold"	February 24, 1992
The focus is on Kitty after one of her dresses is worn to a wedding that gets front-page coverage, but she has trouble dealing with her instant "celebrity" status.
24	12	"Death of a Salesman"	March 2, 1992
Martin develops a cologne and names it for Kitty; Tim quits teaching.
25	13	"Just a Couple of Working Girls"	March 9, 1992
Martin's cologne smells awful; Kitty learns that she is pregnant.

Season 4 (1992-1993)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date
26	1	"Things Change"	November 5, 1992
Kitty sells Classy Fashions and opens a fashionable Queen Street boutique called Material World, with an apartment above that she and Angela share. Meanwhile, Virginia starts a dating service.
27	2	"Leap of Faith"	November 12, 1992
Kitty's new teenage employee, Lucy, alarms the customers with her candid honesty.
28	3	"It's a Chemistry Thing"	November 19, 1992
Kitty becomes jealous when her mother arranges a date for Angela with a medical doctor; Martin spies on his wife.
29	4	"A Little Something in Plaid"	November 26, 1992
Kitty romances a bagpiper; Virginia romances Martin's father.
30	5	"Clash of the Tartans"	December 3, 1992
Kitty and Angela both fall for the same street musician; Lucy tells Martin how to make male friends.
31	6	"Paying for It"	December 10, 1992
Martin dreams up a scheme to help improve business, but Kitty has a plan of her own.
32	7	"A Kiss Is a Kiss"	December 17, 1992
Kitty's business meeting becomes a date; Martin attends a class being taught by Angela.
33	8	"Up to Her Neck"	December 31, 1992
Kitty asks Angela for help with a creativity block; Angela has a job setback.
34	9	"Double Exposure"	February 1, 1993
Lucy is arrested for indecent exposure and Kitty comes to her aid; Martin suspects there is a peeping tom outside his house.
35	10	"Straight to the Bone"	February 8, 1993
Kitty hires Angela, Lucy and Virginia for a fashion show instead of professional models, in order to show 'real' women in her clothes.
36	11	"Lost and Found"	February 15, 1993
Kitty is shocked to learn she has a second mother; Martin agrees to take care of his girlfriend's pet ferret.
37	12	"Lingering Doubts"	February 22, 1993
Kitty and Angela track down Kitty's first boyfriend; Martin tries to prevent his father's marriage proposal to Virginia.
38	13	"The Dinner Party"	March 1, 1993
Surprise guests, distressed friends and a frozen roast spoil Kitty's careful plans for a perfect dinner party.

References

1. "Material World star waits for word on show's third year". Ottawa Citizen, April 17, 1991.

External links

• Material World at the Internet Movie Database
• TVArchive