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Season One
Time Frame: Spring/Summer-December 1903
Highlights: Sara Stanley is sent to live with her relatives in Avonlea after her father is charged with embezzlement. Despite the harsh discipline of her Aunt Hetty and the pranks from her cousins, Felix and Felicity, Sara manages to adjust. She befriends the shy inventor, Jasper Dale, and together they arrange a magic lantern show to replace stolen library funds. Afterwards, Sara is called the 'Story Girl' and her curiousity takes her on many adventures among the towns most eccentric people. When winter comes, Sara's father is acquitted of the charges and returns to take her home with him. Hetty refuses to depart with her niece however, and an old rivalry is rekindled.
Awards:
Emmy nominations
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Colleen Dewhurst)
Cable Ace Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Actress in a Dramatic Series (Jackie Burroughs)
Best Costume Design
Gemini Awards
Best Direction
Best Costume Design
Best Original Score
Best Performance by a Lead Actress (Jackie Burroughs)
Best Original Score
Performance by a Lead Actress (Jackie Burroughs)
Season Two
Time Frame: Summer 1904-February 1905
Highlights: Sara becomes grief stricken when her father dies in an accident at Stanley imports. She visits a fortune teller in hopes of reuniting with her father, but is consequently kidnapped. Alec rescues Sara and her reluctant nanny allows her to remain in Avonlea. Hetty recruits a new pupil, Gus Pike, and the King family learns about his mysterious past. Rachel and Marilla adopt twins, Davey and Dora Keith, but Davey proves to be troublesome. Jasper and Olivia become engaged after a rival returns to win Olivia's hand in marriage. Alec forms a hockey team to challenge the town sawmill owner, who is strip cutting trees a mile from Avonlea. During the game, Janet goes into labor.
Awards:
Emmy Award nominations
Outstanding Children's Program
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Colleen Dewhurst)
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series (Peter Coyote)
Cable Ace Awards
Best Dramatic Series
Cable Ace Award Nominations
Best Actress in a Dramatic Series (Jackie Burroughs)
Best Actress in a Dramatic Series (Colleen Dewhurst)
Best Costume Design
Season Three
Time Frame: Summer-Winter 1905/1906
Highlights: Jasper and Olivia are married, despite a bitter fued with Hetty over the wedding arrangements. Sara switches places with a look alike ruffian in order to escape Hetty's disciplinarian methods. Felix starts his own delivery service with the King horse Blackie, but a terrible accident occurs during a competition with a business rival. Felicity is invited to apply for a scholarship at Kingscourt Ladies College in Nova Scotia. In an effort to impress her fellow Kingsport peers, Felicity claims that her real parents were dead and that she was the inheritor of a vast fortune. Marilla Cuthbert dies without a will, leaving Rachel Lynde to fight for Green Gables.
Awards:
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (Christopher Lloyd)
Emmy Award nominations
Outstanding Children's Program
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Dramatic Series (Kate Nelligan)
Cable Ace Awards
Best Dramatic Series
Cable Ace Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series (Charles Lazar)
Gemini Awards
Best Leading Actor (Cedric Smith)
Best Guest Performance in a Series (Kate Nelligan)
Best Direction in a Series (Allan King)
Season Four
Time Frame: Summer 1906-Winter 1906/1907
Highlights: A conflict erupts between the King and Dale family. Olivia goes into labor and nearly loses her baby. Hetty takes a sabbatical from teaching and begins to write pulp romance novels. Clive Pettibone replaces Hetty as school teacher, but his militant methods of teaching becomes intolerable for the schoolboard committee. Gus Pike begins a heated rivalry with Arthur Pettibone over the right to court Felicity. An American Industrialist plans to purchase Avonlea and convert it into a town of the future. Hetty and Jasper arrange a motion picture presentation to show the town the importance of their community and to reject the proposed offer.
Awards:
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Children's Program
Cable Ace Awards
Best Dramatic Series
Gemini Awards
Best Actress (Jackie Burroughs)
Season Five
Time Frame: 1908-1909
Highlights: Felix lashes out against his father and rejects the notion of becoming a farmer. Hetty turns 50, but the celebration is soured when her writing contract is cancelled and she must endure a risky operation. A visiting politician offers Alec an opportunity to run for office, but Alec questions the politician's shady dealings. Sara realizes that much of Davey's troublesome behavior is caused by his inability to read. Jasper and Olivia purchase the cannery and apply modern ideas to impove efficiency. Cecily falls ill with tuberculosis and Janet must make a difficult decision whether to send her to a sanitarium.
Awards:
Emmy Awards
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Series
Emmy Award Nominations
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series (Stockard Channing)
Outstanding Children's Program
Cable Ace Awards
Best Dramatic Series
Cable Ace Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Actress in a Dramatic Series (Jackie Burroughs)
Best Actress in a Dramatic Series (Stockard Channing)
Best Direction in a Dramatic Series (Harvey Frost and Don McBrearty)
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series (Heather Conkie)
Gemini Awards
Best Guest Performance in a Series (Bruce Greenwood)
Best Original Score
Best Actress (Lally Cadeau)
Season Six
Time Frame: 1909-1910
Highlights: Gus meets a mysterious woman in Halifax, who he believes holds the secret to his past. The first annual bachelor auction turns sour when Simon Tremayne is misled into believing that Hetty will bid on him. Felix and Izzy purchase a fox farm, but their friendship is threatened when Felix must replace Izzy with another partner. Rachel suffers a stroke and leaves Davey and Dora under Hetty's watch. Upon her return, Rachel struggles to regain her speech and overcome the belief that she is an invalid. Felicity reconsiders medical school after a friend dies during childbirth. Cecily returns from the sanitarium and Felicity learns that tragic news that Gus's ship went down and all hands were lost.
Awards:
Emmy Award nominations
Outstanding Children's Program
Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series (Maureen Stapleton)
Outstanding Costume Design for a Series
Cable Ace Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Writing in a Dramatic Series (Marlene Matthews and Laurie Pearson)
Best Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series (Maureen Stapleton)
Gemini Awards
Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Hamilton)
Best Original Score
Season Seven
Time Frame: 1911-1912
Highlights: Felicity and Stuart open a foundling home for orphans. Izzy's Aunt Lilian visits and plans to take Izzy to Boston, but Felix attempts to get her to stay. The Avonlea schoolhouse is threatened with closure and Hetty challenges Carmody to a contest to keep it open. The Avonlea cannery burns to the ground and Jasper and Olivia plan to leave for England. Felicity accepts Stuart's marriage proposal, but when she receives word that Gus may still be alive, the wedding is postponed.
Awards:
Emmy Awards
'Outstanding Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series' (Dianne Wiest)
Emmy Award nominations
Nomination for 'Outstanding Costume Design for a Series'
Cable Ace Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Guest Actress in a Dramatic Series (Dianne Wiest)
Best Costume Design for a Special or Series
Gemini Awards
Best Supporting Actress (Kay Tremblay)
Best Guest Actress (Frances Bay)
Best Original Score
Gemini Award Nominations
Best Dramatic Series
Best Actor in a Continuing Dramatic Role (Cedric Smith)
Best Actress in a Continuing Dramatic Role (Gema Zamprogna)
Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Hamilton)
Best Supporting Actor (Michael Mahonen)
Best Costume Design
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