# What TV show is/was This?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 9, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-was-this/206557 "2003-10-09T22:29:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-was-this/206557/1 "2003-10-09T22:29:36Z")

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Lets hope this thread isn’t elsewhere, I searched Television shows and only found current shows.

Anyway, I think this was a TV series, seems like it was an hour in length, and seems to fit the “WB” genre of programing. (What I mean by this is, it seems to fit a formula of WB programing… not as much Drama as NBC, not as much Comedy (The show in question was not a comedy) as ABC.

Any way, for lack of more information, the show’s premise was basically a mental institution for youths, yet it took place in a psuedo-wilderness setting. The episode I remember (Only one I saw) was with a kleptomainiac and a “cutter” (self injurer/self mutilation)

That’s all I remember, and I want to know what happened to it.  
Any and all information will be welcome.

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**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-was-this/206557/2 "2003-10-10T07:08:49Z")

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Any idea a rough timeframe? Like which decade?

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-was-this/206557/3 "2003-10-10T07:19:16Z")

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It sounds like [_Neon Rider_](http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0098869/), a Canadian series from the early 90s. [Imdb.com](http://Imdb.com) summarizes it as:

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> Michael Terry is a best selling writer/therapist who is tired of his high profile life. He decides to take a couple of days off and go to his ranch. That is when he comes with the idea to use it as a place for troubled teens. The teens would live on the ranch, do all sorts of chores, and learn the value of honesty and friendship.

Without more information, there’s no way to be sure.

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**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-was-this/206557/4 "2003-10-11T00:33:33Z")

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Within the last 10 years, more like last 5.  
It was brodcast in the US.  
Like I said, or at least implied, it had a short run.

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**Author:** ![cbawlmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cbawlmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cbawlmer)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-was-this/206557/5 "2003-10-13T22:55:00Z")

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I think you’re looking for _Wonderland_, which ran about 2 episodes on ABC in 2000.