In a Heartbeat (TV series)

In a Heartbeat is a Canadian-American television series inspired by real life EMT squads whose staff consists of high school students in Darien, Connecticut. The series follows the lives of several teenagers who volunteer as part-time EMTs while going to school and trying to maintain their lives as normal teenagers. In Canada, the series was aired on Family Channel while in the United States it was aired on the Disney Channel. The series is fact-based, as there are teenage volunteer EMTs in service all across the United States.[1]

In a Heartbeat
Created by
Starring
Theme music composerBlaise Pascal
Opening theme"In a Hearbeat"
performed by Blaise Pascal
Country of origin
  • Canada
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producers
  • Keith Pierce
  • Richard Pierce
ProducerKevin Lafferty
Camera setupFilm; Single-camera
Production companyAAC Kids
Distributor
Release
Original networkFamily Channel
Disney Channel
Original releaseAugust 26, 2000 (2000-08-26) –
March 25, 2001 (2001-03-25)

Synopsis

The EMT squad is made up of Hank Beecham (Danso Gordon) who manages playing football with the high school team as well as being the EMT-Intermediate of the group; Val Lanier (Reagan Pasternak) who is noted for being an excellent student and cheerleader; Tyler Connell (Shawn Ashmore), a football player and Hank's best friend; and Jamie Waite (Christopher Ralph), the newest member of the squad initially there not by his own choice but as a result of a new program to help troubled teens get their life together by becoming EMTs.

Other characters in the series are Brooke Lanier (Lauren Collins), Val's twelve-year-old sister who volunteers with the squad after school and whose main job consists of managing the paperwork; and Caitie Roth (Jackie Rosenbaum), Val's best friend who is known for her dark clothes and purple-streaked hair.

Cast

Episodes
No.Title [2]Directed by [2]Original air date [2]Prod.
code [2]
1"Assume Nothing"
"Pilot"		Shawn LevyAugust 26, 2000 (2000-08-26)1-22
2"Things That Go Bump in the Night"Carl A. GoldsteinSeptember 2, 2000 (2000-09-02)1-02
3"The Adventures of Super Val"Stacey Stewart CurtisSeptember 9, 2000 (2000-09-09)1-01
4"Changing Times"Stacey Stewart CurtisSeptember 16, 2000 (2000-09-16)1-03
5"Cinderella Syndrome"Stacey Stewart CurtisSeptember 23, 2000 (2000-09-23)1-05
6"Go Team"TBASeptember 30, 2000 (2000-09-30)1-04
7"And The Winner Is"TBAOctober 7, 2000 (2000-10-07)1-06
8"A Night to Remember"TBAOctober 14, 2000 (2000-10-14)1-07
9"New Kid in Town"TBANovember 3, 2000 (2000-11-03)1-08
10"You Say It's Your Birthday"TBANovember 17, 2000 (2000-11-17)1-09
11"Four EMT's and a Kid"TBADecember 8, 2000 (2000-12-08)1-10
12"Friends Don't Let Friends..."TBADecember 15, 2000 (2000-12-15)1-12
13"Power to the Pathetic"TBAFebruary 4, 2001 (2001-02-04)1-11
14"Race of a Lifetime"TBAFebruary 11, 2001 (2001-02-11)1-13
15"Star Struck"TBAFebruary 18, 2001 (2001-02-18)1-14
16"Hero"TBAFebruary 25, 2001 (2001-02-25)1-15
17"The Boy's No Good"TBAMarch 4, 2001 (2001-03-04)1-16
18"Be True to Your School"TBAMarch 11, 2001 (2001-03-11)1-17
19"Read My Lips"TBAMarch 18, 2001 (2001-03-18)1-18
20"Time's Up"TBAMarch 25, 2001 (2001-03-25)1-19

Reception

Variety's Laura Fries reviewed the show favorably, remarking that "Disney's original high school drama series "In a Heartbeat" has characters every bit as appealing as anything you'd find on the WB, only a heck of a lot smarter."[3] Lynne Heffley of Los Angeles Times described the show as "surprisingly watchable".[1]

References
  1. Lynne Heffley (August 26, 2000). "'In a Heartbeat' Gives Disney a Lifeline to Older Teens". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  2. From the United States Copyright Office catalog: "Public Catalog - Copyright Catalog (1978 to present) - Basic Search [search: "In a Hertbeat : no."]". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 2019-02-05.
  3. Laura Fries (August 24, 2000). "In a Heartbeat". Variety. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
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