Ride (2016 TV series)

Ride is a drama television series created by Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch that aired in Canada on YTV and in the United States on Nickelodeon. In Canada, the series premiered on September 5, 2016, and ended on October 6, 2016. In the United States, the series premiered on January 30, 2017, and ended on February 24, 2017. The series stars Kendra Leigh Timmins, Alana Boden, Oliver Dench, Jonny Gray, Natalie Lisinska, Manuel Pacific, Rameet Rauli, Mike Shara, and Sara Botsford.

Ride
Genre	Drama
Created by	Jill Girling Lori Mather-Welch
Starring	Kendra Leigh Timmins Alana Boden Oliver Dench Jonny Gray Natalie Lisinska Manuel Pacific Rameet Rauli Mike Shara Sara Botsford
Theme music composer	"Cold War Love" by Married to the Sea
Composer	Edward Zaski
Country of origin	Canada United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Joan Lambur Tony Wood Shelley Scarrow Nat Abraham Ira Levy Michael McGuigan Peter Williamson
Producers	Jim Corston Nadia Jaynes
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–23 minutes
Production companies	Buccaneer Media Breakthrough Entertainment Nickelodeon Productions
Original release
Network	YTV
Release	September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05) – February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)

Premise

The series centers on Kit Bridges, an American teenager, who is a new classmate in the equestrian boarding school Covington Academy in England. She befriends a horse named TK.

Cast

• Kendra Leigh Timmins as Kit Bridges
• Alana Boden as Elaine
• Oliver Dench as Will
• Jonny Gray as Josh
• Natalie Lisinska as Sally
• Manuel Pacific as Nav
• Rameet Rauli as Anya
• Mike Shara as Rudy Bridges
• Sara Botsford as Lady Covington

Production

The series was produced by Breakthrough Entertainment in Canada in collaboration with Buccaneer Media in the United Kingdom. Ride was filmed in Toronto and in Northern Ireland.^[1][2][3] The series was greenlit for a season of 20 episodes.^[2] Nickelodeon picked up the series for broadcast in the United States.^[3]

Broadcast and release

On August 11, 2016, a full episode was released exclusively on YTV's online platforms ahead of the series premiere.^[4] The series premiered on YTV in Canada on September 5, 2016. New episodes aired in Canada for the rest of that week. The series premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on January 30, 2017.^[5]

U.S. ratings

Viewership and ratings per season of Ride

Season	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)	18–49 rank
		Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	20	January 30, 2017 (2017-01-30)	1.21[6]	February 24, 2017 (2017-02-24)	0.99[7]	0.99	TBD

Episodes

No.	Title [8][9]	Directed by	Written by	Canadian air date [9]	U.S. air date [8]	Prod. code [8]	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Arrival"	Stefan Scaini	Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch	September 5, 2016 (2016-09-05)	January 30, 2017	101	1.21[6]
Guest star: Ellora Patnaik as Madhu
2	"Dresses and Dressage"	Stefan Scaini	Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch	September 6, 2016 (2016-09-06)	January 30, 2017	102	1.06[6]
Guest stars: Ellora Patnaik as Madhu, Marnie Gore as Beatrice
3	"Hippophobia and Ophidiophobia"	Stefan Scaini	Shelley Scarrow	September 7, 2016 (2016-09-07)	January 31, 2017	103	1.05[10]
Guest star: Sophie Khan Levy as Poppy
4	"Three's a Crowd"	Stefan Scaini	Niki Rooney	September 8, 2016 (2016-09-08)	February 1, 2017	104	1.12[11]
Guest stars: Ellora Patnaik as Madhu, Mirsa Duka as Peaches
5	"Gone Guy"	Tim Hopewell	Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch	September 12, 2016 (2016-09-12)	February 2, 2017	105	0.96[12]
6	"Wild Horses"	Tim Hopewell	Shelly Scarrow & Michael T. Foley	September 13, 2016 (2016-09-13)	February 3, 2017	106	0.91[13]
Guest stars: Mirsa Duka as Peaches, Canute Gomes as Alex, Alex Braunstein as Leo, Vinson Tran as Wyatt
7	"One Lump or Two?"	Tim Hopewell	Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch	September 14, 2016 (2016-09-14)	February 6, 2017	107	0.97[14]
Guest star: Mirsa Duka as Peaches
8	"Happy Unbirthday"	Tim Hopewell	Niki Rooney	September 15, 2016 (2016-09-15)	February 7, 2017	108	0.91[15]
Guest star: Ellora Patnaik as Madhu
9	"After the Ball"	Tim Hopewell	Shelley Scarrow	September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)	February 8, 2017	109	1.04[16]
10	"The Cup"	Tim Hopewell	Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch	September 20, 2016 (2016-09-20)	February 9, 2017	110	1.17[17]
Guest stars: Mirsa Duka as Peaches, Alex Castillo as Luciana Andrada, John Nelles as Lord Chatfield Absent: Rameet Rauli as Anya
11	"Stalled"	Tim Hopewell	Jennifer Daley	September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)	February 10, 2017	111	0.91[18]
Guest star: Mirsa Duka as Peaches Absent: Rameet Rauli as Anya
12	"Who Rules the School?"	Tom Hopewell	Niki Rooney	September 22, 2016 (2016-09-22)	February 13, 2017	112	1.04[19]
Guest star: Ellora Patnaik as Madhu
13	"We Need to Talk About Covington"	Stefan Scaini	Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch	September 26, 2016 (2016-09-26)	February 14, 2017	113	0.85[20]
Guest stars: Alex Braunstein as Leo, Helen Johns as Daisy, Richard Clarkin as Bill
14	"Come Horse or High Water"	Stefan Scaini	Matt Schiller	September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)	February 15, 2017	114	1.01[21]
Guest stars: Marlaina Andrew as Sarah, Connor Schelling-Tisza as Stable Hand
15	"Steeplechase"	Stefan Scaini	Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch	September 28, 2016 (2016-09-28)	February 16, 2017	115	0.91[22]
Guest star: Jamie Christian-Ward as Santiago Absent: Natalie Lisinska as Sally
16	"Pros & Cons"	Stefan Scaini	Jennifer Daley	September 29, 2016 (2016-09-29)	February 17, 2017	116	0.92[23]
Guest star: Jenny Young as Elizabeth
17	"Trading Horses"	Stefan Scaini	Jill Girling and Lori Mather-Welch	October 3, 2016 (2016-10-03)	February 21, 2017	117	0.98[24]
Guest stars: Mirsa Duka as Peaches, Alex Braunstein as Leo, Jenny Young as Elizabeth Absent: Sara Botsford as Lady Covington
18	"Distractions & Deceptions"	Stefan Scaini	Niki Rooney	October 4, 2016 (2016-10-04)	February 22, 2017	118	0.87[25]
Guest stars: Jenny Young as Elizabeth, Daniel Matmor as Mr. Griffin Absent: Natalie Lisinska as Sally, Sara Botsford as Lady Covington
19	"Let It Ride"	Stefan Scaini	Shelley Scarrow	October 5, 2016 (2016-10-05)	February 23, 2017	119	0.94[26]
Guest stars: Mirsa Duka as Peaches, Jamie Christian-Ward as Santiago, Daniel Matmor as Mr. Griffin, Marnie Gore as Beatrice
20	"Dark Horse"	Stefan Scaini	Shelley Scarrow	October 6, 2016 (2016-10-06)	February 24, 2017	120	0.99[7]
Guest stars: Mirsa Duka as Peaches, Jamie Christian-Ward as Santiago, Daniel Matmor as Mr. Griffin, Andrew Musselman as Dr. Hopewell, Marnie Gore as Beatrice