The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1972 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television One of many CTV game show series hosted by Jim Perry, Headline Hunters challenged contestants to identify not just news stories, but objects, places and people in the public eye for one reason or another. Headline Hunters was introduced to the CTV schedule in September […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1972 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television One of several productions which independent US producer Burt Rosen brought to Canada in the early seventies was the George Kirby Show, a one-hour musical-variety special starring comedian-singer-impressionist George Kirby. He had come to prominence as a frequent guest on Ed Sullivan’s Toast of the […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1972 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television “Two’s Company, three’s a riot – with 250 pounds of loveable trouble named – GEORGE”. So said the billboards for this 1971 movie comedy starring Marshall Thompson, which was spun off a year later into a half-hour series co-production between CTV and Marshall Thompson’s own […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1972 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Another of the many game shows hosted for CTV by Jim Perry, Eye Bet asked contestants to watch film clips and then answer questions about them. The challenge of answering the questions, plus the interest factor involved in identifying the movies from which the clips […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1972 to 2016 Broadcast Medium: Television While CTV had its critics over the years for what was perceived to be a lack of meaningful Canadian programming, there is no question that the network took a major leadership role in creating what quicklybecame Canada’s most successful morning news/interview show ever. Within months […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1971 to 1972 Broadcast Medium: Television Paul Sills’ Story Theatre was a major Broadway hit which featured re-creations of fairy tales and fables from the Aesop and Grimm lexicons. Its transfer to the small screen was extremely well done, with stellar performances by a repertory company, which included such names as […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1972 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television He billed himself as “The world’s foremost mentalist” (as well as “The Amazing…”), and for two years his half-hour series was seen on CTV. His professional name was adapted from his true surname, Kresge, and his early inspiration came from watching Mandrake The Magician. His […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1971 to 1972 Broadcast Medium: Television The song was a major hit for Kenny Rogers and the First Edition, and the television series featured the group on a studio-built riverboat, ‘captained’ by comedian Billy Van. The First Edition trotted out hits like “Ruby, Don’t Take Your Love to Town” and “Just […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1971 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television Alan Hamel hosted this daytime strip panel show, in which a panel of three women celebrities faced an unfortunate male guest – also a celebrity – and dumped on him for some perceived slight to their femininity. Owing something to the 1950s panel show Leave […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1971 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television The plough, the fish, the camel, the cobra and the curling leaf were all stars of this CTV series – and all were among the various yoga moves and positions which were demonstrated to viewers by an exceptionally lithe Kareen Zebroff, host of this series. […]