The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television The half-hour series that started out in September 1970 as Nashville North (q.v.) in 1970 morphed via being Nashville Now to finally being named after the host, Ian Tyson, when the 1971-72 season started. The show played 9:30 – 10:00pm on Tuesdays under that title […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1971 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television One of the more elaborate daytime strip game shows to be seen on CTV, Anything You Can Do was a timed contest (shades of Beat the Clock) between two teams of three, men versus women, who competed in a series of physical and often messy […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1971 to 1972 Broadcast Medium: Television There was a U.S. show of this title in syndication in the U.S. in 1971. and it is assumed that this was a Canadian version of that series. The format had pairs of contestants (minor stars in the U.S. version) viewing film clips, and they […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television An unsuccessful precursor to Jeanne Beker’s sparkling Fashion TV series on CITY, Wild Whirl of Fashion only lasted one season as a daytime strip before spinning into the ground. It played in 1970-71 as a five-day-a-week strip on CTV, being delivered to stations 8:30-9:00am but […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television U.S. producer Don Reid created a very successful game show called College Bowl, in which American universities competed against one another in a general knowledge quiz. Reid’s format had sufficient unique elements for him to be able to copyright them, in addition to the program […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Although this series has made it into more than one list of the worst Canadian television shows ever, 20-20 hindsight may have done it some injustice. When CTV was under fire for doing no Canadian drama production at all, suddenly in 1970 there in the schedule was […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Sports Beat made its debut on the Network in September 1970, to occupy the Wednesday evening time slot that had in the two previous seasons been occupied by half-hour variety shows. The presence of Wednesday Night Hockey in the CTV schedule frequently meant that an […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Although this was only a short summer series, it was a landmark. Andy Williams’ production company had had a deal with NBC to provide Andy’s summer 1970 replacement series, and Canadian producers Alan Blye and Chris Beard worked through their friend, CTV Network President Murray Chercover, to […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television This half-hour series was scheduled on the network for one year on Saturday afternoons from 4:00 – 4:30pm, in the 1970-71 season. Any input regarding the content and origins of this series would be welcomed. Written by Pip Wedge – November, 2002
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television Producers Phil Hobel and Doug Leiterman had a happy knack for producing slick and often award-winning documentary series with a maximum of presentational flair. In their hands, even the most trivial piece of information became a triumph of style over substance. Leiterman had honed his […]