The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1949 to 1952 Broadcast Medium: Television When the original Famous Jury Trials series was produced for the old Du Mont Network in the U.S. between 1949 and 1952, it was of course done live. The format involved frequent flashbacks, and as the various sets were spread widely apart in the large […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television One of scores of game show formats to be licensed worldwide by the U.S.-based Goodson-Todman organization, a Canadian version of Beat The Clock enjoyed a four-year run in daytime on CTV in the early 1970s. It was Prduced at CTV affiliate CFCF-TV in Montreal, hosted […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Nicholas Johnson was a firebrand member of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (similar to Canada’s CRTC) in the ‘Sixties and ‘Seventies. He was the driving force behind the introduction of the Prime Access Rule in 1969, which prohibited the U.S. networks from accessing local stations’ […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television This half-hour music series was hosted by Ian Tyson, with his Great Speckled Bird back-up group, and then-wife Sylvia guesting on many of the shows. In its second season, the series title was changed to Nashville Now, and in year three it became simply The […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television A half-hour series under this title had a one-year run at 10:30am in CTV’s Saturday morning block of children’s programs in the 1970-71 season. No information has been traced on the content or origin of this program, and input from visitors to this site would […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Although in 1969 Charles Templeton had just left his job as Director of News and Information for CTV, he continued to be available for consultation, and he became the host of a network half-hour documentary series called Our World. The producers of Our World were […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television This short-lived musical variety series was named after the theatre in the then (1969) newly built Chateau Champlain hotel in Montreal (the name is an abbreviation of “Café-Concert”). The series was developed to showcase talented Quebecois chanteuse Danielle Dorice, with guest performers, and was produced […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television This series, which starred Canadian singer/actress Vanda King as the hostess and star performer in a lively saloon with dancers and a band, was a valiant but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to attempt to emulate the success of CTV’s hit series Pig and Whistle. Despite having the same […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1985 Broadcast Medium: Television This modest half-hour wildlife series was one of CTV’s most successful series ever in terms of both longevity and profitability. Originally produced for US syndication in 1968, it had a brief run on NBC in the spring and summer of 1969. Metromedia, the producers, then […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television One of the early daily children’s shows to be seen on CFTO-TV in Toronto starred British comedy performer and former circus clown Bobby Ash as Uncle Bobby. After four years as a local program, Uncle Bobby’s show and his collection of puppets and guests (including […]