The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 Broadcast Medium: Television Jerry Lester is widely credited as having been the first host of a late-night variety show on U.S. network television. His Broadway Open House played on NBC from May 1950 to August 1951. It was the brainchild of Sylvester ‘Pat’ Weaver, the NBC VP who built on what […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 Broadcast Medium: Television This half hour game show appeared in the CTV schedule on Mondays at 10:00pmin the summer of 1963, and had disappeared from the schedule by the fall of that year. Further information on the show’s format and cast is needed. Please contact us if you can offer […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1962 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television A Canadian version of this familiar half-hour Goodson-Todman game show, in which a panel had to decide which of three guests claiming to be the same person was telling the truth, was scheduled on CTV at the start of the 1962-63 season, at 10:00pm on […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1962 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television When CTV emerged as Canada’s second national television network, it was no surprise when a show with Pierre Berton’s name on appeared on the CTV schedule. Following CTV’s abortive attempt to steal audiences away from the CBC’s 11:00pm newscast with their 10:55pm show Network, they […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1962 to 1963 Broadcast Medium: Television In what was later acknowledged to have been a misguided effort to counterprogram the CBC’s 11 o’clock newscast , CTV in September 1962 decided to schedule their own news at 10:30pm, and start a half-hour variety show, called Network, at 10:55pm. It was hosted in […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1962 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Another of several daytime strips produced by Screen Gems Canada for syndication, People In Conflict used existing cases from counselling services files as the basis for pairs of people to bring their ad-libbed ‘personal conflicts’ before a panel of genuine professional experts for resolution. The couples were […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1962 to 1963 Broadcast Medium: Television Line ‘Em Up joined the CTV schedule in September 1962 as a daytime strip, 3:30pm – 4:00pm weekdays. It was the brainchild of U.S. Screen Gems’ game show whiz producer Dan Enright, and offered contestants the oppportunity to line up matching images on an over-sized ‘one-armed bandit’ slot machine, […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television One of the many game shows to be seen on the new CTV Network in the early years following its launch in October of 1960 was called A Kin to Win. The series was created and produced by Americans Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir, who were […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1962 to 1963 Broadcast Medium: Television Johnny Jellybean was a character created for children’s television in the U.S. by comedian Ted Ziegler, who came to Canada in 1962 and hosted and produced the Johnny Jellybean show out of CFCF Montreal. He wore a perennial beanie, and a large bow tie, and […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1962 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television This daily half-hour series was hosted by Richard Willis It was for women and about women and was produced before a studio audience. Joan McCormick, as Richard’s Ed MacMahon, introduced each day’s guests, who would be experts in such areas as make-up, cosmetics, hair styling […]