The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1985 to 1989 Broadcast Medium: Television Sonny Grosso (a former New York cop) and Larry Jacobson produced this one-hour series, set in a nameless city but obviously Toronto from many of the settings – and the streetcars! – and featured two detectives, Scott Hylands as Kevin O’Brien and Jeff Wincott as […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 to 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Originally known just as New Wilderness, the title was changed in 1986 to honour the show’s host. This filmed half-hour weekly compilation of wildlife footage with on-camera and voice-over narration by the Bonanza veteran was co-produced by Greene’s son Charles and experienced documentary producer/writer Stephen Dewar. Its superior […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1986 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television This half-hour children’s series was a magazine show, hosted by Steve Aiken and Suzanne McGillvray, and consisted of various segments, including appearances by the String Lady, who played string games, and an animal feature. The hosts went on location to do interviews at places like the Shriners’ […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1986 to 1989 Broadcast Medium: Television A Scottish/Canadian co-production, this half hour drama series starred Malcolm Stoddard as Dr. James Campbell, the widower patriarch of three Scottish clans who emigrated to Canada in the 1830s to start a new life. Amber Lea Weston played his daughter Emma, John Wildman was his […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1982 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television Paul Hann was an Edmonton television personality who had a special talent for entertaining children. Clad in his trademark red peaked cap and red shoes, and working in a simple set with a fairytale house, Paul and his guests would each week entertain a group […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1985 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television After first Alan Hamel, and then Alan Thicke and Don Harron, had hosted a string of daytime strip talk shows from Vancouver – a location whose proximity to Los Angeles helped the producers access a series of Hollywood celebrities – the start of the 1985-85 […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1986 to 2012 Broadcast Medium: Television “Sexy, stylish and spectacular”, as it described itself, FT-Fashion Television began in 1985 and quickly built a strong audience base. Its host and segment producer, Jeanne Beker, had made a name for herself covering the rock scene for CITY-TV’s The NewMusic, and was ready for […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1985 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television Don Adams had a spectacular success with his Get Smart series, but his transition from Smart to mart was much less successful. Adams as grocery store manager Howard Bannister was light years away and scores of scripts below the standard set by the man who […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1983 to 1985 Broadcast Medium: Television In the 1950s, radio broadcaster Art Linkletter’s House Party show featured a segment where Art asked American kids questions about daily life which often prompted hilarious answers, prompting him to use the oft-repeated phrase “kids say the darndest things”. CTV’s Just Kidding proved that Canadian […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1983 to 1987 Broadcast Medium: Television Another half-hour game show from the inventive minds of New Yorkers Roger Muir and Nick Nicholson, whose Definition series ran for fifteen years on CTV, Guess What? was hosted by Robin Ward, and featured families competing in a quiz game for cash and prizes. Produced […]