The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1978 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television A light-hearted but highly successful approach to consumer affairs was introduced to CTV in 1978 with Live It Up, a fast-paced half-hour of well-written, snappily delivered segments on the merits or otherwise of various products and services, including such widely diverse topics as the diagnostic […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1978 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Flim Flam was the brainchild of prolific producer/writer Bill Hartley, who was also associated with many other CTV series, including Circus, Just Kidding, Julie (featuring Julie Amato) and Kidstuff. Hosted by Orson Bean, the show featured a panel of judges watching a filmed comedy skit, which […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1978 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Downright Disco arrived as the disco era had passed its peak, but CTV did its best to compensate for any dwindling appeal in the music by mounting an impressive-looking production with four big sets, a sixteen-piece orchestra under the baton of trumpeter Dave Woods, ten dancers under the direction […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1978 to 1985 Broadcast Medium: Television The success of a one-hour Circus special prompted CTV to launch a series under the same title. Originating from a specially constructed big-top set in the studios of the network’s Toronto affiliate CFTO-TV, the series was hosted by Cal Dodd and Sherisse Laurence (and later […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television A promising co-production with NBC that faltered and died when NBC pulled out after thirteen episodes, this half-hour adventure series was also known as Search and Rescue – The Alpha Team. The Team consisted of a man and his two teenage sons, who trained animals, […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television CTV had run the British-produced Avengers series, 1967-69, and were obvious potential customers when a French producer persuaded the original Avengers producer-writer Brian Clemens to revive the program, imaginatively titled The New Avengers. Toward the end of the production cycle, Canadian production company Nielsen-Ferns was prevailed upon […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television In the 1950s Joyce Davidson was a high-profile interviewer on CBC Television, notably in the Tabloid series. In 1959 she was named “television’s most newsworthy woman”, in part due to her comments on Dave Garroway’s Today show on NBC that as “an average Canadian” she […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television The spectacular three-year success of his own weekly half hour show, Maclear, prompted CTV in 1977 to make Michael Maclear executive producer of a package of two weekly programs, a one-hour and a half-hour, each to be titled CTV Reports. The one-hour version was scheduled […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television For many years Pol Martin was Montreal’s best-known restaurateur, and his culinary skills were a natural for transition to the television screen. His book The Art of Cooking gave the series its title, and had Chef Martin showing four students how to prepare the most […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Before Alex Trebek became famous as the host of Jeopardy, he spent several years on skates as the first host of CTV’s Stars on Ice. The title was the show: Canadian and international skaters – from solo performers to multi-skater chorus lines – tapped the […]