The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Not just another half-hour cooking show – in this case, the ‘pots’ referred to were those to be found on the stomachs of some of the viewers, and the intent of the show was to steer viewers toward a combination of healthy eating and exercise. […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Last of the Wild was the first of two half-hour filmed wildlife series which Lorne Green did for CTV and for U.S. syndication. This one was produced by noted U.S. wildlife authority Ivan Tors, with Greene narrating over footage acquired from a multitude of international […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television Actress/singer Julie Amato was born in the U.S., and in 1964 was Miss New York State and a Miss America semi-finalist, winning the talent contest and being named Miss Congeniality in that year. She moved to Canada in the late 1960’s, where she did a […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Alan Thicke’s first series appearance on CTV, after appearing in and writing a couple of sitcoms for the CBC, was as the host of this half-hour daytime strip game show. The Newlywed Game had been on the air for ten years when First Impressions was […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Comedian David Steinberg, an alumnus of Chicago’s Second City Comedy team had become well-known to Canadian viewers back in 1968, when his ‘sermonettes’ in the politically charged Smothers Brothers Show on CBS and CTV had contributed to the elements which drew criticism from both listeners […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television From the very early days of CTV, an afternoon block of Canadian programming was a consistent element in the network schedule, in large part to provide offsetting content for an American soap opera. For years it took the form of a mix of game shows […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television This program appeared in the CTV schedule in the 1974-75 season, as one of a Trilogy of three variety half-hours that each had seventeen weeks at 6:30pm on Sundays in which to demonstrate that they had staying power to warrant a full-season renewal. Of the three, […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television One of the bolder programming moves by a CTV affiliate in the early 1970’s was BCTV Vancouver’s commitment to a 13-week half-hour series featuring the Oscar Peterson Trio, with Oscar on piano, Ray Brown on bass and Herb Ellis on guitar. Through his exposure as part of […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television This imaginative and ambitious one-hour Saturday morning children’s program was a major success story for CTV. The lead performers were Doug Springall, Harry Coates, Suzin Schiff and Cathy Cornell; the musical director was Cliff Jones, the choreographer Maryann B. Joffe, and former Ontario Educational Communication […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Another in a succession of country music shows to work well for CTV, Grand Old Country was hosted by Ronnie Prophet, and formed a weekly half-hour setting in which a series of Canadian country singers and musicians could and did strut their stuff to most […]