The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: 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 […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Singing star Catherine McKinnon had been long overdue for her own featured series when CTV signed her to headline River Inn, another in a series of musical-variety half-hours which the network introduced in the mid-1960s to feature Canadian performers and meet its Canadian content requirements. […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Toronto newsman and interviewer Norm Perry hosted this half-hour investigative journalism series, first as a local program on CFTO-TV Toronto and later as a CTV network daytime strip. It only lasted one season, but Perry re-emerged several years later on the network as co-host of […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Screen Gems Canada were one of the most successful U.S. based production companies who took existing program formats and made deals to produce Canadian versions for stations and networks north of the border. CTV picked up several of these series, of which Doctor’s Diary was […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television First seen on CTV in the fall of 1967, Question Period returned to the air in the fall of 2001, having taken a four-year hiatus at the end of the 1996-1997 season. The series’ hosts were Bruce Phillips, Pamela Wallin and latterly CTV Ottawa Bureau Chief Craig […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Set in a studio recreation of a British pub, Pig and Whistle was an example of the kind of musical programming that CTV did so well for many years. It starred British actor/singer John Hewer as Mine Host of an inn that featured resident singers, […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 to 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television This public affairs series appeared in the CTV schedule for one year, 1967-68, at 10:30pm on Mondays. Regrettably, no information on host, content etc. has come to light, and any recollections by visitors to this site would be welcomed with gratitude. Written by Pip Wedge – February, […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 to 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television The comedy team of Ted Ziegler and Peter Cullen starred in this Saturday morning half-hour, which yet again demonstrated Ziegler’s ability to create programs which entertained children, but which gave their parents something to enjoy too. Along with the broad slapstick, there was always some […]