''Encounter'' is a Canadian talk show television program which aired on

CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French- ...

in 1960.

Premise

Nathan Cohen hosted this interview program with guests such as

James Baldwin James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer. He garnered acclaim across various media, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, '' Go Tell It on the Mountain'', was published in 1953; ...

, Samuel Freedman, John Kenneth Galbraith,

Stanley Kramer Stanley Earl Kramer (September 29, 1913February 19, 2001) was an American film director and producer, responsible for making many of Hollywood's most famous " message films" (he would call his movies ''heavy dramas'') and a liberal movie icon.

, Louis Kronenberger,

Marshall McLuhan Herbert Marshall McLuhan (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media studies, media theory. He studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Cambridg ...

, Karl Shapiro and E. W. R. Steacie ( National Research Council president).

Scheduling

This half-hour program was broadcast on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 9 October to 18 December 1960. ''Encounter'' temporarily replaced ''

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'', also hosted by Cohen.

References

External links

* {{Cite web , url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/E.html , first=Blaine , last=Allan , title=Encounter , publisher=

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, year=1996 , accessdate=7 May 2010 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311081340/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/E.html , archivedate=11 March 2010 , df=dmy-all CBC Television original programming 1960 Canadian television series debuts 1960 Canadian television series endings 1960s Canadian television talk shows