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1978 In Canadian Television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1978. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches. Events Debuts Ending this year Television shows 1950s *'' Country Canada'' (1954–2007) *'' CBC News Magazine'' (1952–1981) *'' The Friendly Giant'' (1958–1985) *'' Hockey Night in Canada'' (1952–present) *'' The National'' (1954–present) *'' Front Page Challenge'' (1957–1995) *'' Wayne and Shuster Show'' (1958–1989) 1960s *'' CTV National News'' (1961–present) *'' Land and Sea'' (1964–present) *'' Man Alive'' (1967–2000) *'' Mr. Dressup'' (1967–1996) *'' The Nature of Things'' (1960–present, scientific documentary series) *'' Question Period'' (1967–present, news program) *'' Reach for the Top'' (1961–1985) *'' Take 30'' (1962–1983) *'' The Tommy Hunter Show'' (1965–1992) *'' University of the Air'' (1966–1983) *'' W-FIVE'' (1966–present, newsmagazine program) 1970 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus (Canadian TV Series)
''Circus'' is a Canadian television variety show, which aired on CTV from 1978 to 1985.Blaik Kirby, "CTV puts a circus in a studio and comes up with a winner". ''The Globe and Mail'', April 15, 1978. Airing in an early-evening slot aimed at children and families, the show featured various circus acts performing in a television studio instead of a traditional circus venue.Donn Downey, "Circus: short on budget and bravado". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 23, 1978. The show's original hosts were Cal Dodd and Sherisse Laurence, who were replaced in later seasons by Pierre Lalonde. All of the hosts were also singers, who would sometimes perform songs in between circus acts, as well as the show's opening theme song. It originally aired on April 16, 1978, as a one-off special, becoming a weekly series in the fall due to its popularity. It was the highest-rated Canadian entertainment program in its first season, leading CTV to expand it from half an hour to a full hour in its second s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hockey Night In Canada
''Hockey Night in Canada'' (often abbreviated ''Hockey Night'' or ''HNiC'') is a long-running program of broadcast ice hockey play-by-play coverage in Canada. With roots in pioneering hockey coverage on private radio stations as early as 1923, it gained its current name as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) formed in 1936, and by that time had solidified its focus on the National Hockey League (NHL). Transitioning to television in 1952, the program became a Canadian Saturday night cultural fixture and was an exclusive mainstay of CBC Sports through the 2013-14 NHL season. The program continued to be broadcast on CBC Television and expanded to several other outlets in a cross-licensing arrangement following Rogers Media's acquisition of exclusive NHL television rights in Canada beginning in 2014-15; the CBC maintains ownership of the Hockey Night in Canada brand itself. Saturday NHL broadcasts began in 1931 on the CNR Radio network, and debuted on television in 1952 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Friendly Giant
''The Friendly Giant'' is a children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 30, 1958, through to March 1985. It featured three main characters: a giant named Friendly (played by Bob Homme), who lived in a huge castle, along with his puppet animal friends Rusty (a rooster who played a harp, guitar, and accordion and lived in a book bag hung by the castle window), and Jerome (a giraffe who was tawny with purple spots and poked his head in the window). The two principal puppets of the CBC version of the show were manipulated and voiced by Rod Coneybeare. Originally in Wisconsin, they were manipulated and voiced by Ken Ohst. Beginnings The program started in 1953 on Madison, Wisconsin, radio station WHA, a station owned by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Shortly thereafter, the show was moved to its sister television station, WHA-TV when it went on the air in 1954. Kinescopes of these shows were distributed to a few other non-commercial stations, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC News Magazine
''CBC News Magazine'' (later known as ''Newsmagazine'') was a weekly Canadian news television series which debuted on CBC Television on September 8, 1952. The series presented the week's international news highlights and documentaries from CBC correspondents around the world. It ran until 1981 when it was cancelled in order to make way for '' The Journal''. Lorne Greene Lorne Hyman Greene (born Lyon Himan Green; February 12, 1915 – September 11, 1987) was a Canadian actor, singer, and radio personality. His notable television roles include Ben Cartwright on the Western ''Bonanza'' and Commander Adama in ..., then an announcer and newsreader for the CBC, was narrator for the series in its early years. It was hosted by the anchor of '' The National'' from the 1970s until its demise. External links Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Canada , the former name of the Canadian digital specialty channel Cottage Life
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Country Canada may refer to: * CBC News: Country Canada, a documentary TV series * CBC Country Canada Cottage Life is a Canadian English language discretionary specialty channel owned by Blue Ant Media. Operated as a brand extension spin-off of the magazine of the same name, the network originally aired a variety of programming focusing on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidestreet
''Sidestreet'' is a Canadian television drama, which aired Sundays on CBC from 1975 to 1978. It stars Sean McCann and Donnelly Rhodes as police working in Toronto. Background ''Sidestreet'' succeeded '' The Collaborators'' as the CBC's main series drama. Program developers aimed to move ''Sidestreet'' away from the violence that ''The Collaborators'' had by focusing on protagonists who were community service officers instead of ordinary detectives. They aimed to concentrate on issues such as: blockbusting, strikebreaking, rape, poverty, and the problems of the elderly in the city, instead of major crimes. Cast *Stephen Markel as St. Johnny Dias (season 1) * Sean McCann as Insp. Alec Woodward (season 1) *Donnelly Rhodes as Nick Raitt (seasons 2-4) *Jonathan Welsh as Glenn Olsen (seasons 2-4) Episodes Season 1 (1975) Season 2 (1976) Season 3 (1977) Season 4 Theme song Jazz musician Chuck Mangione Charles Frank Mangione ( ; born November 29, 1940) is an American flugelh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coming Up Rosie
''Coming Up Rosie'' is a Canadian children's television sitcom on CBC Television that aired for three seasons from 1975–1978. Premise The show focuses on a group of tenants in an office building located at 99 Sumach Street, Toronto. Rosemary Radcliffe played the title character, aspiring Canadian documentary film-maker Rosie Tucker. The initial cast also includes Fiona Reid as Mona Swicker, an operator for the Ringading Telephone Answering Service; John Stocker as elevator operator Dwayne Kramer; Dan Hennessey as Ralph Oberding, salesman for the Neva-Rust Storm Door Company; Barrie Baldaro as Rosie's production assistant Dudley Nightshade; and Dan Aykroyd as building janitor/superintendent Purvis Bickle. Aykroyd appeared as a regular in this series concurrently with his star-making turn on ''Saturday Night Live'', which debuted less than a month after ''Coming Up Rosie''. Cast member Fiona Reid was cast on ''King of Kensington'' almost simultaneously with the start of ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Search And Rescue (1977 TV Series)
''Search and Rescue'' is a 1977–78 family-oriented adventure television series co-produced by the CTV television network in Canada and NBC in the United States. The program was aired in prime time in Canada and on Saturday mornings by NBC. It was later syndicated overseas. The American broadcasts of the series carried the modified title ''Search and Rescue: The Alpha Team''. The show aired on NBC from September 10, 1977 to January 28, 1978. The series starred Michael J. Reynolds (an actor later known for appearing in many commercials for Nabob A nabob is a conspicuously wealthy man deriving his fortune in the east, especially in India during the 18th century with the privately held East India Company. Etymology ''Nabob'' is an Anglo-Indian term that came to English from Urdu, poss ... coffee) as Dr. Bob Donell, the leader of a unique rescue team that includes his two children Katy (Donann Cavin) and Jim (Michael Tough). What makes the team unique is that it conducts its r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CKNX-TV
CKNX-TV was a television station owned by CTVglobemedia (now known as Bell Media) which served mid-western Ontario, Canada. It was part of the CTV 2, A television system. The station's offices, studios, and transmission facilities were located at Carling Terrace corner John Street in Wingham, Ontario, Wingham. A bureau in Owen Sound closed down in late 2004. In February 2009, CTV announced it would not renew CKNX's broadcast licence for the 2009-2010 television season and put the station up for sale. In April 2009, CTV announced a deal to sell the station along with two other sister stations in Windsor, Ontario, Windsor and Brandon, Manitoba, Brandon to Shaw Communications for a dollar; however, the deal was rejected in June. As a result, CKNX closed down as a separate station on August 31, 2009, with its transmitter remaining in operation as an analogue Broadcast relay station, rebroadcaster of CFPL-DT in London, Ontario, London. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circle 8 Ranch
From 1955 until 1978, ''Circle 8 Ranch'' was a weekly country and western television program broadcast each Tuesday night on Wingham, Ontario's CKNX, Channel 8. It began as a radio program called the ''CKNX Barn Dance'' on CKNX's AM sister station. The half-hour variety show was first hosted by broadcaster Johnny Brent, then later by musician Ernie King. The program featured popular country acts of the local, provincial and national stage. Each program ended with the words "Let's say goodbye like we said hello, in a friendly kind of way..." Don Robertson's Ranch Boys hosted many CKNX Barn Dances in the south-central and southwestern Ontario areas. The travelling show was an offshoot of the program. Regular cast members who developed into regional celebrities were Ernie King, Hugh Elder, Ross Mann, Don Robertson, Cora Robertson, Wayne Riehl and Ron Coulthard. Over the years, the program helped launch the careers of such Canadian musicians as Tommy Hunter, Al Cherney, Gordie Tapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadcast Syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent Network affiliate, affiliates. Syndication is less widespread in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates. Shows can be syndicated internationally, although this is less common. Three common types of syndication are: ''first-run'' syndication, which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically for the purpose of selling it into syndication; ''Off-network'' syndication (colloquially called a "rerun"), which is the licensing of a program whose first airing was on stations inside the Television broadcaster, television network that prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
