''Seven-O-One'' (or ''701'') is a Canadian information television program that aired on

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. It ran from 1960 to 1963, and was a continuation of the predecessor program '' Tabloid''.

Premise

The program featured interviews, news and information, similar to its predecessor '' Tabloid''.

Hosts

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presented the weather forecasts as he did with ''Tabloid'', remaining with ''Seven-O-One'' until its cancellation.

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and Joyce Davidson also carried over from ''Tabloid'' as hosts of the newly named series. Ferguson was later replaced by Alan Miller while Davidson left for the United States to host ''

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'' with

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. She was replaced by Betty-Jean Talbot. John O'Leary served as ''Seven-O-Ones newscaster. Other persons seen included Robert Fulford, Trent Frayne, Rex Loring and John Saywell.

Production

Most of the program was produced in Toronto at

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studios. Towards the end of ''Tabloid''s run, producers introduced more serious news content in an attempt to boost audience interest. In mid-1962, a different set of hosts were seen as ''Tabloid'' originated from Montreal for several months. After resuming the show from Toronto later that year, Percy Saltzman was the only original host remaining from the original ''Tabloid'' line-up. ''Seven-O-One'' was cancelled in 1963, with Saltzman accusing CBC leadership of sabotaging the nature of the program with the more serious approach.

Scheduling

''Seven-O-One'', as its name implied, began its broadcast each weekday at 7:01 p.m. (Eastern). It was a continuation of '' Tabloid'' whose title CBC dropped in 1960 after a drug manufacturer which held a trademark to its "Tabloid" product pressured the network. The last episode under the ''Tabloid'' name aired 9 September 1960.

References

External links

* {{Cite web , url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/Sev.html , first=Blaine , last=Allan , title=701 , publisher= Queen's University , year=1996 , accessdate=7 May 2010 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325131831/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/Sev.html , archivedate=25 March 2010
''701'' at CBC Digital Archives
CBC Television original programming 1960 Canadian television series debuts 1963 Canadian television series endings Black-and-white Canadian television shows Television shows filmed in Toronto