''Showdown'' is a Canadian television

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, which aired on

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in the network's inaugural 1961–62 season. Hosted by Hamilton radio broadcaster

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, the program featured contestants competing to answer general knowledge questions on music. ''Showdown'' was produced for CTV by

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(now

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) and

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(one of several co-productions between the network and Screen Gems) and was broadcast each Thursday at 7:30 PM beginning 5 October 1961.

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