Showdown (Canadian game show)
Showdown | |
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Genre | game show |
Presented by | |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
Production | |
Running time | 30 minutes |
Production company | Screen Gems |
Release | |
Original network | CTV |
Original release | 5 October 1961 1962 | –
Showdown is a Canadian television game show, which aired on CTV in the network's inaugural 1961–62 season.
Hosted by Hamilton radio broadcaster , the program featured contestants competing to answer general knowledge questions on music. Showdown was produced for CTV by Screen Gems (now Sony Pictures Television) and CFCF-TV (one of several co-productions between the network and Screen Gems) and was broadcast each Thursday at 7:30 PM beginning 5 October 1961.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Braithwaite, Dennis (19 September 1961). "CTV Launches Shows Across Canada Oct. 1". The Globe and Mail. p. 11.
- ^ Dube, Bernard (18 September 1961). "Dial Turns". Montreal: The Gazette. p. 12. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1960s Canadian game shows
- CTV Television Network original programming
- 1961 Canadian television series debuts
- 1962 Canadian television series endings
- Television shows filmed in Montreal
- Television series by Sony Pictures Television
- Television series by Screen Gems
- Canadian television show stubs