90 Minutes Live Explained

Genre:Talk-Show
Presenter:Peter Gzowski
Country:Canada
Language:English
Runtime:90 minutes
Network:CBC

90 Minutes Live was a Canadian television late-night talk show, which aired on CBC Television from April 19, 1976, to May 12, 1978. The program aired weekday evenings at 11:30 p.m.

Hosted by Peter Gzowski, the program was patterned after CBC Radio's This Country in the Morning, with both current affairs and entertainment features. Other personalities associated with the program included Allan Fotheringham, Rick Moranis, Andre Gagnon, Anne Ditchburn, Danny Finkleman, Valri Bromfield, John Harvard and Flo & Eddie.

The program was not successful with CBC audiences,[1] [2] and was replaced in 1978 by Canada After Dark.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Writer on the Radio: The Life and Times of Peter Gzowski. CBC.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 April 2010. the mega-flop 90 Minutes Live.
  2. News: A tinfoil suit in a lightning storm. Gatehouse. Jonathon. 2007-02-07. MacLean's. Rogers Publishing. 14 April 2010. legendary Canadian flops -- Gzowski's 90 Minutes Live. https://web.archive.org/web/20090918141355/http://www.macleans.ca/culture/media/article.jsp?content=20061225_138619_138619. 18 September 2009. dead. dmy-all.
  3. News: Television's a Technical Impossibility. Hicks. Wessely. 1978-07-22. Montreal Gazette. 14 April 2010.