Genre: | variety |
Presenter: | Don Parrish |
Starring: | Billy O'Connor |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | English |
Channel: | CBC Television |
Num Seasons: | 1 |
Producer: | Drew Crossan |
Runtime: | 30 minutes |
Saturday Date with Billy O'Connor is a Canadian variety television series which aired on CBC Television from 1958 to 1959.
Billy O'Connor, a musician who previously hosted CBC series such as The Billy O'Connor Show and Club O'Connor, was seen in this series with performers Allan Blye and Vanda King. The series house band was a quartet featuring an accordionist (Vic Centro), a bassist (Jackie Richardson), a drummer (Doug McLeod) and a guitarist (Kenny Gill).[1]
This half-hour series was broadcast on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern time) from 4 October 1958 to 27 June 1959, prior to the hockey broadcast during the National Hockey League season.