Showdown (Canadian game show) explained

Genre:game show
Presenter:Paul Hanover
Country:Canada
Language:English
Num Seasons:1
Runtime:30 minutes
Company:Screen Gems
Network:CTV

Showdown is a Canadian television game show, which aired on CTV in the network's inaugural 1961–62 season.

Hosted by Hamilton radio broadcaster Paul Hanover, 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

  1. News: CTV Launches Shows Across Canada Oct. 1 . . Dennis . Braithwaite . 19 September 1961 . 11 .
  2. News: Dial Turns . . Montreal . 18 September 1961 . 12 . Bernard . Dube . 2 April 2010.

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