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List Of English-language Canadian Game Shows
The following is a list of English-language game shows that air or have aired in Canada. 0–9 *'' 5-4-3-2-Run'' (1988–1990) A *'' Acting Crazy'' (1991–1994) *''All About Faces'' (1971–1972) *'' Anything You Can Do'' (1971–1974) *'' Are You Smarter than a Canadian 5th Grader?'' (2007) B *''Beat the Clock'' (1970–1974) *'' Because News'' (2015–present) *'' Beyond Reason'' (1977–1980) *''Bluff'' (1976–1977) *''Bowling for Dollars'' (1960–2008) *'' Brain Battle'' (2007–2008) *'' Bumper Stumpers'' (1987–1990) C *'' Cache Craze'' (2013–2014) *''Cash Cab'' (2008–present) *''Chain Reaction'' (1986–1991) *''Clips'' (1992–1996) *'' Cooking for Love'' (2000) *''Communicate'' (1966–1967) *''Crossword Quiz'' (1952–1953) D *''Deal or No Deal Canada'' (2007) *'' Definition'' (1974–1989) *'' Designer Superstar Challenge'' (2003–2006) *'' Detective Quiz'' (1952) *'' Double Up'' (1974) E *''Eye Bet'' (1971) F *''Fighting Words'' (1952–1962, 1970, 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language
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Clips (game Show)
''Clips'' (sometimes known as The Official Game of the Planet) is a Television in Canada, Canadian game show that aired on YTV (TV channel), YTV from 1992 to 1996 and produced by The Robert Essery Organization, as was the case for its sister show, ''Video & Arcade Top 10'', which also aired on YTV at the time. ''Clips'' was hosted by future CMT (Canada), CMT host Paul McGuire (television host), Paul McGuire and was joined by co-hosts such as Krista Herman, Sarah Freudeman, Liza Fromer, Shaun Majumder, Andrea Menzies, Rob Pagetto, and others, many of whom worked on ''V&A Top 10''. Just like ''V&A'', ''Clips'' was taped before a live studio audience in Toronto, Ontario. Rules 4 contestants competed to answer questions based on Movies, television, and Music. At the start of the game, Liza Fromer, later Shaun Majumder, gives out information for questions about several pop culture Movies, films, Television, TV shows, music, and occasionally sports of the era with clips being provided. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Front Page Challenge
''Front Page Challenge'' was a Canadian panel game about current events and history. Created by comedy writer/performer John Aylesworth (of the comedy team of Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth) and produced and aired by CBC Television, the series ran from 1957 to 1995. Synopsis The long-running series featured notable journalists attempting to guess the recent or old news story with which a hidden guest challenger was linked by asking him or her questions, in much the same manner as the American quiz shows, ''What's My Line?'' and '' To Tell the Truth''. Each round of the game started with news footage that introduced the news story in question to the studio audience and home viewers out of earshot of the panelists. After the guest was identified and/or the news story determined, the journalists then interviewed the guest about the story or about achievements or experiences for which he or she was known. Unlike American quiz shows that steered clear of controversy in the 1950s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Boyard (game Show)
''Fort Boyard'' is a French game show created by Jacques Antoine that was first broadcast on 7 July 1990 (originally as ''Les Clés de Fort Boyard'', however shortened to ''Fort Boyard'' from the second series in 1991). Foreign versions of the show, with varying success, have aired around the world since 1990. Set and filmed on the real Fort Boyard (fortification), fortress of the same name on the west coast of France, the programme appears similar to British game show ''The Crystal Maze'' which was created as an alternative format by Antoine for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, after the fortress was unavailable to film in because of its then ongoing refurbishment (during 1989). In both programmes the contestants have to complete challenges to win prize money. However, while ''The Crystal Maze'' varies the type of games quite considerably, ''Fort Boyard'' tends to focus mainly on physical and endurance challenges. Although ''Fort Boyard'' was something of a pioneer in the area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flashback (TV Series)
''Flashback'' was a Canadian quiz show television series which aired on CBC Television from 1962 to 1968. Premise A four-person panel including one guest panelist was given three minutes to guess a mystery fad, item or person from the past. The quiz show approach of ''Flashback'' resembled that of ''Front Page Challenge''. The mystery topics were submitted by viewers for cash prizes, where $25 was awarded if the topic was broadcast, and $50 if the panel was unable to make a correct guess. Paul Soles was moderator and host for the first season, succeeded by Bill Walker until 1966 after which Jimmy Tapp hosted for the remainder of the series run. The initial panelists were Maggie Morris, Allan Manings and Alan Millar. Millar was replaced by Elwy Yost Elwy McMurran Yost, (July 10, 1925 – July 21, 2011) was a Canadian television host, best known for hosting CBC Television's weekday '' Passport to Adventure'' series from 1965 to 1967, TVOntario's weekday ''Magic Shadows'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Words (TV Series)
''Fighting Words'' is a Canadian panel quiz television series which aired on CBC Television from 1952 to 1962. The series returned for short runs in 1970 and 1982. Premise The series was hosted and moderated by ''Toronto Star'' columnist Nathan Cohen. The basic format featured four guest panelists who attempt to identify people who wrote or said a given a quotation, then discuss its subject. Each program featured three rounds of quotations on various topics, often illustrated by cartoons.Rutherford, p. 233 The series temporarily deviated from this format in November 1959 when it became a detailed interview between Cohen and a guest concerning a given subject. Guests during this phase included American education academic Robert Maynard Hutchins and British theatre critic Kenneth Tynan. The host and producers initially had difficulty selecting women panelists for ''Fighting Words'' but eventually featured guests such as Solange Chaput-Rolland and aired a few episodes with an al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eye Bet
''Eye Bet'' was a Canadian television game show hosted by Jim Perry, which aired on CTV from 1972 to 1974. Perry's announcer, as with most Jim Perry game shows in Canada, was smooth-voiced CFTO-TV weatherman Dave Devall. The object of ''Eye Bet'' was for contestants to view old Hollywood movie clips, then answer questions about each clip, testing their skills of observation. This game show is similar to that of an ABC game show, '' The Reel Game'', hosted and produced by Jack Barry which was a weekly nighttime series that lasted for a little more than three months. The series was cancelled by CTV in 1974.Blaik Kirby, "11 new Canadian shows planned by CTV". ''The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...'', May 20, 1974. According to ''TV North'', a book a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Up (Canadian Game Show)
''Double Up'' is a Canadian quiz show television series which aired on CBC Television in 1974. Premise This quiz show drew comparisons to the American series ''You Bet Your Life''. It was hosted by Hart Pomerantz, a panelist of CBC series ''This Is the Law ''This Is the Law'' was a Canadian panel game show which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1976. It presented short, humorous vignettes supposedly set in various towns and cities across Canada which ran with musical accompaniment rather than ...'' which ''Double Up'' replaced between seasons. In each episode, three pairs of contestants responded to quiz questions during the game. One of the pairs had an opportunity to double their cash prize towards the end of the show. Scheduling This half-hour series was broadcast on Mondays at 9:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 1 July to 2 September 1974, then for two final Saturday episodes at 6:30 p.m. on 28 September and 5 October 1974. References External links * * {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detective Quiz
''Detective Quiz'' was a Canadian half-hour television series that debuted September 10, 1952 on CBC Television. The show was hosted by Morley Callaghan Edward Morley Callaghan (February 22, 1903 – August 25, 1990) was a Canadian novelist, short story writer, playwright, and TV and radio personality. Biography Of Canadian/English-immigrant parentage,Clara Thomas, ''Canadian Novelists 192 ..., who presented clues to help viewers guess the criminal. The show was cancelled after three weeks. External links * TV Archive article 1952 Canadian television series debuts 1952 Canadian television series endings 1950s Canadian game shows Black-and-white Canadian television shows CBC Television original programming {{Canada-nonfiction-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Designer Superstar Challenge
''Designer Superstar Challenge'' also known simply as ''Superstar Challenge'' is a show hosted by Karen Bertelsen on HGTV Canada that has had four seasons. Similar to the American series ''HGTV Design Star'', the show features aspiring interior designers competing in a series of challenges, following which one contestant is named the "design superstar" at the end of the competition. It is the original "Superstar" themed show on HGTV, and went on to inspire ''Handyman Superstar Challenge'', ''Superstar Chef Challenge'', and '' Superstar Hair Challenge''. Noted contestants The winner of the challenge is supposed to get their own design TV show on HGTV, although several non-winners have also emerged as HGTV personalities. Winners *Stacy McLennan (2003) went on to host the HGTV show '' Kitchen Equipped''; she now owns her own interior design firm and appears regularly as a design consultant on Citytv's daytime talk show ''CityLine''. *Bruno Filipe Teixeira (2006) *Karen Sealy is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Definition (game Show)
''Definition'' is a Canadian television game show, which aired on CTV from September 9, 1974 to March 10, 1989, and filmed at its flagship studios of CFTO-TV at 9 Channel Nine Court in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario.Stephen Brunt, "Definition turns 10 with pride". ''The Globe and Mail'', March 3, 1984. For most of its run, it was hosted by Jim Perry. History Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir, the creators of ''The Newlywed Game'', created ''Definition'', resulting in the show being syndicated for some international audiences as well. The series was produced by Glen-Warren Productions for CTV. Dave Michaels hosted the pilot for ''Definition''. Michaels had previously announced the Nicholson-Muir game show '' Matches 'n Mates'' with Art James and later anchored news for KABC-TV, WXIA-TV, and CNN during the first Gulf War. For its first season, the show was hosted by Bob McLean, with Jim Perry as announcer. Beginning the next season, and continuing until the series concluded, P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deal Or No Deal Canada
''Deal or No Deal Canada'' is the Canadian-English version of the show ''Deal or No Deal'', which premiered on February 4, 2007. The show ran on the Global Television Network, and lasted five episodes. The host of the U.S. version, Canadian-born Howie Mandel, hosts the Canadian version of the show. The producer and director of the United States version, Scott St. John and R. Brian DiPirro, respectively, also went to Canada to produce this version. The show was taped at the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto on January 23, 24, and 25, 2007 after receiving 112,767 applicants from prospective players. The first episode aired on Sunday, February 4, 2007. This episode attracted 2.7 million viewers, making it the single highest-rated Canadian program ever on Global. The remaining episodes aired over the following four consecutive Thursdays, with the finale on March 1, 2007. Despite the show's success in its brief five-episode run, Global never picked up the show for a full-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
