''Delilah'' is a

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situation comedy television series which aired on

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from 1973 to 1974.

Premise

''Delilah'' marked the CBC's first situation comedy in prime-time, having aired its previous sitcom ''

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'' in daytime. Delilah (

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) moves out of the city and becomes a small community's first female barber. Her barbershop was intended to be given to her younger brother Vincent (Miles McNamara), but he must first graduate from school. Other series characters include Delilah's Aunt Peggy ( Barbara Hamilton), the town's newspaper editor T.J. (

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), family friend Franny Tree (Peter Mews), Frances (Kay Hawtrey), Mavis (Joyce Gordon) and Isabel (Paulle Clark).

Production

''Delilah'' was recorded before a live studio audience. Six of the episodes were written by Bryan Barney under script editor Jean Templeton.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 4 October 1973 to 3 January 1974.

Reception

The series generally received poor reviews and negative audience reception. It was cancelled after a single 13-episode season. However, CBC's next sitcom, ''

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'', fared much better and became a multi-year success. ''

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'' television critic Jim Bawden declared the series as "Worst Canadian Sitcom", declaring the scriptwriting to be "appalling" and discovered an absence of laughter from the audience when he attended a taping of an episode.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Delilah (Tv Series) CBC Television original programming 1973 Canadian television series debuts 1974 Canadian television series endings 1970s Canadian sitcoms