''The Public Eye'' is a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

public affairs television series which aired on

CBC Television CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...

from 1965 to 1969.

Premise

This journalistic series covered various subjects of global and domestic scope. Some 1966 episodes were co-produced with CBC's ''Newsmagazine'' series and identified as ''This Week''. Its 1966 production budget was approximately $18,000 per episode. A June 1966 episode featured the conflict between Canadian leaders Lester B. Pearson and John Diefenbaker, noting how their adversarial relationship concealed more fundamental national concerns. After a popular series of "town meeting" segments in the 1967–68 season, a studio audience was introduced as a regular feature of the following, final season. Prime Minister

Pierre Trudeau Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( , ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), also referred to by his initials PET, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada The prime mini ...

appeared in a later episode.Rutherford, p. 431

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times are in Eastern):

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Public Eye CBC Television original programming 1965 Canadian television series debuts 1969 Canadian television series endings 1960s Canadian television news shows