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Tiny Talent Time was a long-running and hugely successful television program on CHCH television, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. For almost four decades (1957 to 1992) the talent and variety program showcased the talents of local children in an entertaining family genre. The show was marked by a characteristically home-spun style and had great appeal to many ...
Aka: Today's Talent Time
Original Airdates1957-1992; 2000-2001
TypeSeries
Romper Room was a daily half-hour program for pre-school children. An invited group of children took part in each show, which had several regular features including Mr. Doo-Bee, Paddington Bear, the Magic Mirror and Doc, whose main concerns were health and safety regulations for children. Basic physical activity to encourage an active lifestyle and the maintenance of good health was a regular part of the program.
Romper Room was franchised instead of syndicated, so local stations could produce their own versions. But in 1972, CTV’s Kitchener affiliate CKCO-TV took responsibility for producing the series for all CTV affiliates.
The series became known as Romper Room and Friends in 1981 and was cancelled in 1992 because CTV did not renew its contract with the show's producer, CKCO-TV. At that time, the Canadian Romper Room was the only version still in production in the world. Miss Fran (Fran Pappert) was the longest-serving Romper Room teacher in North America.
Aka: Romper Room & Friends
Original Airdates1960-1992
TypeSeries
Over its 27-year run on CBC, The Tommy Hunter Show was noted for nurturing Canadian country music, which it showcased alongside big-name American country stars. Hunter wanted to break with the hokey, country-hick feel characterized by shows like Hee Haw, though, and tried to present country music as "respectable". The result was a program that some labe ...
Aka: Tommy Hunter Country
Original Airdates1965-1992
TypeSeries
W5 is a CTV news magazine television series which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1966.
The one-hour Sunday night W5 was renamed CTV Reports for the 1977-78 season with a companion half-hour, also called CTV Reports, on Thursdays replacing Maclear. The Sunday program title reverted to W5 in the 1978-79 season, and the Thursday program w ...
Aka: W-5; W-FIVE; CTV Reports; The New W5; Inquiry
Original Airdates1966-
TypeSeries
Set in a studio recreation of a British pub, Pig and Whistle starred British actor/singer John Hewer as the host of an inn that featured resident singers, dancers and an orchestra, plus guests, with members of the public forming the invited audience at tables round the room. Toronto singer Kay Turner was the barmaid, and the Carlton Show Band were regul ...
Aka: Pig 'n' Whistle; Pig & Whistle
Original Airdates1967-1977
TypeSeries
Each show of this provocative aerobic exercise series started off slowly with stretching and limbering up before switching into high gear with an exhausting variety of movements that flowed into one another. The program had a fluid, sensuous look to it, unlike other exercise shows with their straight-on camera angles. The show's creator, Ron Harris, des ...
Aka: :20 Minute Workout
Original Airdates1983-1985
TypeSeries
Ernie Coombs hosted this simple format TV show as Mr. Dressup. With his puppet friends, originally Casey and his dog Finnegan, he taught pre-school subjects with games, music and simple activities. To add to the fun, Mr. Dressup would always open up his tickle trunk that contains any costume for any role he wants.
Mr. Dressup emerged from an earlier ...
Aka: Mr. Dress-Up
Original Airdates1967-1996
TypeSeries
Size Small was the Lumby family's television program for children. The original series of 65 episodes was hosted by mother Helen Lumby, produced by father John Lumby Sr., and along with 18 puppets, the show's performers include the three Lumby children: John Jr., Lisa, and Jeff.
Although the music on the program was provided by a Toronto firm, The Mu ...
Aka: Size Small Country, Size Small Island
Original Airdates1982-1987
TypeSeries
Wayne and Shuster started their regular appearances on CBC television with The Wayne and Shuster Hour in October 1954, and have provided comedy that ranged from clever and literate to god-awful corn, at a rate of one show a month in the beginning, reduced to four shows a season in later years. Exact titles for their shows have varied: The Wayne and Shus ...
Aka: Wayne and Shuster Hour, Wayne and Shuster Comedy Hour
Original Airdates1954-1990
TypeSeries
