Jump to content

Midweek (Canadian TV series)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is the current revision of this page, as edited by PrimeBOT (talk | contribs) at 11:18, 4 September 2023 (top: Task 30: parameter removal following a discussion). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this version.

(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Midweek
Genrepublic affairs
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Executive producerRichard Nielsen
ProducerAlan Erich
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkCBC Television
Release30 September 1971 (1971-09-30) –
18 May 1972 (1972-05-18)

Midweek is a Canadian public affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1972.

Premise

[edit]

This series was a companion episode of CBC's popular Sunday night Weekend public affairs series. It replaced the previous Saturday supplementary broadcast of Weekend. Hosts for each episode of Midweek were a selection of Clive Baxter, Michael Callaghan, Peter Desbarats, Pierre Nadeau and Kay Sigurjonsson. Journalists such as Doug Collins, Michael Maltby and Larry Zolf were featured in reports for this series.[1]

Scheduling

[edit]

This hour-long series was broadcast Thursdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 30 September 1971 to 18 May 1972.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Midweek". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
[edit]