Midweek (Canadian TV series)

Last updated
Midweek
Genrepublic affairs
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Executive producerRichard Nielsen
ProducerAlan Erich
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original 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.

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Premise

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

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

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References

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