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MovieTelevision is a Canadian entertainment news series, which aired on Citytv from 1988 to 2006. [1] The series aired reports on film, including interviews with actors and filmmakers, preview clips of upcoming films and coverage of film-related events such as the Toronto International Film Festival.

The series was launched in 1988 as a replacement for the network's longrunning talk show City Lights . [2] It was initially cohosted by Brian Linehan and Jeanne Beker, with its title and format patterned on Citytv's FashionTelevision . [2] However, Linehan was dissatisfied with the format, as it left him with far less time to conduct the in-depth interviews with actors which had been his specialty on City Lights, and he left the show after the first season. [3]

Terry David Mulligan joined the show in the second season as a correspondent from Vancouver, but was not officially billed as a full cohost of the show at the time. [4] For a while in the mid-1990s the show was billed as a "hostless" format, with nobody officially serving as the primary host of the program but both Beker and Mulligan continuing to report as correspondents; [5] in later years, however, Beker and Mulligan were again billed as full co-hosts. After joining Citytv as an entertainment reporter, Traci Melchor also sometimes appeared as a correspondent in the mid-1990s. [6]

Following the launch of Citytv's entertainment news sister station Star! in 1999, the series was added to that channel's schedule. [7] In addition to new episodes, Star! also reran older episodes under the title Best of MovieTelevision. [8]

The series was also syndicated, both to other Canadian television stations and internationally. [9]

The series ceased production at the end of the 2005-06 television season, in advance of the network's sale to Rogers Media.

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References

  1. ↑ Greg Quill, "Fashion Victor: As the host of CITY's FashionTelevision and its partner, Movie Television Jeanne Beker indulges her twin passions for high style and film fantasy". Toronto Star , February 29, 1992.
  2. 1 2 "Linehan, Beker to team up for new weekly movie show". Toronto Star , July 24, 1988.
  3. ↑ Antonia Zerbisias, "Brian Linehan will no longer light up CITY". Toronto Star , September 1, 1989.
  4. ↑ Antonia Zerbisias, "CITY's revolving door a blur". Toronto Star , September 7, 1989.
  5. ↑ Barbara Righton, "Who makes our stars>: Competing with their richer, louder American cousins, Entertainment Now, MovieTelevision and Linehan aim to sell celebrity with a Canadian spin". The Globe and Mail , December 7, 1996.
  6. ↑ Bonnie Malleck, "City TV catches fever for Planet Hollywood". Waterloo Region Record , March 20, 1997.
  7. ↑ John McKay, "CHUM set to launch glam channel: Star! premiers this Sept. 10". Chatham Daily News, August 23, 1999.
  8. ↑ Andrew Ryan, "Seeing stars". The Globe and Mail , July 14, 2001.
  9. ↑ "ChumCity puts more programming into Philipines and screens of foreign airlines". National Post , March 14, 2001.
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