Rhapsody (TV series)

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Rhapsody
Genremusic
Presented by Joseph Furst (1958)
Jan Rubeš (1959)
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Producers Norman Campbell
Harvey Hart
Franz Kraemer
Mario Prizek
Eric Till
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release22 July 1958 (1958-07-22) 
27 September 1959 (1959-09-27)

Rhapsody is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1958 to 1959.

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Premise

This series featured three to four staged sequences of music and dance, led by Ivan Romanoff's orchestra. [1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast in the first season on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern time) from 22 July to 28 October 1958. The second season aired on Sunday evenings from 28 June to 27 September 1959 at 7:30 p.m. except the final two episodes which were rescheduled to 10:00 p.m.

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References

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