The Public Eye (TV series)

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The Public Eye
Genrepublic affairs
Created byRichard Nielsen
Presented byPhilip Deane (1965-67)
Warner Troyer (1967-68)
Norman DePoe (1968-69)
Larry Zolf (1968-69)
Barry Callaghan (1968-69)
Peter Jennings (1968-69)
Jeanne Sauve' (1968-69)
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
Production
ProducersWarner Troyer
Robert Patchell
Sam Levene
Larry Zolf
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release5 October 1965 (1965-10-05) 
18 June 1969 (1969-06-18)

The Public Eye is a Canadian public affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1969.

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Premise

This journalistic series covered various subjects of global and domestic scope. [1]

Some 1966 episodes were co-produced with CBC's Newsmagazine series and identified as This Week. Its 1966 production budget was approximately $18,000 per episode. [2]

A June 1966 episode featured the conflict between Canadian leaders Lester B. Pearson and John Diefenbaker, noting how their adversarial relationship concealed more fundamental national concerns. [3]

After a popular series of "town meeting" segments in the 1967–68 season, a studio audience was introduced as a regular feature of the following, final season. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appeared in a later episode. [4]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times are in Eastern):

DayTimeRun
Tuesday10:30 p.m.5 October 196521 June 1966
Tuesday10:30 p.m.1 November 19662 May 1967
Sunday10:00 p.m.14 May 196725 June 1967
Tuesday10:30 p.m.12 September 196718 April 1968
Tuesday10:30 p.m.23 April 196818 June 1968
Wednesday9:00 p.m.2 October 196818 June 1969

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (April 2002). "The Public Eye". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. Rutherford, p. 409-12, 582
  3. Rutherford, p. 427-8
  4. Rutherford, p. 431