A Kin to Win

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A Kin to Win
Genregame show
Directed by Ralph Mellanby [1]
Presented by Jimmy Tapp
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1 (on CTV)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original network CFCF-TV/CTV
Original release2 October 1961 (1961-10-02) –
1964 (1964)

A Kin to Win was a Canadian television game show initially produced in Montreal in 1961, then aired on the CTV network in 1962. Jimmy Tapp was the programme's host. [2]

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Production

The series was produced by a Canadian subsidiary of NBC, led by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir. Episodes were recorded in Montreal in the studios of CTV affiliate CFCF-TV at a cost of $2500 (CA$) apiece. [3] [4]

Premise

Each round of the game consisted of a competition between two families. Fathers of each family acted as team leaders, coaching the other family members. Quiz questions were posed to the players. When answered correctly, they earned a symbol to be added to a square board. A family won after successfully placing four symbols in a row, receiving a designated Prize Chest and proceeding to a bonus prize round known as the Big Plus. The winning family proceeded to a new round, competing against another family. [4]

Broadcast

Initially, the series was broadcast locally in Montreal on CFCF-TV in the early evenings (6:00 p.m.) starting on 2 October 1961. [5] The series was also broadcast on CJSS-TV in Cornwall, Ontario. [6] [7]

Distribution through the full CTV network began from 14 January 1962 and continued until July 1962. Episodes were seen on weekday afternoons at varying times depending on the market (e.g. 1:30 p.m. in Toronto, 4:00 p.m. in Ottawa and Montreal). [8] [9] A weekly Sunday evening episode was also broadcast, typically at 7:30 p.m. [10]

CTV did not renew the series for the 1962-1963 national schedule, although episodes continued to be broadcast locally on CFCF-TV at least until May 1964. [11]

According to Ross Bagwell, an NBC programme developer who worked on A Kin to Win, the series was a forerunner of the American-based game show Family Feud . [12]

Reception

Jeremy Brown, television critic for the Toronto Star , deemed the debut on CTV to be "boring, trite, badly paced, lacking in suspense and incredibly bland." [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Wedge, Pip (September 2007). "Mellanby, Ralph (1934-)". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Wedge, Pip (November 2004). "Tapp, Jimmy (1918-2004)". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Nolan, Michael (2001). CTV, the network that means business. University of Alberta. p. 130. ISBN   978-0-88864-384-1.
  4. 1 2 "New game pits family against family". Ottawa Citizen / TV Weekly section. 13 January 1962. p. 15. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  5. ↑ Dube, Bernard (18 September 1961). "Dial Turns". Montreal Gazette . Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Listings for Wednesday, 18 October". Ottawa Citizen TV Weekly. 14 October 1961. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "CFCF-TV 12 advertisement". Montreal Gazette . 8 November 1961. p. 26.
  8. ↑ "CFCF-TV 12 advertisement". Montreal Gazette . 17 January 1962. p. 26.
  9. ↑ "Television Programs". Ottawa Citizen . 25 April 1962. p. 46. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  10. ↑ "TV Week (listings)". Toronto Star . 13 January 1962. p. 21.
  11. ↑ "Programmes de télévision". Les Chutes de Shawinigan. 29 April 1964. p. 5.
  12. ↑ Gibson, Mike (16 July 2008). "Production Numbers". Knoxville, Tennessee: Metro Pulse. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  13. ↑ Brown, Jeremy (15 January 1962). "Religion and CTV". Toronto Star . p. 18.
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