The Search For Canada's Game Shows (2020)
A journey across Canada to find out more about Canada’s game shows and their impact, featuring interviews with the producers, hosts and broadcasters who pioneered them.
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Episode 1 - Getting On The Board
Release Date: 2020-01-09An American quiz show scandal becomes a boon to Canada's nascent game show industry.
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Episode 2 - Hosts Who Reached For The Top
Release Date: 2020-01-09A look at the early careers of game show legends Monty Hall and Alex Trebek in Canada, as well as the legacy of "Reach For The Top."
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Episode 3 - Peaks and Pitfalls
Release Date: 2020-01-17An exploration of the longest-running Canadian game show hit "Definition," and another that ended in turmoil.
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Episode 4 - The Innovative 80's
Release Date: 2020-01-17A look at some of Canada's most inventive game show concepts of the 70s and 80s, including "The Mad Dash" and "Bumper Stumpers."
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Episode 5 - When The West Was Best
Release Date: 2020-02-13A look at some of the great Game show concepts to come out of Canada's west coast
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Episode 6 - Games 90's Kids Remember
Release Date: 2020-02-13A look at the birth of YTV and some of the game show concepts that were created there including Uh-Oh & Video and Arcade Top 10
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Episode 7 - Stars Born on Game Shows
Release Date: 2020-02-12It’s no secret that Canadian comedian Icon Howie Mandell is a prominent figure in the Game Show genre, having been Host and Guest on several successful multi-season hits. This episode tells Howie’s story.