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Encounter (1960 TV series)

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Genre
  
talk show

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Presented by
  
Nathan Cohen

Original language(s)
  
English

Producer(s)
  
Gordon Babineau

Encounter is a Canadian talk show television series which aired on CBC Television in 1960.

Contents

Premise

Nathan Cohen hosted this interview series with guests such as James Baldwin, Samuel Freedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Stanley Kramer, Louis Kronenberger, Marshall McLuhan, Karl Shapiro and E. W. R. Steacie (National Research Council president).

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 9 October to 18 December 1960. Encounter temporarily replaced Fighting Words, also hosted by Cohen.

References

Encounter (1960 TV series) Wikipedia