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Showdown (Canadian game show)

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Presented by
  
Paul Hanover

Original language(s)
  
English

Running time
  
30 minutes

First episode date
  
5 October 1961

Number of seasons
  
1

Language
  
English

Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Original network
  
CTV

Final episode date
  
1962

Genre
  
Game show

Production company
  
Screen Gems

Showdown game show pilot


Showdown was a Canadian television game show, which aired on CTV in the network's inaugural 1961-62 season.

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Hosted by Hamilton radio broadcaster Paul Hanover, the program featured contestants competing to answer general knowledge questions on music. Showdown was produced for CTV by Screen Gems (now Sony Pictures Television) and CFCF-TV (one of several co-productions between the network and Screen Gems) and was broadcast each Thursday at 7:30 PM beginning 5 October 1961.

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Showdown (Canadian game show) Wikipedia