Country of origin Canada No. of seasons 5 Original network CTV First episode date 9 October 1961 Number of seasons 5 Genre Game show | Original language(s) English Running time 30 minutes Original release 9 October 1961 – 1965 Final episode date 1965 Presented by Roy Ward Dickson Language English | |
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Take a Chance was a Canadian quiz show by Roy Ward Dickson adapted from radio. It was one of the first series on CTV when the network began in 1961. The programme was produced in Toronto at CFTO-TV and was broadcast Mondays at 9:30 PM (EST). Sheila Billing, the Miss Toronto pageant winner of 1955, was a co-host of the programme.
On its premiere, Toronto Star television critic Jeremy Brown deemed the show to be "painful to watch" and "dreary", complaining that the programme lacked structure, suspense and substantial prize monies.
At one point, 438,000 viewers participated in the contests by submitting chewing gum wrappers as Chiclets was the programme's key sponsor.
Take a Chance aired until 1965.
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