The Public Eye (TV series)

The Public Eye is a Canadian public affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1969.

The Public Eye
Genrepublic affairs
Created byRichard Nielsen
Presented byPhilip Deane (1965-67)
Warner Troyer (1967-68)
Norman DePoe (1968-69)
Larry Zolf (1968-69)
Barry Callaghan (1968-69)
Peter Jennings (1968-69)
Jeanne Sauve' (1968-69)
Country of originCanada
Original language(s)English
No. of seasons4
Production
Producer(s)Warner Troyer
Robert Patchell
Sam Levene
Larry Zolf
Release
Original networkCBC Television
Original release5 October 1965 –
18 June 1969

Premise

This journalistic series covered various subjects of global and domestic scope.[1]

Some 1966 episodes were co-produced with CBC's Newsmagazine series and identified as This Week. Its 1966 production budget was approximately $18,000 per episode.[2]

A June 1966 episode featured the conflict between Canadian leaders Lester B. Pearson and John Diefenbaker, noting how their adversarial relationship concealed more fundamental national concerns.[3]

After a popular series of "town meeting" segments in the 1967-68 season, a studio audience was introduced as a regular feature of the following, final season. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appeared in a later episode.[4]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times are in Eastern):

Day Time Run
Tuesday 10:30 p.m. 5 October 1965 21 June 1966
Tuesday 10:30 p.m. 1 November 1966 2 May 1967
Sunday 10:00 p.m. 14 May 1967 25 June 1967
Tuesday 10:30 p.m. 12 September 1967 18 April 1968
Tuesday 10:30 p.m. 23 April 1968 18 June 1968
Wednesday 9:00 p.m. 2 October 1968 18 June 1969

Bibliography
  • Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.

References
  1. Corcelli, John (April 2002). "The Public Eye". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. Rutherford, p. 409-12, 582
  3. Rutherford, p. 427-8
  4. Rutherford, p. 431
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