LEADER 05069nam 2200793 450 001 9910780556703321 005 20230912153255.0 010 $a1-282-05615-8 010 $a9786612056154 010 $a1-4426-8333-3 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442683334 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004546 035 $a(EBL)3251331 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000313185 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11264407 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000313185 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10366967 035 $a(PQKB)11655596 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417420 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600768 035 $a(DE-B1597)465111 035 $a(OCoLC)944177246 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442683334 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672249 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257923 035 $a(OCoLC)958571884 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/7qhg3p 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/5/417420 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672249 035 $a(OCoLC)244767015 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_105527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3251331 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004546 100 $a20160922h19901990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhen television was young $eprimetime Canada 1952-1967 /$fPaul Rutherford 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1990. 210 4$dİ1990 215 $a1 online resource (672 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-6647-X 311 $a0-8020-4344-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""CONTENTS""; ""GRAPHICS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Introduction: A Personal Journey""; ""1 Expectations""; ""PART ONE: STRUCTURES""; ""2 Enter CBC-TV""; ""3 What's on Tonight?""; ""4 Enter CTV""; ""PART TWO: GENRES""; ""5 Information for Everyone""; ""Focus: 'Tabloid' 31 January 1958""; ""6 Variety's Heyday""; ""Focus: 'The Wayne and Shuster Hour' 11 March 1962""; ""7 In Gameland""; ""Focus: 'Front Page Challenge' 16 January 1962""; ""8 Culture on the Small Screen""; ""Focus: 'The Queen of Spades' 28 October 1956""; ""9 'And Now a Word from Our Sponsors'""; ""Focus: Aspirin 1967"" 327 $a""10 Storytelling""""Focus: 'Wojeck' 13 September 1966""; ""11 Versions of Reality""; ""Focus: 'This Hour Has Seven Days' 24 October 1965""; ""12 On Viewing""; ""Afterword: Understanding Television""; ""APPENDIX I: Forms and Genres""; ""APPENDIX II: Viewing Analysis""; ""NOTES""; ""SOURCES""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" 330 $aA decade after the first Canadian telecasts in September 1952, TV had conquered the country. Why was the little screen so enthusiastically welcomed by Canadians? Was television in its early years more innovative, less commercial, and more Canadian than current than current offerings? In this study of what is often called the 'golden age' of television, Paul Rutherford has set out to dispel some cherished myths and to resurrect the memory of a noble experiment in the making of Canadian culture. He focuses on three key aspects of the story. The first is the development of the national service, including the critical acclaim won by Radio-Canada, the struggles of the CBC's English service to provide mass entertainment that could compete with the Hollywood product, and the effective challenge of private television to the whole dream of public broadcasting.The second deals with the wealth of made-in-Canada programming available to please and inform viewers - even commercials receive close attention. Altogether, Rutherford argues, Canadian programming reflected as well as enhanced the prevailing values and assumptions of the mainstream.The final focus is on McLuhan's Question: What happens to society when a new medium of communications enters the picture? Rutherford's findings cast doubt upon the common presumptions about the awesome power of television.Television in Canada, Rutherford concludes, amounts to a failed revolution. It never realized the ambitions of its masters or the fears of its critics. Its course was shaped not only by the will of the government, the power of commerce, and the empire of Hollywood, but also by the desires and habits of the viewers. 606 $aTelevision broadcasting$zCanada$xHistory 606 $aTelevision programs$zCanada$xHistory 607 $aKanada$2gnd 607 $aCanada$2fast 608 $aLivres numeriques. 608 $aHistory. 608 $ae-books. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aTelevision broadcasting$xHistory. 615 0$aTelevision programs$xHistory. 676 $a384.550971 700 $aRutherford$b Paul$0104184 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780556703321 996 $aWhen television was young$93768820 997 $aUNINA