Prime Time (Canadian TV program)

Prime Time is a Canadian current affairs television program which aired on CBC Television from 1974 to 1975.

Prime Time
Genre	Current affairs
Directed by	J. Edward Shaw
Presented by	Don McNeill
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Executive producer	Sam Levene
Producers	Martyn Burke Ralph Thomas Larry Zolf
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	12 November 1974 (1974-11-12) – 4 March 1975 (1975-03-04)

Premise

Film segments and interviews formed the content of Prime Time. Subjects included Israel's Moshe Dayan, magician Doug Henning and Uganda's Idi Amin. "Backlot Canada", a documentary by Peter Rowe, concerned the portrayal of Canada in American feature films. The program also included a satirical examination of Britain by Martyn Burke.^[1]

Scheduling

This hour-long program was broadcast once per month on a Tuesday at 10:00 p.m. from 12 November 1974 to 4 March 1975.