Saturday Date with Billy O'Connor

Saturday Date with Billy O'Connor is a Canadian variety television series which aired on CBC Television from 1958 to 1959.

Saturday Date with Billy O'Connor
Genre	variety
Written by	Pat Patterson
Presented by	Don Parrish
Starring	Billy O'Connor
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer	Drew Crossan
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	CBC Television
Release	4 October 1958 (1958-10-04) – 27 June 1959 (1959-06-27)

Premise

Billy O'Connor, a musician who previously hosted CBC series such as The Billy O'Connor Show and Club O'Connor, was seen in this series with performers Allan Blye and Vanda King. The series house band was a quartet featuring an accordionist (Vic Centro), a bassist (Jackie Richardson), a drummer (Doug McLeod) and a guitarist (Kenny Gill).^[1]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. (Eastern time) from 4 October 1958 to 27 June 1959, prior to the hockey broadcast during the National Hockey League season.