The Search For Canada's Game Shows

📊 Series Specifications

Network Network Broadcast
Episode Runtime ~ min
Total Seasons 2
Total Episodes 12
Original Language EN

The Search For Canada's Game Shows (2020)

⭐ Not Rated Yet 🎬 2 Seasons 📼 12 Episodes 🏷️ Documentary 📡 Returning Series
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Series Status:

Currently airing weekly on international broadcast networks.

Returning Series

Synopsis

A journey across Canada to find out more about Canada’s game shows and their impact, featuring interviews with the producers, hosts and broadcasters who pioneered them.

Seasons & Episodes

E1 Getting On The Board

An American quiz show scandal becomes a boon to Canada's nascent game show industry.

E2 Hosts Who Reached For The Top

A look at the early careers of game show legends Monty Hall and Alex Trebek in Canada, as well as the legacy of "Reach For The Top."

E3 Peaks and Pitfalls

An exploration of the longest-running Canadian game show hit "Definition," and another that ended in turmoil.

E4 The Innovative 80's

A look at some of Canada's most inventive game show concepts of the 70s and 80s, including "The Mad Dash" and "Bumper Stumpers."

E5 When The West Was Best

A look at some of the great Game show concepts to come out of Canada's west coast

E6 Games 90's Kids Remember

A look at the birth of YTV and some of the game show concepts that were created there including Uh-Oh & Video and Arcade Top 10

E7 Stars Born on Game Shows

It’s no secret that Canadian comedian Icon Howie Mandell is a prominent figure in the Game Show genre, having been Host and Guest on several successful multi-season hits. This episode tells Howie’s story.

Episodes for this season are available via edge tracking. View Episode 1 →