Delilah is a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 situation comedy television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 from 1973 to 1974.

Premise

Delilah marked the CBC's first situation comedy in prime-time, having aired its previous sitcom Toby

Toby (TV series)

Toby was a Canadian sitcom, which aired on CBC Television in the 1968-69 television season. The show starred Susan Petrie as Toby Mitchell, a teenage girl juggling her family life and her friendship with Quebec exchange student J. J. Roberge...

in daytime.

Delilah (Terry Tweed) moves out of the city and becomes a small community's first female barber. Her barbershop was intended to be given to her younger brother Vincent (Miles McNamara), but he must first graduate from school.

Other series characters include Delilah's Aunt Peggy (Barbara Hamilton

Barbara Hamilton (actor)

Barbara Hamilton was a Canadian actor in film, television and theatre.After studies at Brockville Collegiate Institute, she attended the University of Toronto where her early performances were featured at the Hart House Theatre. She is known for roles in films and television series such as Road to...

, the town's newspaper editor T.J. (Eric House), family friend Franny Tree (Peter Mews), Frances (Kay Hawtrey), Mavis (Joyce Gordon) and Isabel (Paulle Clark).

Production

Delilah was recored before a live studio audience. Six of the episodes were written by Bryan Barney under script editor Jean Templeton.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 4 October 1973 to 3 January 1974.

Reception

The series generally received poor reviews and negative audience reception. It was cancelled after a single 13-episode season. Delilah was one of several CBC flops during the early 1970s, including Corwin

Corwin (TV series)

Corwin was a Canadian drama television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1971.-Premise:Psychiatrist Greg Corwin established a general practice for the inner city. Other regular characters included Corwin's older assistant Doc James , Mrs...

and McQueen

McQueen (TV series)

McQueen was a Canadian drama television series which aired on CBC Television from 1969 to 1970.-Premise:The plot features newspaper columnist McQueen whose The Actioneer feature exposed fraud artists and dubious businesses...

, the product of inferior creativity. However, CBC's next sitcom, King of Kensington

King of Kensington

King of Kensington was a Canadian television sitcom which aired on CBC Television from 1975 to 1980.The show starred Al Waxman as Larry King, a convenience store owner in Toronto's Kensington Market who was known for helping friends and neighbours solve problems. His multicultural group of friends...

, fared much better and became a multi-year success. Toronto Star

Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is Canada's highest-circulation newspaper, based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its print edition is distributed almost entirely within the province of Ontario...

television critic Jim Bawden declared the series as "Worst Canadian Sitcom", declaring the scriptwriting to be "appalling" and discovered an absence of laughter from the audience when he attended a taping of an episode.