Holiday Ranch was a Canadian

Canada

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 television variety

Variety show

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 series airing on the CBC

CBC Television

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  from 1953 to 1958. The show initially aired on weeknights then moved to a weekly Saturday night schedule before Hockey Night in Canada

Hockey Night in Canada

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The set of the series was a ranch house and the plot featured a set of regulars who visited the ranch each week. The production cost was approximately $5000 per episode.

The show was considered among the most popular in 1950s Canadian television.