Junior Roundup 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...

 children's 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 1960 to 1961.

Premise

This series consisted of segments on a variety of topics. The first quarter-hour, Bantam Roundup, was geared towards the youngest schoolchildren as it rebroadcast episodes of other CBC children's shows. The remaining three-quarters of the episode consisted of programming for older children, including performance segments, game and quiz segments and rebroadcasts of other series.

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast weekdays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 17 October 1960 to 3 July 1961.

Episodes followed this daily format until May 1961:

Day of week	Bantam Roundup segment (15 min)	Youth segment (45 min)
Mondays	The Friendly Giant The Friendly Giant The Friendly Giant is a popular Canadian children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 1958 through to March 1985...	This game and telephone contest segment was regularly hosted by Dave Broadfoot Dave Broadfoot Dave Broadfoot is a Canadian comedian who was born on December 5, 1925 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 1943, he joined the merchant navy serving until 1947...  and Jean Templeton
Tuesdays	Maggie Muggins Maggie Muggins Maggie Muggins is a Canadian children's radio and television series which began on-air live as a fifteen-minute program on CBC Radio on New Year's Day, 1947. The highly popular radio program engaged children's imaginations, with its continuing cast of unique animal puppets and human characters...	This Living World, with frequent guests John Lunn (Royal Ontario Museum Royal Ontario Museum The Royal Ontario Museum is a museum of world culture and natural history in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With its main entrance facing Bloor Street in Downtown Toronto, the museum is situated north of Queen's Park and east of Philosopher's Walk in the University of Toronto... ) and Percy Saltzman Percy Saltzman Percy Saltzman, was a meteorologist and television personality best remembered for being the first weatherman in Canadian television history....  (who discussed developments in space travel)
Wednesdays	The Friendly Giant The Friendly Giant The Friendly Giant is a popular Canadian children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 1958 through to March 1985...	Sing Ring Around (Winnipeg music series, featuring folk and country genres), Sea Songs and Stories (Halifax historical series)
Thursdays	Just Mary Just Mary Just Mary is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television in 1960.-Premise:Mary Grannan narrated stories based on her Just Mary books in this Toronto-produced series while puppets and human actors performed the storylines...	Artistic performances such as ballet, concerts and drama
Fridays	The Friendly Giant The Friendly Giant The Friendly Giant is a popular Canadian children's television program that aired on CBC Television from September 1958 through to March 1985...	Tidewater Tramp Tidewater Tramp Tidewater Tramp was a Canadian children's adventure television series which aired on CBC Television from 1959 to 1961.-Premise:This Vancouver-produced series features the adventures of Captain Martin and his tramp steamer the Flying Kestrel... (adventure series) and "Your World This Week" (newscast)

In the final two months of the series, Westgate appeared less often (seen only on the Monday and Wednesday episodes). Newer features were introduced, particularly on Thursdays and Fridays, including episodes of Caravan

Caravan (TV series)

Caravan is a Canadian children's television series which aired on CBC Television from 1960 to 1962.-Premise:This bilingual series featured a set that resembled a two-ring circus and recorded before an audience of approximately 700. Ringmaster Monsieur Loyal presented various circus acts such as...

. Doug Davidson continued to produce episodes except on Mondays (when Bill Davidson took over) and on Fridays. Segments hosted by Broadfoot, Templeton and Westgate were videotaped on location at summer camps.