On the Evidence 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...

 legal drama 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 1975 to 1977.

Premise

This series presented dramatisations of court trials, some of which were based on real cases. Judges, lawyers and court clerks were portrayed by Canadian Bar Association members while actors played the accused and the witnesses. Some studio audience members were chosen to form the jury. The proceedings were recorded over two hours then condensed for the hour-long broadcast.

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast as follows (times in North American Eastern):

Day	Time	Season run		Notes
Saturday	10:00 p.m.	21 June 1975	30 August 1975
Tuesday	8:00 p.m.	25 May 1976	17 August 1976
Thursday	10:00 p.m.	28 July 1977	15 September 1977
Monday to Friday	1:00 p.m.	2 July 1979	6 August 1979	rebroadcast
Friday	11:45 p.m.	28 April 1980	12 September 1980	rebroadcast