Showdown was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 television game show

Game show

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, which aired on CTV

CTV television network

CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...

 in the network's inaugural 1961-62 season.

Hosted by Hamilton

Hamilton, Ontario

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 radio broadcaster Paul Hanover, the program featured contestants competing to answer general knowledge questions on music. Showdown was produced for CTV by Screen Gems

Screen Gems

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 (now Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television

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) and CFCF-TV

CFCF-TV

CFCF-DT is a CTV-owned and operated station located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

 and was broadcast each Thursday at 7:30 PM beginning 5 October 1961.

External links

• Showdown at the Canadian Communications Foundation
  Canadian Communications Foundation
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• Showdown at TVarchive.ca