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3 JULY 1961
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The opening of the second Canadian network (CTV) will come as a much welcomed stimulant to American tv companies.
Screen Gems got off to a head start and made the first two sales to CTV: Showdowr and Top Cat.
Showdown represents three important firsts to Screen Gems:
• First sale to CTV of any show.
• First Canadian production for Canadian consumption by an American-based company.
• First live show produced by Screen Gems. The series, a musical game show, will come off live facilities of CFTV, Montreal.
Incidentally, the CTV network's eight cities are: Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, Halifax, Winnipeg, and Edmondton.
Showdown is set on CTV for 7:30 p.m. Friday; Top Cat, for 7:30 p.m. Thursday. More Screen Gems-CTV deals are understood to be in the works.
Westinghouse Broadcasting's nightly PM East & PM West already has seven syndication clients.
Stations are: WNEW-TV, New York; WGN-TV, Chicago; KTTV, Los Angeles; WFAATV, Dallas; WTTG, Washington; WHP-TV, Harrisburg, and WSBA-TV, York.
These plus the five NBC stations carrying the series give it a total to date of 12.
Manhunt definitely won't go into a third year of production.
First two years of the series, totalling 78 episodes, are going into re-run sale and seven markets have already been signed by Screen Gems.
They are: KABC-TV, Los Angeles KFMB-TV, San Diego; KPHO-TV, Phoenix; KSTPTV, Minneapolis; KPLR-TV, St. Louis; KMJ-TV, Fresno, and WWJ-TV, Detroit.
Recent ratings reports show quite a few time period victories for Manhunt, some in markets among the earliest renewals.
Here are second-year ratings reported in March 1961 ARB:
MARKET & TIME Charleston-Huntington, W. 7 p.m. Jacksonville, Th. 8 p.m. Knoxville, Th. 7 p.m. Mobile, W. 7:30 p.m. Oklahoma City, F. 9:30 p.m. Milwaukee, Th. 9:30 p.m. Minneapolis, Th. 9:30 p.m. Pittsburgh, Th. 10:30 p.m. San Antonio, Th. 9:30 p.m. San Diego, Tu. 7 p.m. San Francisco, Tu. 6:30 p.m.
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