Take a Chance (TV series)
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Take a Chance was a Canadian quiz show
by Roy Ward Dickson
adapted from radio. It was one of the first series on CTV
when the network began in 1961. The programme was produced in Toronto at CFTO-TV
and was broadcast Mondays at 21:30.
Sheila Billing, the Miss Toronto pageant winner of 1955, was a co-host of the programme.
On its premiere, Toronto Star television critic Jeremy Brown deemed the show to be "painful to watch" and "dreary", complaining that the programme lacked structure, suspense and substantial prize monies.
At one point, 438,000 viewers participated in the contests by submitting chewing gum wrappers as Chiclets
was the programme's key sponsor.
Take a Chance aired until 1965.
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adapted from radio. It was one of the first series on CTV
CTV television network
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when the network began in 1961. The programme was produced in Toronto at CFTO-TV
CFTO-TV
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and was broadcast Mondays at 21:30.
Sheila Billing, the Miss Toronto pageant winner of 1955, was a co-host of the programme.
On its premiere, Toronto Star television critic Jeremy Brown deemed the show to be "painful to watch" and "dreary", complaining that the programme lacked structure, suspense and substantial prize monies.
At one point, 438,000 viewers participated in the contests by submitting chewing gum wrappers as Chiclets
Chiclets
Chiclets is a brand of candy coated chewing gum made by Cadbury Adams. The colors of chiclets are: yellow, green, orange, red, white, and pink. The product's name is derived from Nahuatl word tziktli, in English chicle, the substance from which chewing gum was traditionally made...
was the programme's key sponsor.
Take a Chance aired until 1965.