Graphic (TV series)

Graphic was a Canadian current affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1956 to 1957.

Graphic
Genre	current affairs
Written by	Norman Klenman (1956) Ron Krantz (1956-57)
Presented by	Joe McCulley Rex Loring
Country of origin	Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
Production
Executive producer	Sydney Newman
Producer	Peter Macfarlane
Running time	30 minutes
Release
Original network	CBC Television
Original release	2 March 1956 – 21 June 1957

Premise

Joe McCulley hosted this journalistic series with announcer Rex Loring.[1]

Initially, Graphic was promoted as a collection of "entertaining items of a real-life variety, on the premise that people are always interested in what the other fellow is doing." As the series developed, it featured interviews with notable Canadian personalities.[2]

Graphic's first season was sponsored by Ford Motor Company of Canada which hoped that the series would be titled Ford Graphic. However, the CBC rejected calls to include a sponsor name to its journalistic programmes. Ford remained a sponsor for the initial thirteen episodes.

Production

Each episode of Graphic cost approximately $20,000 and regularly featured camerawork outside CBC studios and often presented remove stories live. Peter Macfarlane produced the series with Bill Bolt as supervising producer, Donal Wilson as coordinating producer and Norman DePoe as editorial supervisor.

Scheduling

The half-hour series was broadcast Fridays at 9:00 p.m. for two seasons starting 2 March 1956 and ending 21 June 1957, with a break between June and October 1956.

References

1. Corcelli, John (April 2002). "Graphic". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
2. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. University of Toronto Press. p. 154. ISBN 0-8020-5830-2.

External links

• Allan, Blaine (1996). "Graphic". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 11 March 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.