The College Game is a Canadian sports television series which was shown on CBC Television from 1977 to 1978.
| The College Game | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports |
| Presented by | Doug Saunders |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Michael Lansbury |
| Running time | 2 hours |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBC Television |
| Release | 24 September 1977 – 19 March 1978 |
Premise
editThis series featured college-level sports events produced by Jim Spalding. Initial episodes were of football games culminating with the broadcast of the Canadian College Bowl championship on 19 November 1977. Play-by-play was announced by Steve Armitage with commentary by Whit Tucker.
The remaining six broadcasts featured basketball matches produced by Cec Browne. Announcers included Jack Donohue (the national basketball team coach), Ted Reynolds and Don Wittman.
Michael Lansbury, later of TSN, was the series producer.[1]
Scheduling
editThis two-hour series was broadcast on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m. from 24 September 1977 to 19 March 1978.
References
edit- ^ Corcelli, John (July 2005). "The College Game". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
External links
edit- Allan, Blaine (1996). "The College Game". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
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