Holiday Ranch

Holiday Ranch was a Canadian television country music–themed variety program airing on the CBC from 1953 to 1958.[1][2] The show initially aired on weeknights then moved to a weekly Saturday night schedule before Hockey Night in Canada.[3]

Holiday Ranch
Cast of Holiday Ranch, 1954
Written byFred Diehl
StarringCliff McKay
Frannie Wright
Country of originCanada
No. of seasons5
Production
ProducersLoyd Brydon
Bob Jarvis
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original networkCBC
Original release1953 (1953) 
1958 (1958)

The set of the series was a ranch house and the plot featured a set of regulars who visited the ranch each week. The production cost was approximately $5000 per episode.[4]

The show was considered among the most popular in 1950s Canadian television.[5]

References

  1. "Holiday Ranch". TVArchive. Archived from the original on 12 March 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. Corcelli, John (April 2002). "Holiday Ranch". History of Canadian Broadcasting. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  3. Allan, Blaine (1996). "Holiday Ranch". CBC Television Series, 1952-1982. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  4. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-4426-8333-4. OCLC 244767015.
  5. Sangster, Dorothy (9 June 1956). "The most baffling show on television". Maclean's. Retrieved 9 October 2020.


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