A Kin to Win

A Kin to Win was a Canadian television game show initially produced in Montreal in 1961, then aired on the CTV network in 1962. Jimmy Tapp was the programme's host.[2]

A Kin to Win
Genregame show
Directed byRalph Mellanby[1]
Presented byJimmy Tapp
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1 (on CTV)
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkCFCF-TV/CTV
Original release2 October 1961 (1961-10-02) –
c. May 1964

Production

The series was produced by a Canadian subsidiary of NBC, led by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir. Episodes were recorded in Montreal in the studios of CTV affiliate CFCF-TV at a cost of $2500 (CA$) apiece.[3][4]

Premise

Each round of the game consisted of a competition between two families. Fathers of each family acted as team leaders, coaching the other family members. Quiz questions were posed to the players. When answered correctly, they earned a symbol to be added to a square board. A family won after successfully placing four symbols in a row, receiving a designated Prize Chest and proceeding to a bonus prize round known as the Big Plus. The winning family proceeded to a new round, competing against another family.[4]

Broadcast

Initially, the series was broadcast locally in Montreal on CFCF-TV in the early evenings (6:00 p.m.) starting on 2 October 1961.[5] The series was also broadcast on CJSS-TV in Cornwall, Ontario.[6][7]

Distribution through the full CTV network began from 14 January 1962 and continued until July 1962. Episodes were seen on weekday afternoons at varying times depending on the market (e.g. 1:30 p.m. in Toronto, 4:00 p.m. in Ottawa and Montreal).[8][9] A weekly Sunday evening episode was also broadcast, typically at 7:30 p.m.[10]

CTV did not renew the series for the 1962-1963 national schedule, although episodes continued to be broadcast locally on CFCF-TV at least until May 1964.[11]

According to Ross Bagwell, an NBC programme developer who worked on A Kin to Win, the series was a forerunner of the American-based game show Family Feud.[12]

Reception

Jeremy Brown, television critic for the Toronto Star, deemed the debut on CTV to be "boring, trite, badly paced, lacking in suspense and incredibly bland."[13]

References
  1. Wedge, Pip (September 2007). "Mellanby, Ralph (1934-)". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
  2. Wedge, Pip (November 2004). "Tapp, Jimmy (1918-2004)". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
  3. Nolan, Michael (2001). CTV, the network that means business. University of Alberta. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-88864-384-1.
  4. "New game pits family against family". Ottawa Citizen / TV Weekly section. 13 January 1962. p. 15. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  5. Dube, Bernard (18 September 1961). "Dial Turns". Montreal: The Gazette. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  6. "Listings for Wednesday, October 18". Ottawa Citizen TV Weekly. 14 October 1961. p. 10.
  7. "CFCF-TV 12 advertisement". Montreal: The Gazette. 8 November 1961. p. 26.
  8. "CFCF-TV 12 advertisement". Montreal: The Gazette. 17 January 1962. p. 26.
  9. "Television Programs". Ottawa Citizen. 25 April 1962. p. 46. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  10. "TV Week (listings)". Toronto Star. 13 January 1962. p. 21.
  11. "Programmes de télévision". Les Chutes de Shawinigan. 29 April 1964. p. 5.
  12. Gibson, Mike (16 July 2008). "Production Numbers". Knoxville, Tennessee: Metro Pulse. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  13. Brown, Jeremy (15 January 1962). "Religion and CTV". Toronto Star. p. 18.
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