Peep Show (Canadian TV series)

Peep Show was a Canadian television series, which aired on CBC Television in 1975 and 1976.[1] The series, a 16-episode anthology of half-hour drama programs by new and emerging Canadian writers and directors,[1] was produced by George Bloomfield and Gerald Mayer.[2] The eleven programs produced by Bloomfield leaned more to experimentation, while the five produced by Mayer were more in the vein of traditional television.[3]

Programs that aired on Peep Show included Martin Lavut's Melony,[4] Clarke Mackey's Fight Night, David Cronenberg's The Lie Chair[5] and CODCO's Festering Forefathers and Running Sons.[4] Martin Short also had one of his earliest television appearances on the series,[6] in the episode Goldberg is Waiting.

The show was not renewed for a second season due to budget constraints.[7]

References
  1. "CBC embraces stage to stoke its drama fires". The Globe and Mail, June 21, 1975.
  2. "Peep Show", History of Canadian Broadcasting (Canadian Communications Foundation) (accessed 2018-06-07).
  3. Blaine Allen, Directory of CBC Television Series,1952-1982, Queens University, 1996 (accessed 2018-06-11).
  4. "Television: Ratings are good news for Global". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 1975.
  5. "A Canadian movie wins at box office with a bloody tale of wormy parasites". The Globe and Mail, June 12, 1976.
  6. "Martin Short, from Second City to your TV", CBC Digital Archives (accessed 2018-06-07).
  7. "The doldrums again for CBC drama". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 1976.
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