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| show_name_2 = CBC Theatre<br>General Motors Presents |
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'''''General Motors Theatre''''' (also known as '''''CBC Theatre''''' and '''''General Motors Presents''''') was a ] ] anthology series, which ran on the ] under its various titles from ] until ]. First transmitted under the sponsored title on ] 1954, a new 60-minute drama would be presented each week. As suggested by the title, the programme was sponsored by the ] car company. It was effectively the same series as the unsponsored ''CBC Theatre'', which had run its first season from ] ] to ] 1954, with General Motors becoming title sponsor for the second season. |
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The series was a breeding ground for writing and directing talent such as ], ] and ]. One of Hailey's plays for the strand, '']'' (]), was later remade as the ] '']'', and was also screened by the ] in the ]. It was a major factor in ''General Motors Theatre'' producer — and CBC Supervisor of Drama — ] moving to work in the UK, where he later worked on and created anthology series similar to ''General Motors Theatre'' such as '']'' and '']''. |
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Following concerns about the series moving to a Sunday evening slot in 1956, where it would be in competition with the ] network ]'s enormously popular ] '']'' in the key ] market (where American broadcast signals could be received from across the border), General Motors pulled out and the show disappeared for two years. It returned in ], after ''The $64,000 Question'' had been cancelled, under the new title ''General Motors Presents''. |
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''General Motors Presents'' was one of the very first Canadian productions to be sold to one of the major broadcast networks in the ]. However, despite the ] purchasing thirty-nine episodes, they screened only five before cancelling the run in November ]. On ABC, the series was known as ''Encounter''. |
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For its final run in the summer of ], the series consisted not of originally-produced dramas but broadcasts of a bought-in British anthology series called '']''. |
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