Saturday Night at the Movies

This article is about the TV series. For other uses, see Saturday Night at the Movies (disambiguation).
Saturday Night at the Movies
Genrefilms
Presented byElwy Yost (1974-1999)
Shelagh Rogers (1999-2000)
Johanna Schneller (2004-2006)
Thom Ernst (2006-2013)
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons39
Production
ProducerRisa Shuman (1974-2005)
Production locationsToronto, Ontario, Canada
Original release
NetworkTVOntario
ReleaseMarch 30, 1974 (1974-03-30) –
August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31)
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Saturday Night at the Movies was a weekly television series on TVOntario, the public educational television network in Ontario, Canada.[1] The series presented classic movies, followed by interviews and feature segments with directors, actors and other people involved in making the films presented.[2]

The show was initially formatted in this way due to requirements that all programming shown on TVO (including dramatic programming) needed to contain educational elements, which was usually accomplished by including interviews and analysis of the programming. Nevertheless, even after these requirements were dropped, the format was maintained; all told, the series presented almost 1,500 films and over 1,000 interviews.

The show was produced for much of its run by Risa Shuman.[3]

  1. ^ "TVO's Saturday Night transcended the eras". The Globe and Mail, November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "Remembering nearly 40 years of Saturday Night at the Movies: As the series' last broadcast draws near, former hosts and staff share memories". Toronto Star, August 29, 2013.
  3. ^ Richard Ouzonian, "The secret to Elwy Yost’s success". Toronto Star, July 24, 2011.