Headline Hunters

Country

Canada

How it feels

This Canadian game show from the 1970s and 1980s tested contestants on their knowledge of current events and news stories. Hosted by Jim Perry, it ran for a decade on CTV and aimed to encourage news literacy among viewers.

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What happens

Headline Hunters is a Canadian game show that appeared on CTV from 1972 to 1982. It was originally created by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir (creators of The Newlywed Game, Spin-Off, Definition, Guess What, and others). It was hosted by Jim Perry, who hosted two other Canadian game shows (Eye Bet and Definition) and several American game shows concurrently with its run. CFTO-TV meteorologist Dave Devall, who worked with Perry on the aforementioned two series, served as the announcer and was a de facto co-host for this series. It was a Glen-Warren Production for the CTV Television Network and was filmed at the Glen-Warren Studios in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough. During the final broadcast, Jim Perry applauded the long-running show for promoting news literacy. Perry carried many of his pet phrases with him on his later American game show, Sale of the Century, which he would host for six years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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