Encounter (1960 TV program)


Encounter is a Canadian talk show television program which aired on CBC Television in 1960.

Premise

hosted this interview program with guests such as James Baldwin, Samuel Freedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, Stanley Kramer, Louis Kronenberger, Marshall McLuhan, Karl Shapiro and E. W. R. Steacie.

Scheduling

This half-hour program was broadcast on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. from 9 October to 18 December 1960. Encounter temporarily replaced Fighting Words, also hosted by Cohen.