| Genre: | public affairs |
| Creator: | Richard Nielsen |
| Presenter: | Philip Deane (1965-67) Warner Troyer (1967-68) Norman DePoe (1968-69) Larry Zolf (1968-69) Barry Callaghan (1968-69) Peter Jennings (1968-69) Jeanne Sauve' (1968-69) |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
| Channel: | CBC Television |
| Num Seasons: | 4 |
| Producer: | Warner Troyer Robert Patchell Sam Levene Larry Zolf |
The Public Eye is a Canadian public affairs television series which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1969.
This journalistic series covered various subjects of global and domestic scope.[1]
Some 1966 episodes were co-produced with CBC's Newsmagazine series and identified as This Week. Its 1966 production budget was approximately $18,000 per episode.[2]
A June 1966 episode featured the conflict between Canadian leaders Lester B. Pearson and John Diefenbaker, noting how their adversarial relationship concealed more fundamental national concerns.[3]
After a popular series of "town meeting" segments in the 1967–68 season, a studio audience was introduced as a regular feature of the following, final season. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau appeared in a later episode.[4]
This half-hour series was broadcast as follows (times are in Eastern):
| Day | Time | Run | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:30 p.m. | 5 October 1965 | 21 June 1966 | |
| Tuesday | 10:30 p.m. | 1 November 1966 | 2 May 1967 | |
| Sunday | 10:00 p.m. | 14 May 1967 | 25 June 1967 | |
| Tuesday | 10:30 p.m. | 12 September 1967 | 18 April 1968 | |
| Tuesday | 10:30 p.m. | 23 April 1968 | 18 June 1968 | |
| Wednesday | 9:00 p.m. | 2 October 1968 | 18 June 1969 | |