The Hour (Canadian TV series)
| George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Hour (2005–2010) |
| Genre | Talk show |
| Presented by | George Stroumboulopoulos |
| Opening theme | "Use It" by The New Pornographers (2005-2008) "The Good in Everyone" by Sloan (2008-2014) |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jennifer Dettman George Stroumboulopoulos |
| Location(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Running time | 60 min. (2005–2010, 2011–2012) 30 min. (2010–2011, 2012–2014) |
| Release | |
| Original network |
CBC Newsworld (2005–2009) CBC Television (2006–2014) |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV) |
| Original release | January 17, 2005 – August 29, 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (originally known as The Hour) is a Canadian television talk show hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos that aired on CBC Television from 2005 to 2014.
As The Hour, the show was so named, as it was a daily one-hour program. For the show's seventh season, the show was renamed and shortened into a daily half-hour show, George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, beginning September 20, 2010. In September 2011, the program was again extended to one hour with its current name. It returned to a half-hour for the 2012-13 season and moved to 7:00 p.m. (replacing Wheel of Fortune), along with a late-night encore that moved to 11:30 p.m. due to the expansion of late local news at several of the CBC's major market stations. The show concluded at the end of the 2013-2014 season as Stroumboulopoulos moved to Rogers Communications to host Hockey Night in Canada.
The show had two opening theme songs during its history. Its first was "Use It" by The New Pornographers, which was replaced by "The Good in Everyone" by Canadian rock band Sloan at the start of the 2008 broadcast season.
The Hour generally opened with Stroumboloupoulos standing just outside the studio, where he addressed the camera, giving the audience hints about each of the upcoming guests. Then, he sometimes made a mention of Sloan (the band who performs the theme song) and proceeded to "Start the Show." While the title flash was shown, George would walk into the studio, past some audience members, and sit down in his red armchair. He then would introduce himself to the audience and the viewers by saying, "Welcome to the show, I'm your boyfriend, George Stroumboloupoulos". He then provided an introduction to each of the guests, briefly describing what they will talk about.
Before each guest entered, Stroumboulopoulos would say a few words about them, then the show would cut to "The Bio." The Bio, a short description, consisted of a series of pictures and video clips, with a voiceover directed at George. During this time, the guest would enter the studio, and take their place in the second red armchair.
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