[1] The series mainly consisted of one-hour episodes of romance, adventure, or mystery stories, with some social realist drama plays.
Austin Willis, Patrick Macnee, Barry Morse, and William Shatner were among those who appeared in plays produced in the strand.
[2] The series also supported the earlier careers of many Canadian actors, such as James Doohan, who starred in one of the most successful plays in the strand, Flight into Danger in 1956.
The series was a breeding ground for writing and directing talent such as William Kotcheff, Donald Jack, and Arthur Hailey.
[3][4] Following some concerns, the series moved to a Sunday evening slot in 1956, where it had competed with the American network CBS's enormously popular game show spin-off The $64,000 Challenge in the key Toronto market (where American broadcast signals could be received from across the border), General Motors pulled out and the show disappeared for two years.