Murray Howard Chercover (18 August 1929 – 3 July 2010) was a Canadian television producer and executive, particularly known as the president of the CTV Television Network from 1967 until 1990.
Chercover was born in Montreal, Quebec, but moved with his family to Port Arthur, Ontario in his youth.
[3] From the late 1940s, Chercover worked in New York on various theatre and television projects.
When CBC Television began in 1952, he returned to Toronto to produce and direct various programmes there including Space Command, General Motors Presents, On Camera and Ford's Playbill.
[2] Chercover left CBC for CFTO-TV in 1960 which became the flagship station for CTV when the network began in 1961.